Great news. I was bummed when they stopped making the old one. I had no idea they were coming out with a new one. I picked up my TP last year and have only mounted it a couple times using the hard stock mount. One more thing to add to the list.
Jeff

 

Has anyone purchased one of these other than the OP? Wondering if it is still holding up and if it is as decent as the Harley one?

Anyone ask for the 20% off?

 

What 20% off?

 

The one Carl suggested asking for since Nick did this about the same time last year for forum members.

 

Bobby, bought your bushings and will be installing them tomorrow or over the week-end.

As for "holding up," I've only had it on the bike a couple of months and the riding weather in metro Atlanta has been mostly lousy, but I've managed a half dozen or so 60-100 mile rides and it's held up fine. Fit and finish is the equivalent of HD's two-up (which I had and sold after a few years) and solo (which I've had for four years and continue to use with an aftermarket tour pak) detachable tour pak racks.

As for the 20% off deal, last year I picked-up the phone, spoke to Nick, asked for the 20% off, and he agreed to it--I also placed my order at the same time. Absolutely no reason one of you who are interested in the product can't do the same. Whether he'll say "yes" is another thing entirely.

Carl

 

I have one on my RG now, also used gilbos bushings in place of the stock ones. I have not had a chance to put any miles on it as there is still snow on the ground and it's only 26 deg out. The fit and finish is great. I did not try to fit it with the stock bushings, only with gilbos's. It was/is a tight fit, even if I didn't opt for the locking mount, any potential thief would have a hard time getting it off in a hurry.

 

Im in the process of adding stretched bags and fender to my 00 roadglide and am interested in this setup from milwakee as well. My question is why couldnt you use the newer style detachable tour pack mount instead of the 300 dollar milwakee mount and just use milwakee's 50 dollar bushing relocation kit? The bushing kit is so that you can use a stock backrest with theyre or someone elses extended fenders after you bend out the factory backrest bracket a little wider to fit over. The reason I ask is because you can get the newer style (without the rear hoops) tour pack mount for around 100-150 on ebay. Below is the pic of the newer style tour pac mount for the 97-08 baggers.

 

If you use the HD two-up detachable tour pak rack pictured in your post, you will need the hoops (from HD's mounting hardware kit) to install the rack on the bike. The bushings sold by gilbos440rt will replace the bushings on the hoops, but you will still need to install the hoops for the tour pak rack to mount on the bike.

Good luck with your project.

Carl

 

I was in the process of making a TP rack that mounted on the sissy bar docking points when someone told me that MIL/Bag was making these. I stopped making mine instantly and was ready to order one even if the price is a little over the top. I figured, F IT, I won't have to make anything and it will come painted or chromed. Well after emailing MIL/BAG with a question I changed my mind.......... He answered the question but then when I asked another he stopped responding to me. Days went by and I decided F IT, I emailed him again from my iphone which is a different email address than my computer and sure enough he responds right back. I figured it all out and was ready to purchase but I had one last question (I seen em on here at a discount for HDF members) I emailed him about the discount and go figure there is no reply even after 4 days.

So I learned next time I need something from MIL/BAG it's one email and thats it, apparently anything more than that is too much of a hassle for nick. Don't matter I probably won't do business with him anyway, Far too pricey. On a side note I got my TP rack today from the sheet metal shop next door to my machine shop and it functions just like MIL/BAG but it didn't cost me a dime. If I had to pay for materials then it would have been probably 20 bucks. 300 bucks for a piece of sheet metal......... COME ON!

 

As always, excellent write-up Carl. I can't believe I missed this one. Got me to thinkin now.......