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I installed the Harley aluminum bags. Everything was straight forward except the left mount was a little bit off. I had to shave a little off and used a pry bar to get it to fit. I ordered them from shoputahharley.com. Saved a couple hundred dollars on the entire order.
bags are heavy duty and spacious. I can fit my HJC XL helmet into the left case. They are wide, 43 inches , end to end. They can hold a ton of stuff. They are easily removable also. I might take them off and use them for trips only. I have a smaller set of soft bags for daily use.
on to the next farkle.
I put the cases on this past weekend. Wasn't happy about having to drill the topcase for the back pad, but it's done. Side cases will probably live on the shelf unless I'm traveling 2-up. Really wish the right case had a cutout for the pipe rather than spacing it further out.
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I think my mileage went down by roughly 5 mpg. Hard bags stick out far and are catching all kinds of wind. I took them off and am waiting to see if mileage goes back up to the 48/49 range.
Yeah, you can really feel it.
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I did 1,626 miles the past 4 days. Mostly in Northern Wisconsin. bags fully packed and cruise control @ 64, the bike was getting a consistent 48-50 mpg. I thought it would be a whole lot lower with those wide bags, but I was wrong.
when I pressed it on the interstate mileage dropped to the lower 40’s. But thats normal when the speed goes up.
Still impressed with the entire package.
when I pressed it on the interstate mileage dropped to the lower 40’s. But thats normal when the speed goes up.
Still impressed with the entire package.
2021 Deadwood (OD) Green PanAm, 2007 Pearl Yellow RK Custom
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Nice, I'm waiting on my black ones. I thought I had a question but noticed in side pic (I only see two pics, from rear and side) what cell phone holder you're using as I'm in the market. However, I see it's the X grip from ram mounts? Correct? If so Id recommend getting new/different one. I had that on my RK and luckily had phone on charger too or I would have lost phone. It fell out of holder and wasn't real ruff road and ~40mph and one other time I saw almost out, probably next bump. Just my two cents.
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yes, ram mount X grip is currently on bike. what set-up do you recomend?
2021 Deadwood (OD) Green PanAm, 2007 Pearl Yellow RK Custom
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I was hoping you had the answer.😁 Cause I am looking right now, just my personal opinion with X,grip and I won't be using or buying another, especially on PA. I pretty sure ram makes a different type/model and do believe buddy has it but need to confirm. Oh guy at work send me a link from "law-abiding biker" he done a review of PA at sturgis (good review) but he sells and of course recommends his holder. Thought bout buying it.
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How was the install for the top mount bracket for the top case? Easy to do at home, or did you have a dealer install?
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Sorry, I only installed the side cases, not the top case. So I'm no help.
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I installed the mount and top case myself. It required drilling 4 holes into the bottom plate with a 20 mm bit. I couldn't find the 20mm bit (25/32), so I ended up using the closest SAE size I had,, 12/16. Worked just fine. The holes to-be drilled are pretty clearly identified on the plate, so you don't have to measure them out at all. Other than that, just screwing things into place mainly. Good luck.
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I bought a Quad Lock, but there is no good place to mount it as it is not on a ball and makes the phone useless since it faces my right arm. I am going to put the Quad Lock on my FatBoy and move the caw.car over to the Pan am, The handlebar mounting is much more versatile and it has an articulating ball that allows full rotation to point the face of the phone at me. The CAW does great on the FB, not sure how it would fare off road.
I had the dealer do it. Had it in for something else so I figured I'd let them do it.
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Bike looks great! I had to cancel my order for HD bags I could not wait any longer it’s been 7 months. So I bought the HD brackets and bags directly from SW-Motech. The problem so far is it seems the actual mounts for the top case from HD must come with the top case not the rack. Could you confirm this for me? Is there a tensioner that stops the rack from sliding back and forth that comes with the top case? I order the SW-Motech mounts and should have them next week before we head to the Baja.
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It's easy enough. You have to take off the handhold, then the whole handhold base, flip it and drill the holes. It calls for 20mm, but 3/4" works fine. It's just for access to the screws. When you put the handhold back on, I was unable to put the rear centre screw back into the handhold because the tail light is in the way. Still solid, though.
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