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I'll again reiterate get what you want as everyone has different reasoning and likes.
I went with what you stated as the standard stretched look as I wanted more of a "mild" build rather than "wild", again, my opinion on looks. Baddad rear fender & Sumax bags.
I want to achieve a certain look, but not worry about scraping. I feel I am landing right where I want to be.
I also think it is a personal decision. Depends ae lot on how you ride. I like the cvo rear, bags/rear fender. It does restrict you to dual exhaust. We tour a lot so too low won't work for me.
I'm ordering dirty bird +4 bags and rear fender with no cut outs as I'm goin with v&h big radius 2 into 2. I like that look.
But as has been said, opinions are like @$$holes, everyone has one.
Keith
If I were to do stretched bags, and I am considering it in the future, I think I would use the 3" stretched bags from Drag. Looks stretched but doesn't make me worry about how much I will drag them. I would rather replace a muffler than a bag. Since I have an FLHX, the fender wouldn't be a high priority for me, but if money were not a factor I would use the CVO rear fender and cut out the factory license plate setup and French in a nice frame. I like the CVO bags from the rear, but I prefer the straight line across the bottom of the drag lower bags. Plus, I seem to recall that the CVO bags don't add any cu in to the bag, where the drag lowers do.
Or you could do something completely different. Mine was built 10 years ago and it doesn't get lost in the crowd. I don't think it looks dated and I've never seen another like it. Lots of options out there.
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