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Remove the front plastic cover shown by the blue arrow.
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Lift the Ryker of the ground.
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Remove the screw that hold the OEM reservoir in place shown by the red arrow.
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Unclip the side panel to make place for the reservoir to move out. (be careful to not break the panel.)
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Move the reservoir out of the braket as shown.
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Remove the upper and lower bolts that hold the shock.
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Keep your original bolts to re-use when installing your new Elka shocks.
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Install the front new Elka shocks with the reservoir ( on Stage 3-4-5 ) or Schraeder nitrogen valve ( on Stage 1-2 ) at the top of vehicle
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On Stage 2, Stage 4 and Stage 5 models, the lower shock eyelets should be installed with the rebound adjuster oriented towards the rear of the vehicle. If needed, you can turn the lower eyelet to orient properly.
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Remove the reservoir panel on the right side
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Remove the rear seat.
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Remove the saddlebag.
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Remove the bolts as shown.
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Remove the side bar that was holding the saddlebag.
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Remove the 4 bolts holding the support and remove the support.
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Remove the 2 last bolts holding the rear section of the Ryker as shown.
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Remove the rear section.
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Move the reservoir out of the bracket as shown.
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Remove the bracket from the frame.
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Keep your original bolts to re-use when installing your new Elka shocks.
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Remove the upper shock bolt.
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Remove the linkage bolt shown by the red arrow.
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Remove the lower shock bolt shown by the blue arrow.
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Remove the bolt shown by the orange arrow.
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Remove the shock from the Ryker.
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Remove the linkage from the OEM shock.
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Install the linkage on the new Elka shock. Make sure it faces the same way.
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Assemble everything the way it was disassembled.
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Install the reservoir as shown. Use the provided mounting hardwire.
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Reinstall the side pannal.
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