Started my hardbag mod finally.
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Started my hardbag mod finally.
So after tons and tons of reading and window shopping on ebay and craigslist and the forum, I managed to find what I need and at a great price so far. On eBay I found a complete set of touring bags off a 2012 Ultra Limited, the guy dumped his bike and damaged both bags. The right bag only has a scratch on the both the forward corner of the lid and the latch cover. The latch cover can be replaced and the lid just needs a little body work. The left bag has a large crack on the fender side that goes from the top of the bag and down around 7'-8". This will require some glass work. I got both bags for an outstanding $273 shipped! I also picked up a set of support brackets for the touring bikes off of eBay for $75 shipped, They will require some major modifing to get them to work, some stretching, welding, cutting and adding.
This weekend I managed to start cutting away the shock access for mounting, here are some pics of what little I have done so far. The bag will be sitting lower than it is in the picture, this was my first mock up. Waiting for some more parts to get here to fine tune the mock up.
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This weekend I managed to start cutting away the shock access for mounting, here are some pics of what little I have done so far. The bag will be sitting lower than it is in the picture, this was my first mock up. Waiting for some more parts to get here to fine tune the mock up.
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I am thinking about this and trying to figure it out. I want the bags to sit close to the fender as they can making a nice gap and not sticking out a mile. So I am trying to work on a way to make the all or part of the support bracket removable. The bags will mount the traditional way, with the quick release pins like on a touring bike. The hard part is making the support bracket removable and leaving behind next to nothing.
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I am thinking about this and trying to figure it out. I want the bags to sit close to the fender as they can making a nice gap and not sticking out a mile. So I am trying to work on a way to make the all or part of the support bracket removable. The bags will mount the traditional way, with the quick release pins like on a touring bike. The hard part is making the support bracket removable and leaving behind next to nothing.
They pop right on and come right off. Something like this you could bolt your frame to, you would need to figure out some kind of mount on the bottoms but that would hold the bags on.
Details on how they were made are in the link in my signiature, starts on page 13 mid way down.
Last edited by Harleycruiser; Apr 29, 2013 at 07:57 PM.
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Here is what I am thinking, again not 100% because I am still waiting for the support bracket to get here. I am thinking that I might add a hole to my strut just forward of the rear fender bolt. Weld on a nut and then chase the thread of the nut and have it continue into the strut (more thread area). Then if I were to use the barebacks by cycle visions, I could thread the male part into this new hole and the female part onto the support bracket, this will secure the rear of the support bracket. Once I get the forward part of the bracket modified and have a point to secure it, I will use something like a T-Slot on a flat bare bracket and use another male bareback to slide into this T-slot. when mounting the support bracket, I would first put the forward bareback into the T-slot, pushing all the way forward in the grove and then lower the rear part of the support bracket engaging the rear barebacks. Then just put the bags on the bracket. To keep the bags from swaying, I will do like they do on the touring models and have a bracket going from the rear of one bag support, under the fender to the other bag support. I am thinking I could use another slot type lock to make this still easy to remove, maybe try and find a way to make a locking point here to secure the bags and rack.
The only other mod I will have to make, is to cut a groove out of my detachable sissy bar so it doesn't contact the new mount point on the strut.
Here is a pic of what I am thinking.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/membe...ort-detach.jpg
The only other mod I will have to make, is to cut a groove out of my detachable sissy bar so it doesn't contact the new mount point on the strut.
Here is a pic of what I am thinking.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/membe...ort-detach.jpg
Last edited by blueangel73; Apr 30, 2013 at 06:37 AM.
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I will be following your efforts, I like watching new ideas take form. My only suggestions (and it looks like you are already on this track) is with those long pipes of yours, the bottom of the saddlebags have to follow the line of your pipes rather than be flat with the ground.