Hard bag theft: a growing problem?
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Southern California
Unofficial HDF Chaplain
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From: san diego
Actually I take mine off frequently to check and fill rear tire air pressure and to clean behind the bags and check belt tension etc. Makes it much easier without the bags in place. Thankfully, we don't experience much theft here in the boonies! Those caught stealing in the boonies become the folk legends of the next generation 
Unofficial HDF Chaplain
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From: san diego
Check out this company. I put them on my bags and seat.
http://brukus.com/
http://brukus.com/
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Northeast
Sucks people need to steal other peoples ****.
Easy fix with the following to replace the pins. You can get these parts at any Ace Hardware store.
u-nuts
5/16 1-1/4 stainless button heads
5/16 stainless steel lock washers
Easy fix with the following to replace the pins. You can get these parts at any Ace Hardware store.
u-nuts
5/16 1-1/4 stainless button heads
5/16 stainless steel lock washers
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: southern Alberta Canada
Had five friends lose their hard bags to thieves last night at a restaurant. We heard that the boom in saddlebag speaker systems has created a demand for hard bags by theft rings. Most of the bags were locked. Anybody hear of similar crimes? How do they get the bags off so easily and quickly? Anyone found a foolproof way of making sure they can't be stolen. My Road King Classic was spared, apparently because the leather bags are not in as high a demand.
just leave the Biggest Nastiest guy you can find outside to guard the bikes, seems to work for some people
Club Member
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From: Springfield, Ohio
I've seen another company besides brukus that makes a system, but I can't remember who it was
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Glad I got a Classic. Prefer the leather anyways. With hard bags--too much stuff to worry about scratching.
Anybody ever mount an empty leather holster to their bike in plain view? Thinking about doing that.
Anybody ever mount an empty leather holster to their bike in plain view? Thinking about doing that.