Switchback Saddlebag Swap
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From: Michigan
Switchback Saddlebag Swap
I recently got tanked (by my daughter, no less) in the right hand saddlebag, which completely shattered it. The stock replacement bag is $1,150 (yes, just one bag). A pair of Street Glide bags is $1,250. I like the SG bags much more, so I'm wondering if anyone here has done the swap. If so, how well did it work? Was there anything you'd do differently this time? Is there some other bag that would work better?
Thanks so much for your help!
Thanks so much for your help!
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From: northeast
you can buy them on ebay, they show up all the time with very little damage
this one is running currently
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...af31d9&vxp=mtr
this one is running currently
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...af31d9&vxp=mtr
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Nope. The deductible is $1,000, and it would give my daughter a second at fault accident.
Back story:
I was coming home from town. Meanwhile, she was headed into town. Her power steering failed, she lost control and wrapped her car around a tree. Due to the adrenaline rush, she tried to keep going, and popped out of the ditch just in time to hit me. She totaled her car for one hit to her insurance (and a $1,000 deductible - not to mention a big bump to her insurance premiums), and I think that's enough penalty. I'm fine, she just brushed my leg (very minor bruising), and I managed to keep the bike upright, so the bag is the only casualty other than her car.
Back story:
I was coming home from town. Meanwhile, she was headed into town. Her power steering failed, she lost control and wrapped her car around a tree. Due to the adrenaline rush, she tried to keep going, and popped out of the ditch just in time to hit me. She totaled her car for one hit to her insurance (and a $1,000 deductible - not to mention a big bump to her insurance premiums), and I think that's enough penalty. I'm fine, she just brushed my leg (very minor bruising), and I managed to keep the bike upright, so the bag is the only casualty other than her car.
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just throwing this out there...
Bottom: $461.68 (primed).
Lid: $167.48. (primed).
$629.16 total (plus pain).
Or do you need more than the bag/lid?
http://www.granitestateharleystore.c...7c%7eFLD%5cGZ4
Bottom: $461.68 (primed).
Lid: $167.48. (primed).
$629.16 total (plus pain).
Or do you need more than the bag/lid?
http://www.granitestateharleystore.c...7c%7eFLD%5cGZ4
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Am I confused or was that all the same accident? If it was shouldn't it be just under the single deductible and not two, and not change her insurance? I'm no insurance expert though.
That being said, aren't the bags longer? If so they may not follow the lines on your Switchback. If you know anyone who has some that you can kind of eyeball maybe....?
That being said, aren't the bags longer? If so they may not follow the lines on your Switchback. If you know anyone who has some that you can kind of eyeball maybe....?
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just throwing this out there...
Bottom: $461.68 (primed).
Lid: $167.48. (primed).
$629.16 total (plus pain).
Or do you need more than the bag/lid?
http://www.granitestateharleystore.c...7c%7eFLD%5cGZ4
Bottom: $461.68 (primed).
Lid: $167.48. (primed).
$629.16 total (plus pain).
Or do you need more than the bag/lid?
http://www.granitestateharleystore.c...7c%7eFLD%5cGZ4
Am I confused or was that all the same accident? If it was shouldn't it be just under the single deductible and not two, and not change her insurance? I'm no insurance expert though.
That being said, aren't the bags longer? If so they may not follow the lines on your Switchback. If you know anyone who has some that you can kind of eyeball maybe....?
That being said, aren't the bags longer? If so they may not follow the lines on your Switchback. If you know anyone who has some that you can kind of eyeball maybe....?
My bike:
Her car where we collided:
