Blvd stamped saddle bags hard mounted - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

tsjohnston · 09-08-2008, 11:22 AM

Found some nice Blvd hard mount bags for my M50 .. they are used but in great shape for 50.00, drove 100 mi. lastnight to buy and install them.
once I removed the sissybar&lugg rack,, got the bags in place and found they would not fit with the stock rear blinkers in place ,, these are bags from suzuki that have the BLVD stamp on them ,, leather out. hard case inside. Guy had them on his but he had no blinkers on the rear of his M50. He had the blinkers inside his tail light, was some kind of kit ,, What I need to know is: Why suzuki made the bags for the bike but they will not fit w/o ripping off the stock blinker setup? The bags had the hangers for them too. Is there any easy cheap way to mod the stock blinkers to perhaps move them back about 1 inch to clear the bags? I would also like to know if, I can mod the mounting on the inside of the bags using hardware to have them quick release? Seems the hangers would remain in place, but I dont always want to leave the bags on the bike yr around. We also had a hell of a time remounting the Sissybar, and hitting the fender hole ,, what a pain in the rear. Any ideas on taillight blinker incorp? The guy felt so bad , he droped them down to 25.00, also during the pross, we scratched the rear fender paint and tribal decal with the lugg rack bolts the poke out to far ,, stock suzuki lugg and sissy.

well he gave me for my troubles a tank bra, and disk lock for my wheel, a big one hehe bout 75.00 worth of stuff,, very nice fella.
Thx for your replies,, TJ