Anybody ever fit Electra Glide/Road king type hard saddlebags on there Dyna's ? If so how did it turn out and look? If you have pics that would be great. Thanks in advance.

 

they will but you willhave to cut out the area on the back of the bag so it will allow for your shock to pass though the bag, then seal around it... if you mean will they fit without mod... NO they will not.. are they hard bags or leather?

 

Like stated above not with out mods, but if you have the cash you can do anything lol

Think it would look cool for some one to do something similiar to my buddies Road King on a Dyna. Just a little smaller with one of those little fairings on the front. Would take some cash though.

 

Hardbags however, I do like the way the "leather" bag from the Road king custom looks.

I got the idea from the July issue of "American Bagger". They has a article in there showcasing a "Sucker Punch Sally" bagger called the "Swinger" (it is on page 88-89). Anyways it "kind of" resembled a Dyna with hardbags. For me, it looked pretty cool.

Thanks

 

Marcus:

The brackets for Road King bags have a stamped metal strut that runs down along the length of the rear fender.

That supports a runner that runs parallel to the frame beneath the bag to support it. (Also supports the exhaust.)

The front of the runner is supported either by the guard rail or it can taper in toward the rear member of the frame and attach at or about the passenger peg mount.

I wll post a listing of Road King bracket parts shown on the illustration if anyone's interested.

Cycle Vision makes two types of adapter frames for use with V Rod and Softails. I have thought of using the Softail kit and modifying it, as needed, to mount the Road King Classic leather covered hard bags. I think they'd look great. Also thinking of using quick disconnect hardware to allow me to strip down on a moments notice once I get to my destination.

However, when looking at the cost of the bags, mounting brackets, time and incremental cost of adapting to my bike, I though it might be more cost effective to try the old style ('77 - '84) FLH hard bags. They're offered through V-Twin Mfg catalog and can be purchased from dealers who carry V-Twin parts or online. Might take a few mods to get them to work on the Dyna struts, but I think it could be done more easily than the alternative.

I'm going to give them a try and will post results in a few weeks when I get them.

R/
Priest

 

Thanks Priest. Yes, please let know how that worked out.

 

The attached photos show the brackets for the '77 - '84 bags. If the holes in the plate atop the bracket don't line up, I think they could be drilled to line up with the fender strut mounting studs. Looking at the '77 - '84 bikes these bags were mounted on, I think the angle of the Dyna shock is approximately the same--or close enough that they should give a real similar appearance.

One thing I have been considering is whether to get a full fender ... there's a support that goes behind the wheel and with a full fender the support member is concealed. If I just leave the stock fender I think the bracket will be approximately 2" - 4" below the fender. I'll have to see how it looks. Another idea I'm thinking might work would be to weld a tab to the rear of the saddle bag frame at the height of the fender lip, so the bracket is raised to be concealed by the stock FXD fender.

The second photo is the Cycle Vision Road King saddle bag mounting bracket for Softails. The issue in going that route, is how close a fit it would be for the FXDs. The tabs that mount to the fender strut might have to be cut off and welded in place to align with the FXD fender strut mounting studs. Also, the runner might need to be cut and either lengthened or shortened to extend to the passenger peg mounts.

This option might not work for '06 and later FXD variants as the passenger pegs are mounted on the swingarm. I suppose a 'work around' would be to find a place to weld a bracket to the frame post.

Just thought I'd share my thoughts on the subject ... I've been contemplating it for quite a while. I'm currently just using a rather small set of throw-over saddlebags and they are unsatisfactory for my requirements.

I just don't want to dick up my bike and so want to make sure I've considered all of my options. [Just to be clear, I've pretty much ruled out the H-D hard bags or soft bag options as too expensive and/or not big enough.]

R/
Priest

 

See attached for a parts listing that goes with the diagram in post #5 above.

Also, see a photo of a Shovelhead FLH with the bags on the original year bike. I'm going for a similar look ....

 

on most hard bags they do have a dip in the back for the shocks also, but you will have to make custom standoffs for your struts to mount the bags and you will have to have a another mount coming off them so you support it on the bottom of the bag also, if not the plastic or phiber glass will break. you will have to have something like a rod formed so you can have a bracket welded to the bottom so the bag can mount there also( like a throw over bag support guard). you CANT make a bottom support using the swingarm because that has free range of motion from your struts and you will destory the bags the first bump you hit. if you need me to draw it up for you, if your not understanding me, believe it or not it would be very cheap and easy to make. but the bags are expensive. what kind of bike you have? i might be able to help yyou with your project. jackyl

 

wow dam there you go