thanks to a smart neighbor, he came up with another way to attach the bar and it's working great!

I do want to let you all know, though...i ordered this thru ebay, a company called "2 orange harleys"...they have yet to respond to my email. not good customer service.

thanks to all ya'all!

 

glad that everything worked well!! as far as the company goes... if they don't have good customer service I don't buy even if they have things I'm interested... shame

 

yep they will not get anymore of my business, nor will i recommend them...kinda like i will not recommend Edge saddlebags either. Too bad i learned that after i spent the $...

 

I am also having the same problem with this black bracket. Can you please tell me how did you (or your neighbor) told you to solve it?? Thank you.

 

i would love to help but...one small problem...i don't have the fatboy anymore, so i can't take a photo for you. So, i will try to explain what we did.

we went to the hardware store and got two conduit pipe straps and spray painted them black. i think we bought longer bolts as well. pretty sure this is all we bought. once you get the parts, it's easy to sit down and see how they go together. i think the straps were both on the outsde of the frame and the mustache bar was on the other side of the frame. this was a very inexpensive and quick fix. i never had issues with it at all. I'm just wishing i'd have taken a picture!

i have tried to attach a photo of the strap. if it doesn't show, email me at jennydawn@q.com and i'll send it that way.

 

Thank you Junebug69 for your immediate reply. I liked your idea but since I was alone in my garage and didn't have any internet communication, I started experimenting with the bracket and found out that if I bend the 90 degree angled side to approx. 140 degrees, then the problem is solved. The bracket now sits in place and the bolts get through it straight forward. Nevertheless, I really appreciate your help. Thank you again

 

lol no problem! whatever works glad you got something figured out!

 

Make sure you follow up on E Bay and give that sight its proper review, and thanks for the headsup.