Got my CC today, spent a couple hours installing. Here are a few pics:
I did have some frustration with the install. The rears went on easy. The fronts, it basically came down to proper tools (or lack thereof). Getting the 8mm bolt attached inside the fairing was not easy. Of course, the allen head socket set I have had a 6 and 10mm but no 8. So I was using an 8mm allen wrench, which fortunately, by using the old long engine bolt, made a good breaker bar to get the old bolts off, and to get some torque going on the new ones. The right front side went on pretty easy, but the left was real tight. I finally went out to the auto parts store and bought an 8mm socket that I needed, and even with that, the bolt was extremely tight. I ended up putting a 2' piece of pipe onto the end of the socket wrench to get some power behind it. Once I did that, it took only a few minutes. The next part that was frustrating was getting the 5/8" nut tighted on the brace. The left side I was able to get a shallow socket on, with a small socket wrench all the way inside the fairing. The right side, due to the radiator hose, I couldn't get the socket in there. So, it was an open ended wrench, one fraction of a turn at a time. I recently bought an open end ratchet, but the 17mm was slightly too big, so after some experimentation, I found out that it was an SAE nut. If I pulled on the 17mm as I tightened, I was able to get it cranked down some, but when it got tight, had to switch to the open end wrench.
Overall they are a real nice product. I'm looking at options now- maybe some led lights on the front of the bars for more visibility, white strips, or maybe some small spot lights. Seeing where highway pegs might work. I might end up springing for some of the Kuryakyn offset mounts that you can adjust to just about any position you want, that way they could be mounted up on one of the higher points, but still be positioned where they are comfortable.
