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Jan 21, 2012 | 08:39 AM

#21

RANGER73

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From: Beyond Fucital

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Originally Posted by 08rock

I also used the plate system but I substituted smoke tinted plexiglass 3/16 thick for aluminum diamond plate works great

Keep an eye on the plexy glass, it'll dry out and crack. And you don't want your bag in your drive belt. JMO

Jan 21, 2012 | 10:47 AM

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PureDeath

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From: South Central Tejas

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Originally Posted by Kowan

Buckles inside.
Not sure what you mean by an extra strap. Mine came with the upper two riveted inside and the two lower straps loose.

I have mine mounted on diamond plate with a three point mounting using the belt guard mount points.

+1, it's the only way to go!

Jan 21, 2012 | 10:49 AM

#23

PureDeath

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From: South Central Tejas

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Originally Posted by Ash16

Yeah the diamond plate was too expensive at Lowes so I just bought a piece of 12x18 16ga weld steel.

That's what I did, painted it black and it's all good!

Jan 21, 2012 | 11:58 AM

#24

keywestwillie

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I wonder why no one has turned these backing plates into a business venture?

Jan 21, 2012 | 12:44 PM

#25

Kowan

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From: So California

I was parked at the dealer and asked why I didn't make a kit for the solo bag/plate mount.
I told the guy it wasn't tough to make one up. I even told him I used WARG's blog writeup as a starting point for mine.
http://www.chasinwhitelines.blogspot.com/

Jan 21, 2012 | 02:02 PM

#26

Sgt_Jim

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From: Central Jersey

i used a 1/16" sheet of stainless steel.. pain in the *** to cut through and grind, but quite solid when all the pieces were put together.. now i've gotta take the coupler nuts off my bike and do something about them to keep them from rusting/oxidizing/or not blending in..so i'll probably just blacken them out like i did with the steel plates.

Jan 21, 2012 | 02:10 PM

#27

Fierofly

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From: Bossier City, LA

7075 aluminum on the INSIDE to help distribute the load on the leather held on by 2ea 1/4 wide zipties at each of the 4 points

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Jan 21, 2012 | 05:52 PM

#28

Woweh

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Quote:

Originally Posted by frozensoul

never installed one so i know this is a dumb question but do you feed the straps through the slots so the buckles are inside or outside the bag? and what about all the extra strap? again i know its a stupid question but never having put one on i wasnt sure. thanks for any help. i bought the leatherworks 5 inch wide bag.

I installed with the buckles on the inside of the bag and cranked down on it, found it was loose after a week, not because of the buckle but the leather stretched a bit with the vibration. Tightened it up again but this time I put black cable ties through, together with the straps. Hasn't moved or loosened in a year. You have to use the black ones though, they are more durable and they make the bike EVEN faster...lol