I've been looking around for a deal on a side bag for my street bob, and I came across this video:


I'm gonna give this a shot, only with a black bag instead.

Anyone ever make their own bags before?

 

Do a search in the Dyna sub-forum. I know a few guys showed off their work there.

One I particularly remember was one guy used a couple of old military ammo can for saddle bag

 

Now that would look good on a Softail Slim.

 

That canvas bag is all good until it rains, then everything gets wet and the bag may even shrink...
Here's what I did to recycle my kid's school bag that he used for 6 years. These come in both vinyl and leather, but both are amazingly durable and make great swing arm or saddle bags. I hard-mounted this to my swing arm with hardware bought entirely at a store down the street from me...
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...-bag-pics.html

These even come with rain covers in most cases or they can be bought separately.
THese bags are not available in the US, but I can get them pretty cheaply, 2nd hand, for anyone on the forum who's interested...

 

This is awesome! Those bags look just like saddlebags!

I already bought the canvas bag though, so I'm gonna give it a shot first to see how it goes...maybe spray some water proofing stuff on there.

 

Great job.

 

I made my own, here is my thread showing what I did.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...ll-thread.html