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Title: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:01:34 I found some saddle bags on auction for $50.00. I wanted to mount them low and out of the way so if anyone is interested I started by relocating the tail lights. I had some 7/8" OD 3/4" ID aluminum tubing the tail lights would fit inside. I drilled holes in the tubing in order to hold the taillight in and holes that lined up with the rear reflector mount. Then I polished the tubing to give it a finished look. |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:04:29 Drilled hole to hold in tail lights |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:06:04 Drilled holes for wires |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:09:25 Mounted to reflector bracket and drilled hole for the wire |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:11:12 Mounted with lock nuts |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:12:48 After polishing all done with the lights. I did have to extend the wires using solder and heat shrink tubing |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:16:23 Next I made the mounts for the saddlebags . I used 5/8 inch steel rod to make an insert where the lights used to be. |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:18:43 I cut the rod with a hacksaw to fit in the hole. I drilled it out on the bottom side and tapped the hole to 1/4" X 20 so I could bolt it on. |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:22:33 Then I drilled the center out and tapped it to fit some screws I had in the garage. |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:25:37 Next I used 1/4" X 1" aluminum flat bar with washers behind it to space it out from the chrome fender covers (so the chrome wouldn't get scratched). |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:29:08 I drilled some holes in the flatbar and cut the saddle bags to the length I thought looked good and used threaded rivets to hold them on. |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:33:42 I might mention the offset of the pulley tends to hold one saddle bag out to side more than the other. Nature of the beast. |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/18/17 at 03:36:31 Next I rounded the edges with a sander and polished them up. This is how they turned out. It wasn't real complicated and I like the look. I hope this will give somebody an idea who can't make a decision on what to do about their bags. :D |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by Kenny G on 02/18/17 at 07:01:33 T140, Good Job! Do you recall what size the aluminum tubing is? Kenny |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by IslandRoad on 02/18/17 at 18:47:23 They came up looking great! I found some square section aluminium which the turn signal mount fitted into (with one washer to snug it up). Mounting to the licence plate bracket tilted them up a bit, which bothered me at first, but hey, at least they point straight at the driver behind me ;) |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by IslandRoad on 02/18/17 at 18:47:59 Here are a couple more shots: |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by IslandRoad on 02/18/17 at 18:48:31 Last one :) |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by IslandRoad on 02/18/17 at 18:51:36 BTW, the side mounted screws on my signals are long enough to go through the fender rails, which is much thicker than the aluminium section. I managed to pinch the wire which caused some really bizarre effects with the signals - took me ages to troubleshoot it because I thought the holes in the signal housing were blunt ends. I didn't realise they go all the way through :-/ |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/19/17 at 00:40:04 Nice Island Road, I keep forgetting to measure the tubing for everyone. The nice thing about showing what we have done is it gives everyone ideas for their own customizing. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by T140V on 02/21/17 at 12:08:40 456B604D7C6F7D660E0 wrote:
I reposted it Kenny 7/8 od X 3/4 Id |
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Title: Re: Saddle bag installation Post by Kenny G on 02/21/17 at 14:19:57 T14, Thank you. Kenny G |
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