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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 12:29 PM
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My brother and I both own CrossBones Softtails - mine is vivid black with tan/brown pinstripping. I think that distressed brown leather bags would look awesome on my machine - and would compliment the pinstripping - kind of an old west look. A distressed saddle would be very nice too, but one thing at a time.

I noticed HD is making distressed bags for a Dyna model - and they are apparently not compatible with Softails. Does anyone know of any sources of distressed brown leather bags available that would fit my bike? HD may make them one day, but you never know.

Paul
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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I've got some "distressed" black leather bags i might part with? I'll trade for a single non-distressed garage leathers solo bag. 8*)
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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Call David at Osprey www.saddlebags.net Ill bet he can hook you up, they do a lot of the old retro stuff
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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Check out www.sokustom.com !!! Shaun does the best work. i'm not sure if he'll have the type of bag your looking for but i'm sure he'll hook something up for you! Here is a quick pic of the one he did for me!
 
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Grizzwood

I noticed HD is making distressed bags for a Dyna model - and they are apparently not compatible with Softails. Does anyone know of any sources of distressed brown leather bags available that would fit my bike? HD may make them one day, but you never know.

Paul

Roadking and Ultra bags are not compatible with softails either but how many of us are running with them???? You can make anything work if you put some thought to it. To me that is part of the fun...

http://www.foxcreekleather.com/187.html

If you are not into working the HD ones take a look at the link above. They are pretty cool. Below is a thumbnail.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by RNBONES
Check out www.sokustom.com !!! Shaun does the best work. i'm not sure if he'll have the type of bag your looking for but i'm sure he'll hook something up for you! Here is a quick pic of the one he did for me!

Here is another big thumbs up for Shaun!
 
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 02:54 AM
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+ 2 on sokustom

whatever you want this guy will make it for you.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 03:30 AM
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Funny, I just contacted him about roughly the same thing. His stuff looks great
 
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Originally Posted by jasle
I've got some "distressed" black leather bags i might part with? I'll trade for a single non-distressed garage leathers solo bag. 8*)
send me a pic of your bags here is what i have to trade
 
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