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Old Aug 12, 2019 | 12:10 PM
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I bought a 2014 Ultra Ltd from a HD dealer a year and a half ago. While out riding 3 weeks ago, the saddlebag fell off and was trashed. Went to dealership and ordered the new color matched bag and hardware. 670$. Brought it up at work next day. Guy said they had a recall on them for the pins and springs. I was never told this, and it had the old ones still on it. Bring this up with the dealership? Call HD? Seems I'm out money for something that should have been taken care of, before I bought it.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2019 | 12:13 PM
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They have been falling off for years.. Sorry man!
Get some **** bolts from Lowes or somewhere.. It the first thing I changed on both bikes.

 
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Old Aug 12, 2019 | 12:17 PM
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Got em now.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2019 | 12:18 PM
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Better yet, I just changed mine out with allen bolts, just in case someone breaks into them they still have to have a tool to take it.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2019 | 12:20 PM
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I've been bolting mine on for years, WAY to easy to steal with the "turn-n-lock" garbage that the Moco uses.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2019 | 12:23 PM
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Didn't the 14's have the new style bags with the handles inside the bag that screw on? The old style bags with the 2 clip ons were known for "helping" bags to fell off but I thought the 14 model year and the new style bags corrected that "defect"..
 
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Old Aug 12, 2019 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Xcrossbow
Didn't the 14's have the new style bags with the handles inside the bag that screw on? The old style bags with the 2 clip ons were known for "helping" bags to fell off but I thought the 14 model year and the new style bags corrected that "defect"..
My '16 still has the twisty things
 

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Seems your dealer should have had the courtesy of checking for recalls and handling them when they sold you the bike.
 
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Originally Posted by Motorbanger
I bought a 2014 Ultra Ltd from a HD dealer a year and a half ago. While out riding 3 weeks ago, the saddlebag fell off and was trashed. Went to dealership and ordered the new color matched bag and hardware. 670$. Brought it up at work next day. Guy said they had a recall on them for the pins and springs. I was never told this, and it had the old ones still on it. Bring this up with the dealership? Call HD? Seems I'm out money for something that should have been taken care of, before I bought it.
Won`t hurt to bring this up with the dealership. I would go to the service desk and ask.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2019 | 12:49 PM
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Never heard of this recall or bags falling off? How can I tell if mine has the fix? Was 09 part of the recall?
 
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