Road King Leather Hard Bags on the Fat Boy. Pics
#1
05-16-2013, 09:49 PM
Road King Leather Hard Bags on the Fat Boy. Pics
I wanted to share some pictures of an upgrade, if you will, that I recently did to my Fat Boy. I needed more storage for me and the wife and decided to install a set of touring bags on my Fat Boy. I opted for the leather covered hard bags off a Road King verses the standard hard bags. I also went with the Mutazu chrome mounting brackets. I wanted to share some pics and info for people interested in this modification.
First, I looked into the hard bag conversion brackets. The Mutazu were $188 on ebay. They are by far the least expensive, and you can bet theres a reason. The install was a pain in the a$$!!! For what ever reason, the lower mounting point was so far off it took me and another guy well over an hour of pulling and bending to get these brackets lined up. Then, I had to run a 1 inch spacer and mount the bracket on the wrong side of the frame to get the bottom even close to being parallel with the chassis. I actually could go on, but its really pointless. Please allow me to say this. if you intend to do this conversion, get the American made mounts, not the cheapo Asian stuff. its just not worth the hassle.
Once I got them on, I was pretty surprised at the MASSIVE size of these bags. I have seen a lot of pictures, but till you actually see them on a Softail, you just don't appreciate how big they look. They also sit a bit higher than I was expecting. I was hoping they were going to sit low over the pipes, but there was a pretty good gap when all was said and done.
I bought the bags used on ebay for $250 delivered and the brackets were 188. I was a bit worried that this style was going to need the rear cross brace like the Cycle Vision, but I was pretty surprised how sturdy the bags actually are. IMHO, you don't need that brace. I support that by saying some of the best kits like Calvary and Sumax do NOT run one. Certainly not gonna hurt to have it, though. I also hard wired power to the bags and can plug in my GPS and phone charger. Well, thats all I got so far. Here's some pictures.
Heres the bike fully decked out for long hauls:
Here she is all stripped down:
Here's a shot of the bags from the back:
First, I looked into the hard bag conversion brackets. The Mutazu were $188 on ebay. They are by far the least expensive, and you can bet theres a reason. The install was a pain in the a$$!!! For what ever reason, the lower mounting point was so far off it took me and another guy well over an hour of pulling and bending to get these brackets lined up. Then, I had to run a 1 inch spacer and mount the bracket on the wrong side of the frame to get the bottom even close to being parallel with the chassis. I actually could go on, but its really pointless. Please allow me to say this. if you intend to do this conversion, get the American made mounts, not the cheapo Asian stuff. its just not worth the hassle.
Once I got them on, I was pretty surprised at the MASSIVE size of these bags. I have seen a lot of pictures, but till you actually see them on a Softail, you just don't appreciate how big they look. They also sit a bit higher than I was expecting. I was hoping they were going to sit low over the pipes, but there was a pretty good gap when all was said and done.
I bought the bags used on ebay for $250 delivered and the brackets were 188. I was a bit worried that this style was going to need the rear cross brace like the Cycle Vision, but I was pretty surprised how sturdy the bags actually are. IMHO, you don't need that brace. I support that by saying some of the best kits like Calvary and Sumax do NOT run one. Certainly not gonna hurt to have it, though. I also hard wired power to the bags and can plug in my GPS and phone charger. Well, thats all I got so far. Here's some pictures.
Heres the bike fully decked out for long hauls:
Here she is all stripped down:
Here's a shot of the bags from the back:
#5
05-17-2013, 06:48 AM
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