Eastern Performance saddlebags?
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I wouldn't touch ABS bags with a ten foot pole to be honest.. I don't know what HD has in their bags to keep them from sagging but neither Faring factory or Vtwin are using it. I can't imagine any of the other made china shi* are either.
I attribute my experience to my first door ding in a new truck. It sucks *** to begin with but I'll eventually get over it..
I just want to put the warning out to others to not put yourselves through the same PITA..
ON a side note.. It appears even HD doesn't offer a set of bag lowers with Brilliant Silver Pearl. Thankfully or my credit card would have been bleeding tonight. Only Brilliant Silver. WTF is up with that? Sell a bike with no matching colors?
Are there any brilliant minded fabricators out there that can think of a bracket of some sort to force the back side into shape?? Small piece of L bracket that is held in place by the two mounting holes? I'd imagine using only bruckus screws or bolts and not the Dzus stock mounting hardware would be enough to hold whatever is strong enough to hold the back into place would work.. I can think of alot of things to spend another grand on than different lowers which do "look" awesome...
I attribute my experience to my first door ding in a new truck. It sucks *** to begin with but I'll eventually get over it..
I just want to put the warning out to others to not put yourselves through the same PITA..ON a side note.. It appears even HD doesn't offer a set of bag lowers with Brilliant Silver Pearl. Thankfully or my credit card would have been bleeding tonight. Only Brilliant Silver. WTF is up with that? Sell a bike with no matching colors?
Are there any brilliant minded fabricators out there that can think of a bracket of some sort to force the back side into shape?? Small piece of L bracket that is held in place by the two mounting holes? I'd imagine using only bruckus screws or bolts and not the Dzus stock mounting hardware would be enough to hold whatever is strong enough to hold the back into place would work.. I can think of alot of things to spend another grand on than different lowers which do "look" awesome...
Last edited by SDVmnt; Mar 13, 2012 at 11:05 PM.
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bought a set 2 weeks ago for my wifes streetglide nothing to it i sprayed 2 coats of high build primer block sanded and painted them pearl black. didnt even have to do any mods bolted right up. yes they are from v-twin hey for the price u cant beat it my ol ladys gets complements everytime we ride they wanna know where we got them from.
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bought a set 2 weeks ago for my wifes streetglide nothing to it i sprayed 2 coats of high build primer block sanded and painted them pearl black. didnt even have to do any mods bolted right up. yes they are from v-twin hey for the price u cant beat it my ol ladys gets complements everytime we ride they wanna know where we got them from.
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Are there any brilliant minded fabricators out there that can think of a bracket of some sort to force the back side into shape?? Small piece of L bracket that is held in place by the two mounting holes? I'd imagine using only bruckus screws or bolts and not the Dzus stock mounting hardware would be enough to hold whatever is strong enough to hold the back into place would work.. I can think of alot of things to spend another grand on than different lowers which do "look" awesome...
You dont need a fabricator. You need to go down to LOWES. Go to the tool department and look at the different types of clamps and such they offer. Let it sit for a bit then install a bracket maybe. something like this might work to spread it open
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I am sure some of the woman will know how sick my last post was. But SDVmint you need something like this
http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CFwQ8wIwAg
http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CFwQ8wIwAg
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LMAO Dave I know what that is! I meant more of a bracket to mount inside the bags 0=========0 with the two holes being the mounting holes. That would eliminate the bow in the back..
ON that note.. Today, 2 days after mounting they're latching and closing like they're supposed to. Whether that holds for the duration time will tell I guess. Until then I'm content. Like you said i'm the only one that will notice. My wife will hear me bitching if it changes
She has a RK Classic that she wants to put hard bags on. When her old bike sells we're riding to Mitchell and checking out Top Shop. Want to see what shapes look best on hers. I'm thinking 3" old school stretch.
ON that note.. Today, 2 days after mounting they're latching and closing like they're supposed to. Whether that holds for the duration time will tell I guess. Until then I'm content. Like you said i'm the only one that will notice. My wife will hear me bitching if it changes
She has a RK Classic that she wants to put hard bags on. When her old bike sells we're riding to Mitchell and checking out Top Shop. Want to see what shapes look best on hers. I'm thinking 3" old school stretch.
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I personally would not start drilling holes for support. I would first look into get some lexan and try to reinforced the sides that are having issue. I would get some epoxy and try to sure up bad sides
http://www.interstateplastics.com/Cl...utm_medium=cpc
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LMAO Dave I know what that is! I meant more of a bracket to mount inside the bags 0=========0 with the two holes being the mounting holes. That would eliminate the bow in the back..
ON that note.. Today, 2 days after mounting they're latching and closing like they're supposed to. Whether that holds for the duration time will tell I guess. Until then I'm content. Like you said i'm the only one that will notice. My wife will hear me bitching if it changes
She has a RK Classic that she wants to put hard bags on. When her old bike sells we're riding to Mitchell and checking out Top Shop. Want to see what shapes look best on hers. I'm thinking 3" old school stretch.
ON that note.. Today, 2 days after mounting they're latching and closing like they're supposed to. Whether that holds for the duration time will tell I guess. Until then I'm content. Like you said i'm the only one that will notice. My wife will hear me bitching if it changes
She has a RK Classic that she wants to put hard bags on. When her old bike sells we're riding to Mitchell and checking out Top Shop. Want to see what shapes look best on hers. I'm thinking 3" old school stretch.