Looks MUCH better (I get sick of skulls everywhere...) and you might want to get the mustang back pad - comes with the studs to match the bags and a concho on each side. I love mine and the ol' lady doesn't mind it being narrower than the stock pillow.
Downside is they're $80+ bucks. It wouldn't be too hard to make one out of the stock pad if you had the studs and conchos, which are cheap on Fleabay. But the mustang wraps over the bar and gives the passenger another 1/2" of room.

 

Nice i like the idea of something nice and simple as that emblem

 

Prob not the way to do it, but I kept meaning to do it, but keep forgetting so i thought I would do it this way:

I installed chrome flush mount gauge and gas cap, and did a write up:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...with-pics.html

 

This is a pretty cheap/ghetto mod. I had left over black wire wrap. I was sitting around looking at the bike and wanted a darker shift linkage but strapped for cash like most are. So I put the wrap on the shift linkage; it blacks it out and if you want it chrome the next day take it off, plus it makes it easy to clean. I will try to get get picks up soon of it.

 

Awesome thread....I'm changing out my handlebars this week and that soldering board is gonna really come in handy....

 

I just did a simple bag mod...

I had a little Nylon roll duffel that it's handle fit perfectly over the sissybar backpad and would sit just right between the sissybar and license plate bracket (It doesn't have a luggage rack).

At ACE Hardware I purchased a few sheets of 20"x14" blank plastic signs for $2.99 each... the kind of stuff people could make yard sales signs and such out of... I did look for free range sign material, but most of those were either tiny or made from the corrugated crap.

I basically used a tape measure to get the circumference of the bag and the length from one side of the zipper to the other around the outside of the bag, transferred those measurements to the sign material and cut it out with kitchen shears.

I then rolled the cut material into a tube to dry fit into the bag, trying to stuff the edge of the plastic into the "slot" created between the roll side of the bag and the interrior seam... I did have to remove it and trim about a 1/4" off one edge so it would fit properly.

Using a compass to trace the diameter and another sheet of plastic I made circular pieces for the ends of the bag and fit them the same way into the ends of the bag. The trickiest part of this is to make the pieces just a shade big and work it into the seams inside the bag, trimming only when necessary. This helps to keep the material of the bag at full extension. I did leave the top 2" of each side of the bag un-reinforced to make the opening more flexible.

I removed the plastic and used a waterproof spray glue to coat the inside of half the bag, allowed it to get a bit tacky and installed the plastic pieces. Glue one side at a time and stuff it tight with newspaper or towels to keep the tension on the glue and force the plastic tight to the walls of the bag. Allow it to dry and repeat.

Viola, my own "Got Saggy Bags" conversion for about $6.00 worth of plastic and a small $10-$15 bag.

Because the bike doesn't have a rack, I bought one of those 'non-skid' pads ($5.00 at walmart or your local drugstore) that they sell for car dashboards that allow you to place your cell phone and such on those uneven surfaces and placed it on the fender between the sissybar and license plate (where the bag would rest). This should keep the bag from sliding around and rubbing the clearcoat off the fender and leaves no residue like sticky tape would if I wanted to take the bag off.

 

Radimus;

Nice job, but ya didn't happen to take any pics did you?

 

 

Thanks. It saves the bike fender for another day.

 

Radimus;

Thank you, that makes it a little easier to see how its done.
Seems like I have seen that or something very like it before somewhere.
But your explination and pics will make it very easy for anyone to duplicate.