Any of you Cats running these? HD wants $1300 and these are $500......but of they are No Bueno then I'll pass.....but it looks pretty damn plug and play to this Momma's Boy
$1300 sucks. I found mine on ebay. Chinese ones. Painter said they weren't terrible to work with. I spent either $400 or $500 on them. Eastern Performance also sells just the lower bags.
I love the fact that these come in factory color match- as long as its either black denim or vivid black! these guys must own black street glides as well!
Stats show the most popular color for Harleys........wait for it.......BLACK - Why not focus on the mainstay and not worry about keeping up with the new colors that come out every year - Smaller shops need to protect the bottom line and this is a great way to do so - Plus, keeps the painters busy :wink:
It's kinda like a new bike.....you could have the old ones painted with some fancy design and then it would almost be like having two bikes, just switch it up whenever you felt like it. Get a 2nd outer fairing with a different windshield and then it would look totally different.
Had the same idea for my bike...after paying HD for their version of "stretched bags". The HD bag stretch isn't full length and as you state, pretty pricey. Ended up getting the Advan Black set (https://www.advanblack.com/color-ma...addlebag-bottoms-for-harley-2014-touring.html) and am quite happy. Sprung for the matching rear fender extension as well.
Hoping someone on eBay bails me out of some of the $$$ expended for the HD bags.
Eddie, you may get lucky with HogWorkz, Mutazu or eBay offerings. I never tried the eBay route but I did try the Mutazu first and HogWorkz second. Now in fairness, I may have the worst luck of anyone on the planet, but I did want to share with your what I received from HogWorkz. Group 1;
Mutazu is getting a pass from the photo evidence because Gina was an absolute angel to work with, but it didn't make the quality of the bags I received from them any better. Bless her heart, she really tried. HogWorkz on the other hand was laughable. Here is the response I got from them after sending in a RMA request, and then follow up email and pictures;
"Jerry-
Like I had previously stated we have guys with 4.5” install these all the time and do not have any issues with the bags. Also, from our experience if the fit is close on them there are the two things you can do to either adjust the bags or the exhaust for better placement."
Fortunately for me I bought the Hogworkz bags from DK and they made it right by paying for return shipping and giving me a full refund.
Now you may have better luck than me (Swomack bought the Mutazu extended bags and he sounded completely happy with his purchase). For me, after trying on three different attempts to get a decent set of bags from Mutazu and Hogworkz, I finally bit the bullet and ordered TopShop bags painted and shipped from the FactoryMatch. They cost me a fortune, but the quality is impeccable.
As stated before, Swomack seems to be very happy with his Mutazu bags/tour pack & I think forum members get a discount. Plus I think they have good customer service & shouldn't be a problem returning them if you didn't like them. Don't think -$1300-1400 factory match bags are good for you anyways, your gonna scrape the shit out of them in those twisties in Chicago
Eddie,
I'm loking at these from Advan Black. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0725VSWLM/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I3X7U3YYJ7R3X&colid=3P0SKL0HQI1GM
Reviews seem good and I purchased their Lower Fairing Speaker Pods and they are very nice.
I have dealt with Mutazu in the past and they are very helpful.
If you decide to go that route make sure to tell them you are a Member of Our Forum for the discount.
Best of Luck on your decision.
MIke U.
Hey Eddy,
Have a look at Nastyhog. I've had a couple buddies happy with their products and pricing seems pretty good. I think I'm going to give them a shot regarding some stretched bags
Question on bags. I run a single side exhaust, anyone seen, or have, a picture of what extended bags and factory fender looks like with a single cut out?
You must have the magic touch, as I did a google search earlier today and could not find one picture of a single side with the factory fender. And your search shows 2, and it kind of looks bad which is what I was afraid of. Most of the sites either don't have a single side option (the bags under $500) or they do but add the picture with an extended fender. And no one I've found yet (again sub $500 bags) makes an extended fender in single side for a 2012 unfortunately.
I could, but I really like the look of a single side. I recently ordered a new pipe, had a Thunderheader and got a Basani, and almost got the regular 2 outlet, but ordered the single side instead. So I'll have to live with it.
I have bought 1 set with lids-4 in. ext-painted up awesome-400.00-the next set was the cvo taper bag-325.00-painted up great--both abs bags,no sense paying to much for bags-both sets were just as solid as factory
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