Saddle bag
- Thread starter bdvtwin
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BadDawg Bill
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On ebay you will see saddlebag mounts for softails. You may have to mod the rail for them to fit but they work well.
bdvtwin
Member
Yes I have the original mounts and the bags. The bags are in bad shape but all hardware is good. Will try to get some pics up.
bdvtwin
Member
Don't think soft tail will work. My bike has the external shocks. I will however take a look.
BigDogRick
Well-Known Member
Just responded to a private post from you. If your original hardware is in good shape. You should be able to mount any bags you find with that same hardware.
bdvtwin
Member
Not sure just yet. still trying to figure out what I want to do. If they turn up for sell i will give you first shot.
bryan
Member
Thank you
Ironmikey
Iron Mikey
I'm not a fan of rigid saddle bags- (they should be called "Samsoniters" not Baggers) but I'm still DELIGHTED I don't have to kick start any of my bikes so that tells Ya how old I am. Used to be that was a measure of a man if he could kick start his bike without it (a) throwing him over the handle bars or, (b) -and more often, not start at all.
Can't tell Ya how many times I took that darn Weber carb off to set the magneto. But, regarding saddle bags:
A retired navy chief built a BD saddle bag for his son-in-law a year or so ago Tony's a master machinist or something and built a wooden jig to shape the leather. He talked me through the whole process from buying half a cow hide at Tandy to cutting, shaping, dyeing AND HAND SEWING. OMG. It took several hundred stitches for the outside and $9.00 and 10 minutes at Gustavo's shoe shop to see the inside. Thanks Chief! My hands hurt for four days.
However(comma) I think it looks pretty good in my unbiased opinion. Not large but long hauls are not an option for me anymore.
Although the bottom is near the exhaust it doesn't scorch.
Can't tell Ya how many times I took that darn Weber carb off to set the magneto. But, regarding saddle bags:
A retired navy chief built a BD saddle bag for his son-in-law a year or so ago Tony's a master machinist or something and built a wooden jig to shape the leather. He talked me through the whole process from buying half a cow hide at Tandy to cutting, shaping, dyeing AND HAND SEWING. OMG. It took several hundred stitches for the outside and $9.00 and 10 minutes at Gustavo's shoe shop to see the inside. Thanks Chief! My hands hurt for four days.
However(comma) I think it looks pretty good in my unbiased opinion. Not large but long hauls are not an option for me anymore.
Although the bottom is near the exhaust it doesn't scorch.
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BigDogRick
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i have searched for the custom leather maker i bought mine from and cannot find him. they are actually bigger than the stock bdm. reinforced with metal plate. i bought them six years ago. he had lots of options. he had a gimmick ad showing a 200 lb guy standing on the mounted bags to show how strong they are. i think he was near san diego. i know that does not help but my point is i exhausted google search with "custom genuine leather motorcycle bags" back then tie i found what i wanted.
Ironmikey
Iron Mikey
Yup, and after all that work I realized what I had made was really a TOOL BAG.