Street Glide Luggage Tie Downs
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Street Glide Luggage Tie Downs
Thought I'd share my latest project. For those of us with touring bikes without crash bars on the saddlebags, having a good place to tie down soft bags sitting in the passenger seat, is a challenge. I re-designed the passenger grab strap bracket to accecpt 1" or 2" straps. I made them out of 1/8" think 4130 Chrome Moly plate, so they are very strong, plus I had them chromed. I attached some pics, if you are interested in seeing the end result. I'll test them this summer on a couple trips. Once installed you can barely see them.
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Very Nice!! Better patient those before HD gets wind!! What is the slot for under the hold down hole?
Update...I see now that is were the straps would slide into,Would you consider making more and what would you say you would need for a set? I would be OK with black!! Chrome is sweet though!!
Update...I see now that is were the straps would slide into,Would you consider making more and what would you say you would need for a set? I would be OK with black!! Chrome is sweet though!!
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I am quite sure Harley all ready has a patent on the tie down that is broad enough to cover what I made, plus my last research on a patent, was about $1,000, just to file with the patent office.
The top slot is for 1" straps, they could be a grab strap or a luggage tie down. The botton slot is sized for a larger straps, like the one on my T-Bag. It's open, so you don't have to take the buckle apart, you can just slide the strap out.
As for making these, they took me a little over 10 hours to make, then it cost me $20 a bracket for chrome. So if you assumed $15 an hour, and $40 for chrome, then $10 to ship, that takes to cost to about $200. So here the challenge, a shop charge of $15 and hour is way too low. The cost of $200 for a pair of brackets is way too expensive. I wish I had a way to automate the build, so I could make them faster, but I just have hand power tools (drills, grinders, sanders, etc).
That's why I shared the idea, thinking others might want to just make something like this for themselves. As I just don't have a good way to make these at what I concider an affordable price, that still pays me a reasonable amount.
The top slot is for 1" straps, they could be a grab strap or a luggage tie down. The botton slot is sized for a larger straps, like the one on my T-Bag. It's open, so you don't have to take the buckle apart, you can just slide the strap out.
As for making these, they took me a little over 10 hours to make, then it cost me $20 a bracket for chrome. So if you assumed $15 an hour, and $40 for chrome, then $10 to ship, that takes to cost to about $200. So here the challenge, a shop charge of $15 and hour is way too low. The cost of $200 for a pair of brackets is way too expensive. I wish I had a way to automate the build, so I could make them faster, but I just have hand power tools (drills, grinders, sanders, etc).
That's why I shared the idea, thinking others might want to just make something like this for themselves. As I just don't have a good way to make these at what I concider an affordable price, that still pays me a reasonable amount.
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This is exactly the idea I had in mind when I removed the crash bars from the Ultra. I was also thinking that if I drop it, I have no where to hold onto and a strap that I could hook on as needed would be cool.
Question, when the seat is compressed (someone sits on it.) does it hit your bracket? This would eventually wear through I suspect.
Thanks for showing your work - mind if I copy it before you patent it? <G>
Question, when the seat is compressed (someone sits on it.) does it hit your bracket? This would eventually wear through I suspect.
Thanks for showing your work - mind if I copy it before you patent it? <G>
