'09 SERG - lost bag
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'09 SERG - lost bag
Okay, so I've had my bike a week and am taking it on the road for my first real ride. I'd taken it easy for the first 500 miles and ready to see just good the bike is on the highway. I left my house yesterday at noon headed to our place at the beach, 385 miles. I couldn't believe the power and performance of the bike and checked the mileage and was getting a little over 40 mpg. I had enough time to really check things out and am happier with my decision to buy the SERG each time I get on it.
It was around 5, rush hour, and I had just gone through the tunnel in Mobile, AL. I was on the bridge across the bay passing a truck when without warning, not a peep, I saw my right bag blowing off and as you would expect right into the path of the truck I was passing. There was no way or reason to stop, the bag was trashed. I'm not sure what happened, I checked the pins and clips when I packed the bags for the trip with everything looking okay.
My questions are:
1) Could this be attributed to a factory problem and if so would it be covered under my warranty?
2) Knowing the answer I'll probably get concerning warranty coverage, does anyone have an idea what it will cost to replace the bag and how long it takes for them to paint and deliver a replacement.
Oh well, the weather is great and I'm hitting the road for more miles on my "dream" machine.
It was around 5, rush hour, and I had just gone through the tunnel in Mobile, AL. I was on the bridge across the bay passing a truck when without warning, not a peep, I saw my right bag blowing off and as you would expect right into the path of the truck I was passing. There was no way or reason to stop, the bag was trashed. I'm not sure what happened, I checked the pins and clips when I packed the bags for the trip with everything looking okay.
My questions are:
1) Could this be attributed to a factory problem and if so would it be covered under my warranty?
2) Knowing the answer I'll probably get concerning warranty coverage, does anyone have an idea what it will cost to replace the bag and how long it takes for them to paint and deliver a replacement.
Oh well, the weather is great and I'm hitting the road for more miles on my "dream" machine.
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Man that's a bummer.... Especially when it happens to a new bike and especially so when that new bike is a CVO model. OUCH!
Could be worse though, right? Easy to replace a bag with $ and no damage done. Unlike getting into an accident with it. Keep the faith as you got yourself a great bike there..
Could be worse though, right? Easy to replace a bag with $ and no damage done. Unlike getting into an accident with it. Keep the faith as you got yourself a great bike there..
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Make sure you have the washers on the pins or the grommet could slide through the pin.
wow, that sucks man!! If the clips were indeed tight, and the pins are still on the bike after the fact, I can't see any reason that it would fall off. maybe if the pins are missing you'd have a chance? Lucky for me, I still got a few weeks of snow to make sure mine are tight!
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That sucks, the same thing happened to another guy here a couple weeks back with a firemen's model. He lucked out though and found the exact bag he needed at a swap meet the next weekend.
Did you have the bags off the bike at all since you bought it? If not you might have a good case for a claim.
Did you have the bags off the bike at all since you bought it? If not you might have a good case for a claim.
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