Bags: Repair or Replace
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Bags: Repair or Replace
I recently damaged the bags for my 2016 Road Glide and I have several questions for the forum which are: 1) Would it be better to replace the bags or to attempt a repair? 2) Assuming your answer is to replace the bags, which do you think is the better route; a good used set or a new set? 3) If the general consensus is that I should purchase a new set, has anyone had experience purchasing hard bags, and if yes, is there a brand that is thought to be best? Second best? Thanks.
Road Master
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Unless the bags are cracked, repair them. If they are cracked I would search for used on the internet, you pick the forum. Eithere way finding someone to reliably paint to match will be the hardest part.
Road Captain
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From: Minnesota
Go with some aftermarket bags from AdvanBlack. Great quality, price and fitment.
https://www.advanblack.com/
https://www.advanblack.com/
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From: Jax FL
we Need PICTURES 
FWIW, i needed one bag, it had been fixed, but the blend job was HORRIBLE and the paint was at the wrong level, like the repair was on top of the OEM paint.
HD paint is expensive to buy, then you add in prep/labor/paint if you replace/repair.
so I bought a "damaged" bag off ebay (tiny normal scratches) for $200, and sold my damaged bag for like $150, (they had laid their bike down,and just wanted to piece it back together)
so shopping hard on forums, CL & eBay would be my advice.
FWIW, i needed one bag, it had been fixed, but the blend job was HORRIBLE and the paint was at the wrong level, like the repair was on top of the OEM paint.
HD paint is expensive to buy, then you add in prep/labor/paint if you replace/repair.
so I bought a "damaged" bag off ebay (tiny normal scratches) for $200, and sold my damaged bag for like $150, (they had laid their bike down,and just wanted to piece it back together)
so shopping hard on forums, CL & eBay would be my advice.
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From: Mansfield Texas
If your going back with stock I would say order a set of take offs on Ebay. But if you go with a set of extended bags, sounds like now is the time. I rally like my Advan Black lowers And I have Bdad bags Choice is yours. BTW Bdad wont pin stripe, or so they told me.
Last edited by barrygreen; Feb 12, 2018 at 07:55 AM.
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I recently damaged the bags for my 2016 Road Glide and I have several questions for the forum which are: 1) Would it be better to replace the bags or to attempt a repair? 2) Assuming your answer is to replace the bags, which do you think is the better route; a good used set or a new set? 3) If the general consensus is that I should purchase a new set, has anyone had experience purchasing hard bags, and if yes, is there a brand that is thought to be best? Second best? Thanks.
I ordered a brand new HD bottom only from one of the discount online dealers for not much money at all. Obviously perfect HD OEM paint. Just had to transfer the hardware over.
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From: ORYGON
just replaced my bags, due to some lower corner damage,bought Harley extended bags.... $1079 OEM..... those after market ebay bags are complete crap....
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A couple years ago I bought a new bag to replace the one that fell off, it was pretty badly damaged. I got an OEM HD bag- paint was spot on, including the pin stripe.
It was kind of a pain to buy, HD doesn't sell the bag as a unit, I had to use the exploded parts diagram to order all the pieces, I decided to not reuse anything. And assembly was fun, like assembling a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Cost thru Ronnie's HD web site was a bit over a thousand bucks, but HD reimbursed me when they recalled the bag retention device.
I wan't interested in aftermarket.
It was kind of a pain to buy, HD doesn't sell the bag as a unit, I had to use the exploded parts diagram to order all the pieces, I decided to not reuse anything. And assembly was fun, like assembling a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Cost thru Ronnie's HD web site was a bit over a thousand bucks, but HD reimbursed me when they recalled the bag retention device.
I wan't interested in aftermarket.
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go to the classified section and post in "wanted to buy". there is all kinds of perfect OEM bags out there for sale. A lot of guys changed to extended bags and have their original ones for sale myself included. I have a set off a 2015 Limited Vivid Black. Post up what you need i.e. color / pinstripe and see what responses you get.