Didnt lock my saddlebag !!!!!!!

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Nov 23, 2009 | 08:46 PM

#11

acchd

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From: Charlotte Metro

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Originally Posted by pirateheadman

I've had my lids come open, but I can't think the wind would have ripped both pins off the inside. I put the allen head bolts and u-nuts on the fronts of both bags for security / "just in case" as a backup. That sucks that you lost your bag. Last time my lid opened, a sheriff pulled me over to point out that it was open. I felt like an idiot and wondered how long it had been that way. I should lock them every time, I suppose.

Ditto on the bolts for security and what happend to OP.

Look at pics(below thread) of what QSRYRD did.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...ebag-pins.html

Last edited by acchd; Nov 23, 2009 at 08:51 PM.

Nov 23, 2009 | 08:46 PM

#12

fatbob

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From: Nor Cal

Where were you parked prior to going for your ride. Perhaps someone was in the process of taking your bags, and you came up and they left them on partially. That's why I changed my attaching points of the bags with buttonhead screws and wing nuts on the inside.

Nov 23, 2009 | 08:53 PM

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brettnbama

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I have bolts with lockwashers and wingnuts on the inside. $5 at Home Depot

Nov 23, 2009 | 08:55 PM

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Terry TK

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Quote:

Originally Posted by brettnbama

I have bolts with lockwashers and wingnuts on the inside. $5 at Home Depot

Hey Thanks,

I work at Home Depot (LOL).

Nov 23, 2009 | 09:36 PM

#15

crackercap

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From: Waynesboro, Va

I would think you forgot to latch the lid, sometimes easy to do in our haste to get on the road..

Nov 23, 2009 | 09:40 PM

#16

riteway

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From: Just Outside Chicago

Damn that sucks....My bag opened but all i lost was my shock pump....Must of been quite a shocker to loose a bag....

Nov 23, 2009 | 09:43 PM

#17

creep1

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From: STRONG ISLAND

Shocker to say the least. Aside from the bag, i had a color matched latch. Fitted hd liner, ridetek lid protector, snapon cycle kit, mag light, bungees, co2 inflator kit, and about 300 dollars worth of **** i was gonna put on ebay.

Nov 23, 2009 | 09:44 PM

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creep1

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Also had a set of plates in there. I went back to recover the plates. I knew the bag was destroyed but you shouldve seen the mess it made. Looked like a multi car collision. Highway cops were there. Thats when the second half of the story begins