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can this be done?
I have an 06 Ultra, I want to get rid of the saddle bag rails to give it a more stream lined look. I talked to the guy at the Harley shop yesterday and he said it can't be done. I think it can! I would just need to use a couple bolts on each side of the rear fender to fill those holes, then get a bar off a E Glide standard or a street glide to support the bags. There has to be a way to do this. Or am I wrong?
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Its so simple and there are two ways to do it, get out your hd catalog, you can remove the gaurds and replace the rear crash bar with the down swept ones, this way if you did drop it your bags would be saved, and they look kool. Option no.2 is as you said get the saddle bag support piece also in the catalog, this will replace the crash bar with just the bottom bag support. as to the rear holes, just put the bolts back in after removing the grab rails, also you can remove the as a whole, take out two front crash bar bolts and two rear bag rail bolts and it comes off in one piece.
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Thanks guys, I must have been talking to the parts guy on the phone that was having a lazy moment and decided it was easier to tell me no than to look in his book. Figures.
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i did it to my 07 EG Classic my wife hated having her calfs rubbing up on them . the swap took me a half hour
i did it to my 07 EG Classic my wife hated having her calfs rubbing up on them . the swap took me a half hour
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RE: can this be done?
You can just take the horizontal bars off by unbolting them from the front vertical bar and the fender strut in the rear. The rear holes are just tapped holes and the holes in the front vertical guard you can just put a black or chrome cap in. That way you don't have to buy anything.
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That is a good point! I might just do that for now and see if I stay happy with it. I'm sure I will but I think I'll try your idea first. I'll take some pics later. I need new pictures anyway. LOL
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The holes and bolts go all the way thru, it looks kinda crappy cause the bolt keepers will have left marks on the bars,If you like the look,then spend the c note and make it nice.
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You can just take the horizontal bars off by unbolting them from the front vertical bar and the fender strut in the rear. The rear holes are just tapped holes and the holes in the front vertical guard you can just put a black or chrome cap in. That way you don't have to buy anything.
You can just take the horizontal bars off by unbolting them from the front vertical bar and the fender strut in the rear. The rear holes are just tapped holes and the holes in the front vertical guard you can just put a black or chrome cap in. That way you don't have to buy anything.