[maveriks]

Been tracking these for some time now and finally pulled the plug to get a pair ready-to-paint (arrived in 3 weeks). They came in excellent fiber-glass packing and below is a summary of my learning curve

to get a decent fit. (Hope it helps others - goes w/o saying, I've benefited myself from threads earlier on this topic; just an effort to provide some tech details)

My Current set-up:

• Hondaline Deluxe brackets for luggage rack: Has a long spacer (16mm / 5/8") with the front bolt (towards engine) and a short spacer (10mm / 3/8") for the middle bolt. These spacers are behind the bracket.
• Exhaust: Roadhouse slip-ons sit a couple of inches higher than the stockers.

Tsuyaku's H/W:

1. Long Rear bolt towards the license plate (3 3/8")
2. Short Middle bolt(3 3/4")
3. Long spacer (1 3/8")
4. Short spacer (3/4")

Mounting Attempts:

1. Pics in my album has a set of pictures showing the set up using Tsuyaku's bolts and just their long spacer on rear bolt provided. As you notice from my comments in the pics - bags sit too far away from bike and very close to the pipes. Didn't want this...:banghead:
2. 2nd set of pics has set up with a 7/8" spacer on the rear bolt - very close to the beezles, literally squeezing them..almost there..
3. last pic below is the modified crude winning formula that was almost good with some washers..time to find correct lenght bolts, spacers at a store.:cheers:

I'll update this thread w pics when I've them painted - do subscribe...:choppersm

Folks who have these bags already on a 1300...Can you please express your opinion..are they too close to the pipe?...

Based on your comments I will have to choose b/w the bags and the pipes...

I like the roadhouse slipons so much - I would like to investigate if someone can re-chrome them to remove the yellowing on them..

 

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Very nice looking!