My new detachable saddlebag!
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My new detachable saddlebag!
I had a set of old bags in the shed and I needed to have a bag on the ride for carrying stuff once and awhile. I didn't want it to be a permanent thing and I didn't want to buy new brackets for detaching just yet.
So I went to the local hardware store and picked up a 1/8"x2"x3' piece of flat bar, a 3/16"x1.5"x3' piece of flat bar, 1/4-20x2" screws, nuts and 1" washers.
Using my detachable sissy bar as a semi-guide. I started to hack away at the 1/8" flat bar until I got the end result. And I will tell you it was not fun because I only had a hack saw, file set and drill/set to use, but it did let me get allot of aggrevation out of my system.
For the locking mechinism I used a HD detachable locking system just like on the sissy bar, that I got off an old sportster detach plate I also had in the shed.
All I need to do know is clean it up and coat it.
Anyway, here are the pics of the results.
So I went to the local hardware store and picked up a 1/8"x2"x3' piece of flat bar, a 3/16"x1.5"x3' piece of flat bar, 1/4-20x2" screws, nuts and 1" washers.
Using my detachable sissy bar as a semi-guide. I started to hack away at the 1/8" flat bar until I got the end result. And I will tell you it was not fun because I only had a hack saw, file set and drill/set to use, but it did let me get allot of aggrevation out of my system.
For the locking mechinism I used a HD detachable locking system just like on the sissy bar, that I got off an old sportster detach plate I also had in the shed.
All I need to do know is clean it up and coat it.
Anyway, here are the pics of the results.
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Maybe $20 in material and I still have enough to do the other side......as soon as I find a way to relocate my plate without hogging up the fender!
I had to reverse the mount and come in from the bottom because the bag wouldn't clear the sig.
I want to install the new LED fender tail light and use LED pods for the turn sigs to clean up the back some. My plate is my biggest obsticle right now!
I had to reverse the mount and come in from the bottom because the bag wouldn't clear the sig.
I want to install the new LED fender tail light and use LED pods for the turn sigs to clean up the back some. My plate is my biggest obsticle right now!
Last edited by blueangel73; Apr 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM.
Dude that would be to easy! If we wanted easy we would be riding dressers with windshields. 
Nice job on the mounts man!
Nice job on the mounts man!
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Are you sure you didnt mount the plate upside-down?
The only thing holding bags onto bike is the plastic locking device.
Bar should be solid across the top, with the locking tab swinging up from underneath.
Look at your original sketch on the plate, thats how it should be.
Might still be OK, but would make me nervous.
The only thing holding bags onto bike is the plastic locking device.
Bar should be solid across the top, with the locking tab swinging up from underneath.
Look at your original sketch on the plate, thats how it should be.
Might still be OK, but would make me nervous.
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I wish I could help you with who makes them, I picked them up at a local indy when I was in NC back in 07'.
As far as the size, I think they are 12-13" front to back and top to bottom and 6" deep. Not very big, but enough for a couple of shirts, socks and tighty whites.
Thanks for all the compliments everyone!
As far as the size, I think they are 12-13" front to back and top to bottom and 6" deep. Not very big, but enough for a couple of shirts, socks and tighty whites.
Thanks for all the compliments everyone!