FXDXT Saddlebag rebuild
#172
10-23-2012, 02:01 PM
Garry
#174
10-23-2012, 02:32 PM
It just took a while figure out all the little stuff. I just got done taking pictures and will post them as soon as I finish shipping todays orders. UPS will be here in about an hour so I have to get that paperwork done, then I will put up a long post with pictures.
Garry
Garry
#175
10-23-2012, 05:10 PM
OK guys, we finally have what you have been waiting for. I will start with a little comparison between our new bags and the stock bags.
The stock bag on the right is a little collapsed but you can see how much space was wasted between the bag and the bike. Our new bag on the left REALLY hugs close and is the closest bag I think I have ever seen for a Dyna. For you guys with FXDXT bikes with the little "tit" on the fender, you will probably want to unscrew it.
This picture shows how much more our new bag (the one on the bike) will hold compared to the stock one while they are both in the compressed (not expanded) mode. By utilizing the space they wasted, we are able to put a one gallon jug all the way to the bottom of the bag and still be able to zip it up. I could only get the jug about halfway down in the harley bag and I was barely able to zip it up and it really bulged out. You can also see the inside plastic "floor" of our bag. We couldn't make a complete "floor" on the inside and still make it expandable, so it is a partial floor and the rest of the support (similar to Harley's sock covered bottom frame) is from riveting a thick piece of ABS plastic to the bottom of the bag as shown in the next photo.
Here you can see the bottom support and the ample space between the bag and the pipe.
If you look closely in the photo below, you can see the locking lever with a padlock around it and through a d-ring to lock the bags onto the bike.
This photo shows the bag in expanded mode, the two one gallon jugs are all the way to the bottom and do bulge the bag out a little, but I could still zip it up easily. I tried to do the same thing with the stock Harley bag in the next photo, but I could not zip it up unless I turned the jugs.
The next photo is a rear view of both new bags on the bike, very little gap between the bags and the bike.
This next photo show the right side bag in expanded mode, although it is wide enough for the milk jugs it really doesn't stick out much farther than the stock bag because we utilized the space they wasted.
And again in compressed mode.
I am working with a friend of mine to do a video of how the bags go on and off, but now I just need to get busy finishing this first batch and printing up the install instructions.
We are not going to offer these bags to our dealers, instead, we are going to try to just market them here on the forum and ebay. We will be listing them on ebay for $639, but for all forum members who have posted on this thread, or who pm me, we will sell them at $569 plus shipping. We are now ready to start taking orders, but the first sets, because of pm's or posts, go to: Parts eeter, 07bobber, Fxdxt-I, Hogpro, FXD-T, Some_punk, bucket13, Bo_Jangles, gnstalodz, irishbagger, jslum, Jwright302, Parrish, Elwood87, 01FXDX, Stef142, dyna bomb, fxdb10, JCleary, and McGinnes_John. Hopefully I didn't miss anyone. If I don't hear from you guys in the next few days, I will pm you as I need your card info, address ect. We will start shipping bags this week. jslum, ElRay, and anyone else who needs new lids for their stock bags, the lid kits will be $55 plus shipping. By the way, we don't charge your card until the day the bags are shipped.
Keep ridin'
Garry
The stock bag on the right is a little collapsed but you can see how much space was wasted between the bag and the bike. Our new bag on the left REALLY hugs close and is the closest bag I think I have ever seen for a Dyna. For you guys with FXDXT bikes with the little "tit" on the fender, you will probably want to unscrew it.
This picture shows how much more our new bag (the one on the bike) will hold compared to the stock one while they are both in the compressed (not expanded) mode. By utilizing the space they wasted, we are able to put a one gallon jug all the way to the bottom of the bag and still be able to zip it up. I could only get the jug about halfway down in the harley bag and I was barely able to zip it up and it really bulged out. You can also see the inside plastic "floor" of our bag. We couldn't make a complete "floor" on the inside and still make it expandable, so it is a partial floor and the rest of the support (similar to Harley's sock covered bottom frame) is from riveting a thick piece of ABS plastic to the bottom of the bag as shown in the next photo.
Here you can see the bottom support and the ample space between the bag and the pipe.
If you look closely in the photo below, you can see the locking lever with a padlock around it and through a d-ring to lock the bags onto the bike.
This photo shows the bag in expanded mode, the two one gallon jugs are all the way to the bottom and do bulge the bag out a little, but I could still zip it up easily. I tried to do the same thing with the stock Harley bag in the next photo, but I could not zip it up unless I turned the jugs.
The next photo is a rear view of both new bags on the bike, very little gap between the bags and the bike.
This next photo show the right side bag in expanded mode, although it is wide enough for the milk jugs it really doesn't stick out much farther than the stock bag because we utilized the space they wasted.
And again in compressed mode.
I am working with a friend of mine to do a video of how the bags go on and off, but now I just need to get busy finishing this first batch and printing up the install instructions.
We are not going to offer these bags to our dealers, instead, we are going to try to just market them here on the forum and ebay. We will be listing them on ebay for $639, but for all forum members who have posted on this thread, or who pm me, we will sell them at $569 plus shipping. We are now ready to start taking orders, but the first sets, because of pm's or posts, go to: Parts eeter, 07bobber, Fxdxt-I, Hogpro, FXD-T, Some_punk, bucket13, Bo_Jangles, gnstalodz, irishbagger, jslum, Jwright302, Parrish, Elwood87, 01FXDX, Stef142, dyna bomb, fxdb10, JCleary, and McGinnes_John. Hopefully I didn't miss anyone. If I don't hear from you guys in the next few days, I will pm you as I need your card info, address ect. We will start shipping bags this week. jslum, ElRay, and anyone else who needs new lids for their stock bags, the lid kits will be $55 plus shipping. By the way, we don't charge your card until the day the bags are shipped.
Keep ridin'
Garry
