Saddlebag Guards For ’09 Street Glide??

Has anyone been able to add saddle bag guards like shown here?

http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US

HD part # 912216-97 The dealer says these won’t fit and didn’t offer a reason why.

All HD seems to have doesn’t offer as much protection as I’d like is this:

http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US

HD part # 49282-09B

Looking for some advice/suggestions. Thanks!

 

If you want saddlebag "rails" then just buy the saddlebag guards and rails from an ultra out of the parts book.

 

THIS might help as well.

 

Funny I just took them off and put on the saddle bag support.

 

It has to do with the filler strips. The wrap around bag guards won't work with the filler strip or there needs to be some mods done to them.

 

I believe Izzo is right about the filler strips.. you'd have to put 2 holes in each one....

Think they would be cool in black..and a better style. Not really fond of putting them on my streetglide.

 

No other way than drilling holes??

 

prob could get the filler strips from a bike that allows you to put them on
and use those so you don't have to put holes in your stock bikes filler strips...

 

you have to cut the filler strip to fit or remove it to make the bag guards work. i just did the opposite and went to a street glide rear fender and remved the bag guards.

 

Street Glide owners take note (at least the '09 & up owners), if you put the saddlebag guards that Harley calls for (the single rail vertical ones) on your bike, the antenna mount is relocated and it winds up pushing against the underside of the rear facia. Essentially it the base of the antenna is higher (towards the sky, if you will) than the old position and it fits like crap and looks like crap. Trust me, there is no other way to mount it because it's a one-position-only location. I could cut, lower it, re-weld it, powdercoat it and remount it, but that's a real Harley design fk-up if there ever was one.

At some point I see it stress cracking that rear facia, it's that jammed against it. Just beware if you're going to do this. We have both the radio and the CB antenna on her SG and they're both so tight against the facia that the rubber grommet is distorted.

Food for thought.