Yea i know its a little lopsided. Thatll get fixed when i build the next one.

 

Nice scooter injoy.

 

Its complete and mounted.

 

Not to shabby

 

Thanks lox.

 

After having the bike for almost a year now and loving it. I decided I wanted to have more storage space. At first I was considering some form of lockable leather bag....


and yea they were cool but I thought I could do better. I got some inspiration from the HD Dealer in Tucson who had a Switchback on display. The way the had it done up kind of reminded me of a Baby Streetglide.







I really liked the look of this bike but let's face it, I don't have another $17,000 to spend. So I started looking for ways to mount hard bags. First I looked into the Switchback bags but for $1200 for the bag alone I knew there had to be a better way. On Ebay I found Mutazu Street Glide Replacement Hard Bags for just under $400 for both bags and lids. They had a complete hardware kit for them as well for only $185 but were out of stock. After 3 weeks of waiting and I cancelled the order for the hardware and spent double that on the same thing through Harley. Then came the brackets. Originally I wanted something easily removable like Easy Brackets or Ghost Brackets. I still do but until I figure something out that doesn't move around too much and won't cause the bag itself extra stress at the mounting points I'll go with what I have now.
I discovered Sumax one night while surfing the internet for stuff for the bike. They make a bracket kit for Dyna's to mount Touring bags. These are removable and pretty easily but not like Easy or Ghost brackets. Their bracket kit is $400 compared to $600-$700 that you'd spend through Harley. You do have to relocate the turn signals and license plate. I already did that with the Great Bike Gear bracket. You still have to move the turn signals back about an inch or so even with this bracket. You'll see in the upcoming photos. Enjoy....

Initial line up and sizing of bracket...It does fit. I talked to the owner at Sumax and sometimes during the powder coating process the metal warps slightly.


as you can see here the turn signal has to move back to clear the bracket. Fortunately the bag sits outside and away from the bracket so there is enough room once you clear the bracket itself.



Measuring the distance to the holes used to secure the turn signals. Whenever I measure anything that has close tolerances or measurements, I always use millimeters as they seem to be more accurate. As you can see the holes are 28mm's apart. The old rear hole now becomes the front hole. It needs to be widened in order for the little securing peg in the turn signal to fit in it.


Turn signal now clears the bracket...


Even if barely...even though it's a close fit, there is no contact even with the back at idle with the most vibrations nor have is hit on any bumps in the road.


Same with the right side....


Bags Mounted, view from the rear...and talk all the **** you want about the screen looking goofy, i agree it does but it does it's job and makes the ride A LOT more enjoyable, especially long rides. It is easily detachable so when I want it to look better I can pull it off quickly.



Side View


Front Oblique


and yes a half helmet fits...


Front Oblique without windscreen


I was originally going to fabricate something myself as i enjoy doing it. I still plan to however, between my dad's illness, his passing and being deployed i didn't have the time to but still needed a distraction.

 

very nice! I like it!

 

Been gone for a while i know. Had a lot of **** going on. Anyways, was involved in an accident about 4 weeks ago. Rear ended some jackass who tried running me off the road a few times when he cut me off and slammed on the brakes. Bent the forks pretty good. Bike was still rideable. That night got it on the freeway, no wobbles or vibrations that werent already there. Tracked straight. Even let go of the handlebars at 105 with no issues. Harley replaced the front tire, the rear tire (with one 10mm's skinnier at my request), and the entire front end (rim, forks, triple clamps, etc). Now im not carrying a passenger i get a wobble at 85 that progressively gets worse until at 100 i have to back off. If i have a passenger, i had it up to 120 with no issues. Any ideas on what the issue is? And smart *** remarks about doing the speed limit arent warranted. I am still waiting for more parts to come in and harley is aware of the issue but if i can fix it on my own id like to.