To other newbs: I put a fork-mounted toolbag on my Super Glide a week after getting it in early August. I use it to carry a mini toolkit I put together. It is a relatively small bag and I tired it to the triple tree under the headlight.

After a while and adding tools over time, I started noticing a clunking sound going over bumps, like the oil pan might be rising and falling etc. Couldn't put my finger on where it was coming from. I found out where it is coming from today when washing the bike this evening. There is a small dent and scratch on my fender right below the bag. The shocks were bottoming out over the larger bumps and lowering the bag onto the front fender.

If you do have a bag, be carefull of not overloading it with tools and make sure it is high enough so the bag does not strike the fender when the shocks bottom out.

 

Good advice ....ask me how I know (

 

Yep, me too..

 

Mine has an EZ tag transmitter and a cleaning cloth.. Basically to keep the Tag off the windshield. tomp dd60

 

Mount it on the bottom of the deme down tubes right under your regulator.

 

I think it was partly my fault and really wasn't the positioning in my case. I just overloaded the bag by getting carried away with tools. I have slowly been accumulating small tools as I find I need them. I am switching to a sissy bar bag and toning down the tools to essentials. I have found it much cheaper to make my own toolkit than buy one from a motorcycle shop. I am going to keep fold-up hex set, small wrench with a few bits and star nuts I need and a small wrench. I am going to ditch everything else. I have found that the three mentioned are really the only ones I have used on the road. If I take any lengthy road trips, I will expand a bit.

Good suggestion toastman. I will see how it works out.

 

+1 That's the way to do it.

 

Nice looking bag placement, but at my age, bending over that far, for just buckling the buckles would be tough on the old back...

 

That's how I have mine too. Looks awesome

 

Yep, I found this out the hard way as well. Now I mount mine under the regulator as mentioned above.

Lee