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Old Mar 3, 2018 | 10:55 AM
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Good Morning All, I have a question for those who have stretched bags on a softail. I want to know how long of a stretch I should put on my Heritage? I have Samson fishtails and also lowered in the rear 2". Does anybody have any issues with their bags? Also pictures would help as well.


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Old Mar 3, 2018 | 03:40 PM
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I have 4” inch stretch bags on my fat boy lo...stock ride height - I scrape the pipes on driveways a lot - haven’t scraped the bags.

 
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Old Mar 3, 2018 | 08:09 PM
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That is bad *** man .
 
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Old Mar 4, 2018 | 06:45 PM
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I have the 36" Samsons with 4 inch stretch bags. No issues. I have to say that the Samson pipes sound absolutely amazing. I was concerned about the switch since I had the Pro Pipe and thought nothing could sound better. I stand to be corrected. Highly recommend Samson pipes. Other nice feature is they powder coat the actual pipe as well so you never have to look at the cheap blue pipe look under the heat shields.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2018 | 09:30 AM
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I would do CVO style bags that taper at the ends.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2018 | 09:36 AM
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gmilkman, your lo rocks! What bags/fender are you using?
 
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