rear turn signal stem / standoff / support

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Sep 8, 2009 | 07:22 PM

must8657

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rear turn signal stem / standoff / support

I bought a set of hd saddle bags off of ebay for my 04 FXDL. The bags have the cut out for the shock and turn signal and are hard mounted. everything fit, but i had to modify my turn signal stems. i had to notch them to fit over the mounting point of the saddle bags. they look good from a distance, but not up close. does anyone know if i can buy a set of stems that alreay have this notch in them. the blue arrow points to the item i had to notch out for.
thanks
jason

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Sep 8, 2009 | 07:54 PM

skip3406

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I think those bags use a rear turn signal relocation kit that moves them back to the license plate.

Sep 9, 2009 | 08:54 AM

dtwade

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Those are the Rakaposhi bags. They are designed to fit with the stock turn signal location. I totally changed how they mount. I did not like the idea of having to remove the turn sugnals to remove the bags. I cut & polished a piece of 1" stainless & bilted that to the bike. The bags now bolt to that piece of stainless. I had to remove each turn signal, chuck them in a lathe & remove some of the shoulder. It took some time but the bags are much easier to remove.

Make sure you have enough clearance on the sides too. Mine was digging into the brake caliper. I had to remove them & do a bit of tweaking to the bag frames to prevent it from happening.

Last edited by dtwade; Sep 9, 2009 at 08:57 AM.