I am a thinking bout something also...mine are still in pretty good shape,, I stuff them in the winter storage months, think it helps some...
also though ablut getting a piece of .050 vinyl siding to play with to see if I could form some...

 

I used leatherlid inserts. Love em and very satisfied. They do a better job of fixing the lid "curl".

 

Not to bust your stones but your bags look in worse shape now than my 08s did before I sent them to Bossbags.

Granted my fix costs alot more than yours but I've also seen much better results from gotsaggybag users.

 

Just had mine done by Bossbags. They look great. They are very sturdy and I agree with an earlier post that the shape of the lid looks more like factory. Also, the lid stiffener covers the entire lid from end to end, some others don't.

 

Question.... I have a dimple on the seam of my left saddlebag. I've read this is somewhat common on the Heritage saddlebags. Did your saddlebags have this as well? I'm wondering if any kit is strong enough to push it out and hold it out to "factory" specs.

Like your bike, I've seen great results from Boss Bags. More than twice the price than some kits, but IMHO the sharpest. Don't know why my Heritage bags are holding up as well as they are. The bike is garaged, but I ride in all kinds of weather, with the bags stuffed to over capacity at times. I've seen bikes with less miles look decades old. (Visions of the owner beating 'em with a baseball bat to give 'em "character" ;-) Maybe the difference is in the cow.

 

By dimple a assume you mean how the outside seam isn't straight but looks pushed in between the lid edge and the bottom of the bag on the rear. If so, yes, my left bag was doing that and now looks very good. Wish I had taken "before" pics but I didn't think. My left is older than the right so I guess that's why it dimpled. The original bags were terrible and I got two separate bags on ebay, the right was brand new but the left had a few miles on it.

 

I used the gotsaggybags kit on mine also. there is nothing wrong with this kit at all. They are all overpriced as it is.

It is better to put the kits in before your bags wear and sag. I did mine not long after I bought the bags. They also recommend you treat your bags kind of heavily with a moisturizer to soften them up before you install as this makes it easier. They look great. It is true that if you could find someone with a gotsaggybags kit you could probably use them as a mold and cut your own to install.

Regarding the dimple. I had a dimple in my seam on one of my bags also... don't remember which one but the kit made it go away.

 

Thanks guys. I'm selling some stuff on ebay. Maybe I'll get the bag supports before mine show irreversible age.

 

oct1949: You have the right idea if your SaggyBag Syndrome isn't too far gone, as I had the same thought and did it to mine. I used 1/4" plywood, total time about 15 minutes including routing the edges. I haven't decided what to do about the slight seam dimple in back yet, but it won't cost anything. I feel sorry for these guys plunking down da dollahs at the first inclination.




...actually, I believe I'll screw some skate wheels to the underside
of the wood to hold out the dimple and keep the wood in place. It's a small pain putting it aside when getting into
the bag, but not really. I taped a baggy with my papers on top of the wood to keep dry and unrumpled.

 

I put gotsaggybags in mine and after a 3 week cross country trip in 17 days of rain and some sleet they look the same as the day I bought the bike. I now have almost 15000 miles on it.