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Saddle bag installation (Read 192 times)

T140V

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Saddle bag installation
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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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #1 - 02/18/17 at 03:04:29 Drilled hole to hold in tail lights
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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #2 - 02/18/17 at 03:06:04 Drilled holes for wires
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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #3 - 02/18/17 at 03:09:25 Mounted to reflector bracket and drilled hole for the wire
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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #4 - 02/18/17 at 03:11:12 Mounted with lock nuts
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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #5 - 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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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #6 - 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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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #7 - 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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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #8 - 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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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #9 - 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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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #10 - 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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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #11 - 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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T140V Ex Member	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #12 - 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.
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #13 - 02/18/17 at 07:01:33 T140, Good Job! Do you recall what size the aluminum tubing is? Kenny
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: Saddle bag installation Reply #14 - 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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