Air It Out | Legend Air Suspension Install

07. Next, we plugged one end of the airline into the 90-degree fitting on the compressor. The airline fittings are push-to-connect fittings, so you simply push the line into the fitting until it bottoms out and it's secured in place. If you need to remove or replace the airline you just push down on the fitting collar and pull the line out. Legend's uses 5/32-inch (4mm) high temp and high burst airline to help prevent failure.

08. We then slid the compressor assembly into the frame. Depending on your setup you may need to reroute or manipulate some electrical or brake lines to slide the assembly into place.

09. The pump mount fit between the right-side framerail and exhaust support bracket. Legend's supplies 1-1/2-inch exhaust mount bolts to accommodate the thickness of the pump mount. However, the exhaust bracket for the aftermarket fishtails on this bike had spacers welded to it so we picked up two 2-inch bolts to secure the pump and exhaust to the frame.

10. We then made all the wiring connections between the switches, relay, fuse, air compressor, and battery. Legend's has made wiring as simple as possible by making all the connections color-coded and plug-and-play.

12. Next, we planned out our airline routing and made our cuts. The key to reducing the possibility of air leaks is to make a clean 90-degree cut on the airline. The supplied cutter makes this task easy.

13. We then connected the Y fitting (blue arrow) to the airline coming off the air compressor and routed it down by where the shocks will mount. Next we cut two equal-length pieces of airline and connected them to the fittings on the shocks.

14. The right side shock was then placed up between the frame and swingarm. Utilizing the stock shock hardware, we then secured the shock into position making sure we used thread locker on the fasteners.

15. We then connected the right shock airline into the Y fitting and repeated the same procedure for the left side shock.

16. With the shocks mounted and airlines zip tied and secured out of the way of any road debris (the Y fitting was zip tied back by the compressor), we installed the 20-amp fuse and the install was complete. Here is how the rear of the bike sat with the stock shocks. As you can see it measured about 12 3/4 inches from the center of the axle to the mark on the fender strut.

17. With the air ride installed and completely aired up, it raised the rear about 3/4 inch to 13 1/2 inches.

18. With it completely aired out, it dropped down to about 10 1/2 inches from the center of the axle to the mark on the fender strut, providing about 3 inches of adjustment. After putting some miles on the bike, the owner told us he noticed an immediate improvement in ride quality. The ride was much more plush and some of the bumps he was used to getting a hard jolt from were basically gone. In fact he said the ride was so smooth in the rear that now he all he does is focus on how rough the front suspension is. He was really impressed with how the bike handled loaded down with a passenger and/or luggage-the ride was just as smooth and his passenger never complained of any hard hits to the butt or spine. To see videos on this, check out hotbikeweb.com, LAS also has quite a few videos on its site on its various systems, so be sure to check those out as well.