Saddlebag fell off !!
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Mount Pleasant, SC
Today started well with sunshine and a trip out to North Yorkshire to get some miles on my hog. To show how at piece I was with the world I even let the trouble and strife come along 
. After a couple of hours at a roundabout a car pulled up alongside and helpfully advised that my right side saddlebag had parted company with the bike some 5 miles back 
. At which point the wife says 1. Did you not screw them on properly? 2. I thought I heard something come off, but didn't notice the saddlebag was missing when I looked....
Needless to say a thorough search back along the road proved fruitless, and now I'm in need of a replacement RHKC saddlebag.
We must have covered 50 miles or so before it came off, and although I blame myself for not having secured the locking screw, I just wondered if anyone else has suffered a similar mishap.
And of course if anyone has a right side saddlebag I'm very interested
. After a couple of hours at a roundabout a car pulled up alongside and helpfully advised that my right side saddlebag had parted company with the bike some 5 miles back . At which point the wife says 1. Did you not screw them on properly? 2. I thought I heard something come off, but didn't notice the saddlebag was missing when I looked.... Needless to say a thorough search back along the road proved fruitless, and now I'm in need of a replacement RHKC saddlebag.We must have covered 50 miles or so before it came off, and although I blame myself for not having secured the locking screw, I just wondered if anyone else has suffered a similar mishap.
And of course if anyone has a right side saddlebag I'm very interested
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Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Dallas, Texas
I now know of two people with 2011 HDs that had their saddlebag fall off. Both were fixed under their warranty. I don't know the exact particulars, but it may have been that the washers were missing, allowing the fastener pull through the rubber.
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Cruiser
Joined: May 2011
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From: Alberta, Canada
The Dzus style fasteners used for the bags were used on aircraft about 50 years ago, the last aircraft I saw many on was a T33 Tbird. There are many better aircraft fasteners now.
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