chrome saddlebag side rails

nomad · 02-17-2009, 06:18 PM

who has them? satisfied? i just mounted mine and man they seem flimsy!! has a fair amount of play in them. normal?

**Cajunrider** · 02-17-2009, 06:37 PM

I'm satisfied with mine. Where did you pick yours up Nomad?

jasperboy · 02-17-2009, 07:53 PM

I like mine, got them off ebay. While I know they are knock off's, they installed easily, look nice, and seem sturdy. I like the look, and hope they will save my bags from a scratch or two.

nomad · 02-17-2009, 08:52 PM

i got them off ebay.

rlfaubion · 02-18-2009, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jasperboy

I like mine, got them off ebay. While I know they are knock off's, they installed easily, look nice, and seem sturdy. I like the look, and hope they will save my bags from a scratch or two.

My lower bag rails got bent upward toward the bag when it got punted in parking lot last week, but the bag was protected.

I don't think these rails can take too big a hit though.... Mostly for the look is all...

cactusjack · 02-18-2009, 09:18 AM

I have them and don't really like them. One side doesn't clamp down tight enough on the rear spreader bar to keep from sliding. I can't use them when my trailer hitch is installed. They are hanging up in my garage right now.

**ringadingh** · 02-18-2009, 09:27 AM

I have the Fire & Steel rails and they are quite solid on the bike, never been an issue.

spazz · 02-18-2009, 01:09 PM

I also have the Fire and Steel rails. I have never ever had an issue with these rails. They went on snug and have not moved since the installation. They are on Cruiser Customizing part #KAK-53020-365.

rlfaubion · 02-19-2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cactusjack

I have them and don't really like them. One side doesn't clamp down tight enough on the rear spreader bar to keep from sliding. I can't use them when my trailer hitch is installed. They are hanging up in my garage right now.

You might cut a small piece of inner tubing to fit inside the clamp and tighten'r down????

nomadliz · 02-19-2009, 03:06 PM

I really do like mine. I had another biker clip the back of my bike with his highway peg and if it had not been for the lower bag rails he would of hit my bags, also when I laid down my bike it did help with protecting the side of the bag, it bent the rail up and we had to bend it back down. I wouldn't have my nomad without them.

caddman11 · 02-19-2009, 03:35 PM

Mine are strong, have no problems there. I just question how much they will protect the bottom edge of the bags. If you put your bike vertical and look straight down off the sides of the saddle bags, you can't see them, the bags stick out farther than the rails. In the back, that's where they seem to offer some protection---but then again they look great from a side view.

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Cajunrider Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: (SE Louisiana) Posts: 8,340	chrome saddlebag side rails I'm satisfied with mine. Where did you pick yours up Nomad? __________________ 2016 Electra Glide Ultra Limited CVO Palladium Silver / Phantom Blue 110 cu in SE 2012 Electra Glide Ultra Limited (Traded 6/22/16) Tequila Sunrise / HD Orange Vance & Hines true dual headers Rinehart 4" slip ons Screamin Eagle Super Tuner Screamin Eagle Stage 1 intake Dyno tuned H.O.G.# 4514015 2007 Nomad 1600 (Traded 6/23/12) VBA #482
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jasperboy Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wadsworth, OH Posts: 1,238	chrome saddlebag side rails I like mine, got them off ebay. While I know they are knock off's, they installed easily, look nice, and seem sturdy. I like the look, and hope they will save my bags from a scratch or two. __________________ Current Bike - 2011 Victory Vision Tour Previous Bike: 2006 Nomad Original Nomad: 1999 G/G Nomad VBA #931R VROC #16379R
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nomad Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: central mississippi Posts: 443	chrome saddlebag side rails i got them off ebay.
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cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	chrome saddlebag side rails I have them and don't really like them. One side doesn't clamp down tight enough on the rear spreader bar to keep from sliding. I can't use them when my trailer hitch is installed. They are hanging up in my garage right now. __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17
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02-18-2009, 09:27 AM	#7
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	chrome saddlebag side rails I have the Fire & Steel rails and they are quite solid on the bike, never been an issue. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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02-18-2009, 01:09 PM	#8
spazz Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte Hall, MD Posts: 144	chrome saddlebag side rails I also have the Fire and Steel rails. I have never ever had an issue with these rails. They went on snug and have not moved since the installation. They are on Cruiser Customizing part #KAK-53020-365.
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02-19-2009, 03:06 PM	#10
nomadliz Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Macon, MO Posts: 212	chrome saddlebag side rails I really do like mine. I had another biker clip the back of my bike with his highway peg and if it had not been for the lower bag rails he would of hit my bags, also when I laid down my bike it did help with protecting the side of the bag, it bent the rail up and we had to bend it back down. I wouldn't have my nomad without them. __________________ VBA #952
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02-19-2009, 03:35 PM	#11
caddman11 Advanced Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northwest Indiana Posts: 890	chrome saddlebag side rails Mine are strong, have no problems there. I just question how much they will protect the bottom edge of the bags. If you put your bike vertical and look straight down off the sides of the saddle bags, you can't see them, the bags stick out farther than the rails. In the back, that's where they seem to offer some protection---but then again they look great from a side view.
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