Looks good

 

Looks great... How about a break down on the cost of all you parts?

 

Price breakdown:

V-Twin Mfg. 1977 H/D FLH bags $600
Easy Brackets $160
Tombstone tailight $75
Assorted bits and pieces $20
Bodywork and paint on bags $500

TOTAL $1355

Expensive? HELL YES! Cheaper than taking a hit on trade in for a stock bagger? YES.

~Joe

 

Came out good, curved tops on the bags look good with the fender.

 

thanks.....I like it.

~Joe

 

JOe they look great! now make some fillers for them! I am a huge fan of FLH bags, just got a set for a buddy off ebay for a buddy for 32 bucks! the guy labled them as honda CB bags cause they where on an old honda CB, same way i got mine (55 bucks)
here is how i made my fills, granted mine stick out about a 1/4 inch further than yours do if not a 1/2 inch as i have detach sissy bar hardware as well... but here is what mine look like wiht the fills
sorry the only pics i have suck, i know... and as I said mine stick out further so i was trying to clean it up a bit... still not sure if i am sold on them!

Also, little tip! may want to get a touch light (the small 3 LED touch light) you can order them from ebay pretty cheap, i put 1 in each bag on mine and at night they are a blessing to see what you got going on in there!
sheet steel after mock up and cut

 

Thanks Joe.

I ordered a couple more pieces today:





Both pieces will be powdercoated gloss black, and the sissybar brackets will be cut down and modified. They will be brackets available for hooking bungie cords on when I need to strap stuff down. My idea is to get a couple of those black rubber bungee cords, and then dip the hooks in hot plastic, so that the hooks won't scratch anything. With the rack and brackets being gloss black, they will blend right in.

Then, the bike is ready for any "future" touring I may decide to do after military retirement.

Anyway, just an update.

P.S. My chrome louvered backing for my license plate came in. Pics after assembly to follow.

~Joe

 

Got some work done today.

Here is the louvered backing plate installed:







here are my 1/8" thick steel plates being test fitted for hole alignment



And...here they are drying. I filed them down, sanded the metal and gave them a thick coat of some gloss black caliper paint I had laying around. They will be installed with some washers and acorn nuts I picked up. This is just the trick to sandwich the fiberglass and make the bags sturdy and crack proof.



~Joe

 

Look's great, any pic's of the bag from the bracket side.?

 

No, I didn't take any pics, but it is flat and smooth, with a small tin bracket at the top about the size of a hack saw blade. I removed it, and the holes are being filled before paint.

~Joe