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From: MA
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I mount my two flag mounts onto my saddle bag rails and have no problem putting my detachable sissy bar/luggage rack on over them.
I had gone to the dealership looking at the Pro Pad flags, and several Harley-Davidson dealerships have them. But I think there are two problems:
1) Their fittings are for specific bar diameters. I don't currently have a luggage rack, but hope to buy one someday. The diameter of the sissy bar is different from the diameter of the bars found on the Harley-Davidson Air Wing Detachable Two-Up Luggage Rack (Part #54283-09). This potentially means that I'd have to buy a new flag pole when I get the luggage rack. Most of the Harley-Davidson dealerships that have the Pro Pad flags priced them around $60, but one had them for over $80.
2) If you have the Pro Pad flags and want to use the luggage rack for a bag or something else, you lose the ability to use the flag. That's why I figured the Harley-Davidson flag would be best; nothing would block it behind the saddlebags. My main concern was the flag scratching the saddlebag paint.
Also, the Harley-Davidson flags say they're not for highway use. The Pro Pad flags don't make that claim. I have to believe that none of the flags will withstand repeated highway speed punishment.
1) Their fittings are for specific bar diameters. I don't currently have a luggage rack, but hope to buy one someday. The diameter of the sissy bar is different from the diameter of the bars found on the Harley-Davidson Air Wing Detachable Two-Up Luggage Rack (Part #54283-09). This potentially means that I'd have to buy a new flag pole when I get the luggage rack. Most of the Harley-Davidson dealerships that have the Pro Pad flags priced them around $60, but one had them for over $80.
2) If you have the Pro Pad flags and want to use the luggage rack for a bag or something else, you lose the ability to use the flag. That's why I figured the Harley-Davidson flag would be best; nothing would block it behind the saddlebags. My main concern was the flag scratching the saddlebag paint.
Also, the Harley-Davidson flags say they're not for highway use. The Pro Pad flags don't make that claim. I have to believe that none of the flags will withstand repeated highway speed punishment.
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As long as the Harley-Davidson flag doesn't scratch the saddlebag, and as long as it doesn't damage the water-tight seal around the inside of the saddlebag cover, I have no problem using it.
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When in Canada I fly a Canadian Flag. When travelling in the USA I fly both. Respect and tradition from my Navy days.
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Bluenoser,
Isn't the maritime regulation you always fly the vessel's registered country's flag on the right and, fly a slightly smaller host country you are visiting's flag on the left flag halyard when in port? I was USAF, so I never had to worry about it, but my Dad was a career Navy officer, and I seem to remember them doing that when they made foreign ports of call. That was forty something years ago though so i could be all fogged up.
Isn't the maritime regulation you always fly the vessel's registered country's flag on the right and, fly a slightly smaller host country you are visiting's flag on the left flag halyard when in port? I was USAF, so I never had to worry about it, but my Dad was a career Navy officer, and I seem to remember them doing that when they made foreign ports of call. That was forty something years ago though so i could be all fogged up.
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