extended saddlebag questions
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Ladera Ranch, CA
The reason I wanted to go with the extensions is that I'm afraid I'll scrape them up too much and with extensions I can always take them off. I drag cornering now on my exhaust tips and sometimes on the floorboards and that's the reason I was looking at the bad dad 2" and the cvo cause they don't go down as far.
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Wellsboro, PA
Yup. All of the above. Go with the whole bag. You'll be glad you didn't get the extensions. Mine are 5" bags. Fairing Factory. See how they're kinda "scalloped" on the bottoms? If you ever scrape those things, you'll be having bigger problems than scraped bags. Extensions just look like extensions. Even if you get shorterbags that don't go down below the pipes, do you scrape your pipes? Just be careful when you back up to a curb, and you should be fine.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Montreal, QC
Yup. All of the above. Go with the whole bag. You'll be glad you didn't get the extensions. Mine are 5" bags. Fairing Factory. See how they're kinda "scalloped" on the bottoms? If you ever scrape those things, you'll be having bigger problems than scraped bags. Extensions just look like extensions. Even if you get shorterbags that don't go down below the pipes, do you scrape your pipes? Just be careful when you back up to a curb, and you should be fine.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Malaysia
Hey guys,I just got my CVO styled extended bags by the company called V Twins.I read somewhere here that it's of good quality and worth the money.It's suppose to be the same ABS material that HD uses on the stock bags.Got the bags and rushed it down to my local painter to color match it to my bike(black denim) but he just couldn't get the right sheen.I also noticed that the bare ABs does have some very minor blemishes.Is there some way to prep the ABS first before you paint it?
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2014
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From: Texas
Do the eastern cvo bags have a higher capacity than stock, or is the "extended"part just for show?
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Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Santa Cruz
I had AN extensions on my '99 RG and the "blend" bodywork always showed after a while. Redone twice. Maybe had something to do with scraping them all the time?? I think the eastern bags are a good choice. I may try them??
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Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Log home in SE Michigan full time. Log cabin in east TN, Smoky Mountians part time
I have the extensions like 09Yellowbird. I like them as they have a rolled edge that matches the rolled edge of my SG facia. I have my SG lowered 1 1/4" and while I have never hit the corners while riding the twisty's, however, my buddies tell me I have come close. They were easy to install and look good IMO.
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