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CUSTOM BAGS

From 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail “Black Betty - Back In Black!!!”, documented by 4XPepe.

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2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - hitch system... makes for a great hard bag mount 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - weld on a flat bracket piece to mount the bottom of the bags on 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - if you can sling a little fiberglass, get some used bags and fix 'em up. If not... get help becouse there's much more 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - bags come with a channel for a bar mount. cut inside bottoms flat with the braket mounting channel and glass the hole flat across. cardboar… 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - now we're getting somewhere... 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - good stuff for this job. rubber is your friend 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - start taking measurement and be carefull, fit is real tight here... 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - gotta clear the seat (this stock seat was later swapped out for a nice corbin. gave me alot more room. too bad I didn't see that coming. 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - pay very close attention to the clearance for the softail swing arm. it would be a real drag to do all this work and then have a pothole se… 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - Check clearance for the taillights too. again this one is a very tight fit. 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - once you know where you have to sit those bags, drill out those holes. I also used a bit of rubber mat for vibration dampening. 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - once the bags are properly set into the bottom, whip up some upper brackets to hang off the rear strut and seriously stabalize those bags.… 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - MOUNT THOSE BAGS!!! 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - Assemble al lthe bag lids and hinges and locks, etc. etc. 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - All together and seems to fit as if it was OEM 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - all you'd ever see on the road... haha 2000 Harley-Davidson Softail - Of course this project had to be finished up with a complete paint job to bring it all together... more on the end paint in other folders