softail bagger with a twist
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baggin it
No problem JRK5892, need any more advice just shout.
No bagger would be complete without the bags right. After looking around for way too long and not being sure exactly what would fit I chose a set of National cycle cruiseliner hard bags, I was pretty pleased with there style and looks and seen many good reviews on there durability But one thing that did dissapoint me is that they had a weight limit of 11lbs pre bag and a max. speed rating of 80mph. Ok 127ci engine with a 6 speeed ummm yea.
and my 12 pack weighs more than 11lbs. so time to fix that ( the bags that is)
after careful inspection the only reason I could see for the limits were the way the bags were mounted kinda flimsy in my opinion so i fabbed up some custom mounts using 1/16th inch flat steel stock and mounted the bags to them with 1/4" socket head screws and 1/16" cross braces inside the bags basically sandwiching the bags between 2 pieces of steel flat stock, these aren't going anywhere at any speed and should hold at least 25lbs each.
after mounting everything too the fender struts I thought the bags stuck out too far and interfered with my 3/4" thick sissy bar so out came the cutting wheel and cut the bags to fit around the sissy bar, now they sit within a 1/2" of the seat, still need to make up the filler strips but were getting there.
No bagger would be complete without the bags right. After looking around for way too long and not being sure exactly what would fit I chose a set of National cycle cruiseliner hard bags, I was pretty pleased with there style and looks and seen many good reviews on there durability But one thing that did dissapoint me is that they had a weight limit of 11lbs pre bag and a max. speed rating of 80mph. Ok 127ci engine with a 6 speeed ummm yea.
and my 12 pack weighs more than 11lbs. so time to fix that ( the bags that is)
after careful inspection the only reason I could see for the limits were the way the bags were mounted kinda flimsy in my opinion so i fabbed up some custom mounts using 1/16th inch flat steel stock and mounted the bags to them with 1/4" socket head screws and 1/16" cross braces inside the bags basically sandwiching the bags between 2 pieces of steel flat stock, these aren't going anywhere at any speed and should hold at least 25lbs each.
after mounting everything too the fender struts I thought the bags stuck out too far and interfered with my 3/4" thick sissy bar so out came the cutting wheel and cut the bags to fit around the sissy bar, now they sit within a 1/2" of the seat, still need to make up the filler strips but were getting there.
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