Anybody ever mount leather saddlebags on a road king?

 

......... why ?

 

Looking to buy a set and wondering how they would fit. Millions of them on ebay for softail.

 

Why not buy a set of the OEM leather bags that are take-offs from a Roadking?

 

or better yet, buy a set of hardbags which are much better than the leather IMO

 

I have hard bags already. I am going for that "old school" look.

 

I'm sure it can be done, and has been done. I remember a forum member had a set of bags custom made with a specific color in mind. That was a while ago, but I think they looked like softail bags.

However, softail bags are designed differently in that they are soft sided. They require a guard that prevents them from flopping into the wheel. The Touring saddle bags are hard sided plastic covered in leather.

However, I seen some pretty amazing stuff with custom Harley bikes. Where there is a will, there is a way.

Beary

 

After owning several of both, the only advantage hard bags have over leather in my opinion is security. And even then there are 3rd party locks made for them. Leather bags hold a lot more, keep your stuff just as dry, easier to clean, and are easier to open than hard bags before 2014. The only reason to own hard bags is for their looks.

Beary

 

Yeah, I have done many myself, easy trick. Hard bags suck!

 

I have a set of RKC bags. PM me if you are interested. Unless you like the softail bags better...