Saddlebag Guards??
Road Captain
Joined: May 2010
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From: Monterey, CA
Nope, he is lucky he was a friend, I probably would have punched him in the face. After his passenger cleaned her drawers out, we took his bike apart and made it rideable, then went back to camp. I found the parts breakdown, he will be fixing my bike.
Supporter
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Altoona, Pa.
Put the HD nostalgic rails on my SE. After having them on my Ultra, I really didnt like the looks of them without the rails. Does give some amount of protection and should the fastners come loose, bad scene to look in your rear view mirrors and seeing the bag sliding down the road.
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: DE
It is dented not broken or scratched.....
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Southeastern Michigan
If you're talking about the two horizontal bars that run along the bottom edge of the saddlebag? Then my "opinion" are that they are 95% cosmetic. The vertical bar at the front of the bags will take most of the tip over force that the engine crashbar doesn't. And in that RARE instance where the bike is hit from behind with a force EXACTLY at the horizontal bars height and forcing it EXACTLY forward, then yes they can be structural. Kinda like a straw being forced into a tree during a tornado. Those chances are slim though since most car bumpers and all truck bumpers are quite a bit higher. And even if they did - you'll have a lot more damage to deal with anyway.
I left the 5% for when the bags are not secured properly - they'll keep them on until you stop.
To see how week they are just pull up on the outside rear corner of them. They move REAL easy. Not much help holding up 900 lbs of bike!
My 2 cents worth.......
I left the 5% for when the bags are not secured properly - they'll keep them on until you stop.
To see how week they are just pull up on the outside rear corner of them. They move REAL easy. Not much help holding up 900 lbs of bike!
My 2 cents worth.......
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: 501
Looks are good, but the big bars only help the hard bags in a tip over on flat ground. If their are any other variables involved, the bags are likely to get at least a little damaged. Been there, done that.
My $0.02
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My $0.02
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From: ST. Louis
It's an old school look. I don't like the looks but then that's just my opinion.
I guess they would stop a door ding from a car and not loose the bag going down the highway. Neither one concerns me.
I did put the front bar on, just to help in a slow drop situation.
I guess they would stop a door ding from a car and not loose the bag going down the highway. Neither one concerns me.
I did put the front bar on, just to help in a slow drop situation.
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
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I have an 05 road glide that has the full saddlebag guards on it and was tossing around the idea of taking them off. I am not sure what years they are interchangeble but if someone wanted to trade their limited style crash bar for the ultra style saddlebag guard I would be interested.
I have a couple different sets of bag guards, just so I can swap out the look...
You should be able to use anything from '99-'07. The frame changed in '08, so those may not fit yer '05.
Last edited by CroK; Nov 24, 2010 at 10:13 AM.