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I have done the same thing to my Streetglide. I bought a quick detach rack off ebay that turned out to be very good quality. I already had the 4 point docking hardware on my bike. I made a spacer to fit between the rack and tour pack to raise it up to clear the saddlebags. The picture shows plywood but in the end I bought a 3/8" nylon cutting board from Walmart and made the spacer out of that. Raising it 3/8" allows you to get the bags open if you mount the tour pack in the rearward holes. If you move it to the forward holes you would need to get a thicker spacer.
The one I bought was the wrong colour so I painted it my garage, There were several parts missing when I got it but I managed to find everything I needed without spending a ton of money.
I thought I would only have this thing on when I did overnight trips and take it off when I was just doing day rides. The damn thing has turned out to be so handy I have never taken it back off. So I ended up wiring the lights in and over this winter I've installed rear speakers. I still have to get the Boom system flashed so the speakers will work.
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