Considering getting the new stealth luggage rack for my 07 street glide. Has anyone installed one of these? I'm still traumatized from the detachable passenger backrest install? Want to install the luggage rack. Does anyone know how tuff it is to do so? Thanx for the feed back !!!

 

I saw one of the stealth racks on an 08 SG the other day. It is a very cool looking rack. It was mounted detachable and the hardware looked identical to the hardware I mounted on my bike. I installed both detachable kits on my 07 RG. The front kit is for the detachable sissy bar. The rear kit is for my detachable tour pak. I have pictures of the harware in my gallery. Take a look.

I know how tough the install was for the front kit. The rear kit requires that you pull the PITA bolts out of the fender strut. If you jack up the rear of the bike to relieve the stress, it helps. Also, try to take the bolts out one at a time. If you take them all out, things get all out of line. Why am I tell you this??? You already know.

PM me if you need more help.
Steve L.

 

Thanks for the quick reply. That's all I needed to know.

 

The Stealth luggage rack simply takes the place of the chrome support tube that connects the right and left struts. To install, you first remove the strut covers; then you remove two bolts on each side and the tube comes off. The Stealth rack bolts to the same points as the tube you removed.

I didn't install a Stealth rack but I did exactly the same operation when I replaced my stock support tube with an SG support tube after installing a Steet Glide and facia on my '04 Electra Glide. In fact, the chrome support tube I purchased was a take-off from a Street Glide owner who installed the Stealth rack.

It's been more than a year since I did the job, but it was nothing like the difficulty of the sissy bar hardware installation.

 

I installed one on my 07, it's a tight fit and you have to be careful about alignment as usual with HD everything is under tension and when you remove parts in this area it is a bit of fun getting them back.



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That's what I was afraid of nidan. Oh well, here we go again. It cant be as bad a juggling act as fitting the detachable sissy bar hardware, I hope !!!

 

I checked my bike this afternoon. To remove the strut covers, the front saddlebag mouunting bolt and the bolt just to the rear of the shock absorber are removed--remove the side cover. Repeat, then remove the two bolts on each side that secure the strut support tube/grab bark--install the Stealth rack and strut covers. The hard part of the sissy bar hardware was the rear large bushing; the front mounting point behind the shock wasn't a PITA IIRC. Ditto the grab bar/Stealth rack.