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Posted by CDNRatMan
 - December 29, 2016, 15:49:12 PM

powder coat them......

Posted by Zoar
 - December 29, 2016, 12:11:58 PM
Quote from: indo on December 20, 2016, 13:16:18 PM

Well, I had ordered the brackets from Starklite to fit the original rack but I had been waiting 6 weeks for them and just got tired of waiting. So, I made them. Went to the metal supply and bought some aluminum. Unfortunately, since it was scrap it did have some scrapes but I buffed it as good as I could. Hand bend on the radiuses and I made a lower bracket to go on the top bolt of the bracket holding the fender. As I stated in another post, I throughly glassed the under side of the rear fender to make it beefier. It is definitely solid. Since it is a part of the fender it moves with the motion. The advantage to this design is that you can put any type of bag on it as long as it clears the pipe. However, these are not quick detach unless one were to put jam nuts on the bolts on the brackets and use wing nuts to fasten the bags on. The wing nuts would have to be secured from backing out. And then you would have the face of the bracket protruding. So, for all intents and purposes they are semi-permanent. Rack is still fully functional. I utilized Viking Bags as they are very robust and inexpensive. Someday maybe I'll put some Traveleer bags on. Here are some pictures and the last one of my Moto Guzzi which I did a very similar design on.

I dig the red rims!!

Where can I get my rims made red like that??

Posted by indo
 - December 29, 2016, 09:52:47 AM

I cut those ugly ears off of the frame that hold the original bags. They are just plain fugly! The underside of the fender has three layers of 6oz glass more than enough to strengthen the fender. Plus, the bags are not full all the time and it leaves the bags level with the rack which the original brackets do not.

Posted by OR Seedman
 - December 25, 2016, 19:37:23 PM

Not sure why you would want to put the extra weight and stress on the PLASTIC fender and have all your stuff bounce around....there are options for rigid saddlebag mounts that attach to the seat frame on the 1500 and allow the rear fender to float independently from the bags....and not shake all your stuff around...just my opinion...plus replacement fenders are getting really hard to find....

Posted by bambam0099
 - December 21, 2016, 19:53:02 PM
Quote from: indo on December 20, 2016, 13:16:18 PM

...Someday maybe I'll put some Traveleer bags on....

I think the Iron T saddle bags are the most beautiful bags made.

I think they would look awesome on my bike but I need to see if they lock because if not, someone would surely steal them easily.  Alot of money but you get what you pay for.

http://www.ironbags.com/photo_gallery.phtml#ironT

Posted by indo
 - December 21, 2016, 09:24:55 AM

Yes they do move with the fender/swingarm, as one unit. I have pictures of bags on '51-'53 Chiefs with the brackets (original) but the brackets are too obscured to see exactly what they are. I particularly wanted to have the option of camping with the bike and the rack is a must for the tent/sleeping bag as they will not fit in the bags. This system would also work with hard bags. Took her for a ride yesterday and everything functioned perfectly. Thanks for the compliments.

Posted by pcarrell
 - December 20, 2016, 22:48:00 PM

Looks like a very clean installation.  Do the bags move with the fender then, since the fender is attached to the suspension?

Posted by bambam0099
 - December 20, 2016, 22:29:40 PM

Geez, that came out really nice and clean!  Nice job!

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - December 20, 2016, 15:43:35 PM

 8) very well done.....

Posted by outlaw
 - December 20, 2016, 13:42:53 PM

That is very neat, looks the part.

Posted by indo
 - December 20, 2016, 13:16:18 PM

Well, I had ordered the brackets from Starklite to fit the original rack but I had been waiting 6 weeks for them and just got tired of waiting. So, I made them. Went to the metal supply and bought some aluminum. Unfortunately, since it was scrap it did have some scrapes but I buffed it as good as I could. Hand bend on the radiuses and I made a lower bracket to go on the top bolt of the bracket holding the fender. As I stated in another post, I throughly glassed the under side of the rear fender to make it beefier. It is definitely solid. Since it is a part of the fender it moves with the motion. The advantage to this design is that you can put any type of bag on it as long as it clears the pipe. However, these are not quick detach unless one were to put jam nuts on the bolts on the brackets and use wing nuts to fasten the bags on. The wing nuts would have to be secured from backing out. And then you would have the face of the bracket protruding. So, for all intents and purposes they are semi-permanent. Rack is still fully functional. I utilized Viking Bags as they are very robust and inexpensive. Someday maybe I'll put some Traveleer bags on. Here are some pictures and the last one of my Moto Guzzi which I did a very similar design on.

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