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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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Your bike looks great, those bags really set it off.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 05:04 AM
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Looks awesome
 
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 07:39 AM
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Sonar, agreed on the windshield but I guess a necessary evil....Im jealous of those ironbags they're awesome looking bags....just can't bring myself to throw down a thousand $$ for them. Only a matter of time I suppose, great looking bags!
 
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 08:19 AM
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Looks great!

What seat do you have that accepts the backrest? Thought at first that it was a Heritage, but then seen the backrest installed.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by sonar_chris
Funny you should say that, I already have one, I just think its ugly as sin though. Dont get me wrong, its really nice not having to fight the wind, and I love the function, just not the look.
Agreed, look at my bike and you can see I'm obviously not much of a fan of them either. At least on your bike its not 'completely' out of character.
If you want a real nightmare just imagine seeing it mounted on the front of my Custom.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Citoriplus
Agreed, look at my bike and you can see I'm obviously not much of a fan of them either. At least on your bike its not 'completely' out of character.
If you want a real nightmare just imagine seeing it mounted on the front of my Custom.

That is exactly what I thought. The way Chris has his bike setup, the windshield doesn't look out of place. It looks natural with the windshield.
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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With the windshield and bags on it looks a bit like a Heritage with a sold rear wheel.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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Thanks for the compliments everyone. Here is the deal with the seat. It is a Mustang wide touring seat that my mom gave me (off her Heritage). She got the seat and my dad talked her into having it re-coverd with leather, so she did, and while she was at it, she wanted it to look sort of like a stock heritage seat so she had the upolsery guy add the studs and the concho (I guess thats what its calld) on the seat along with a leather skirt like on the stock heritage seat. So thats why it looks like a stock seat but with a back rest.

Citoriplus, your kind of right about the look of my bike, and it probably would have been cheaper to get a Heritage and replace the bags, front fender and all but I guess I just chose to do it differently, besides, I didnt want a rear turn signal bar.

As for the windshield, I love riding with it, it makes the ride so much more comfortable, just like the riders back rest, but as with most things motorcycle, form and function dont usually go hand in had. The most usefull things usually arnt the best looking and vice versa. Its all good though, it only takes about 30 seconds to go from touring mode to cruiser mode.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by sonar_chris
Citoriplus, your kind of right about the look of my bike, and it probably would have been cheaper to get a Heritage and replace the bags, front fender and all but I guess I just chose to do it differently, besides, I didn't want a rear turn signal bar.
Just so we're clear here, I meant no criticism. Its your bike and however you go about making it look the way you want is entirely up to you.
Personally if that was the look I was going for I might have started out with a Heritage and gone from there. But 20/20 hindsight is a wonderful tool for historians to play with. But not much use for us in the here and now.
The bottom line is that its your bike, you made it the way you wanted it, your happy with it and that's the ONLY thing that matters.
Besides, I like it, not my particular taste, but I still like it.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 11:40 AM
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Nice job. Those are some of the best looking bags on a Fatboy. That windshield looks way better than a lot the ones people use on Fatboys.
 

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