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Can the Quick Detach Sissy Bar Co-Exist with Detach Bag Brackets?

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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:30 PM
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Question Can the Quick Detach Sissy Bar Co-Exist with Detach Bag Brackets?

Got the HD "Quick Detach" mounting hardware on the Fatboy (for the detachable plates with a tall sissy bar & pad)...
Question is, "Is there a Quick Detach Bag Mount" that will work with the Quick Detach Sissy bar hardware on the bike?
I would like to be able to slip both the bags & the sissy bar on & off without having to go through an involved deal...
Anybody have a set-up on their bike with a quick detachable sissy bar and a quick detach bag deal as well?
Looked at the ads for Ghost brackets & Easy brackets but it looks like they would have a conflict with the Quick Detach Sissy Bar Mounting hardware.
Thoughts?
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:38 PM
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Pretty sure barebacks can be used with detachable backrest or without
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:39 PM
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I have Easy Brackets with a detachable sissy bar. No issues. Check out my album for pics and the below for details.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/produ...addlebags.html
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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If memory serves, you have different options when ordering the Easy Brackets. One of them is if you have a detachable sissy bar.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by TCannon22
Pretty sure barebacks can be used with detachable backrest or without
So long as you buy the right part.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:54 PM
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I guess I will give the folks at "Barebacks" a call
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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Well that looks like it works well!
Any issues since you have them on?
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:01 PM
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None at all. They lock on (saddlebags don't lock, though) and can be removed with the key in seconds.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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Just visited their website.
Man somebody was thinking over there!
The installation video is as good as seeing it real time.
They have a pdf file with a diagram illustrating how the easy bracket locking channel exists outside the detachable sissy bar area (so the two systems can funtion independent of one another. For $150 bucks I can have the detachable feature for both the bags & the sissy bar. Works for me
 
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Just be leery when getting out the old bolts. They can be a real pain in the butt.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/6658987-post15.html
 
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