Swingarm Bag SOLUTION!!! - No More Scratches!!!
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Thanks. It's awright. I probably would have made it look better with your kit. But like everyone else here, I'm a freggin cheapo. 
So, when are you placing your order for the kit?
...just kidding
Road Captain
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From: Pacific Northwest
Wow, there's a half hour of my life I'll never get back. Should have just stuck to the first few posts to get the info I need to mount the nice LaRossa bag I just got from forum member yandeltx.
Last edited by gforrest2; Apr 10, 2013 at 01:07 AM.
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Good stuff guys. Bury the trolls
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DCC that was unbelievably generous of you to post your backing plate measurements. Maybe JD will post schematics so that we can all build our own Shotgun Shocks next.
As far as the kit goes, I made my own when this thread first came out but for $100 I would have just bought one. The difference in the price of the parts to make one and the kit plus the time it takes to make it is not worth the savings to me. I have better things to do.
If WARG hadn't done his write-up and I hadn't seen his bike in person, I would still be rolling with zip ties holding mine on. I was never worried about my frame getting scratched or the bag falling off. The thing that sold me on it was the support that it offers for the bag, WARG's looked like new with the backing plate and mine was all deformed and sagging without.
As far as the kit goes, I made my own when this thread first came out but for $100 I would have just bought one. The difference in the price of the parts to make one and the kit plus the time it takes to make it is not worth the savings to me. I have better things to do.
If WARG hadn't done his write-up and I hadn't seen his bike in person, I would still be rolling with zip ties holding mine on. I was never worried about my frame getting scratched or the bag falling off. The thing that sold me on it was the support that it offers for the bag, WARG's looked like new with the backing plate and mine was all deformed and sagging without.
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I read this too late, since I put my bag on 3 years after this thread was made. Oh well, MAYBE there won't be too much "damage" to my swing arm.
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I figgure if I am removing the rear tire, getting my swingarm bag on and off won't be a big deal. It's a pretty easy to access three bolts.
Last edited by SoCalSoftailSlim; Apr 15, 2013 at 12:49 PM.