saddle bags value

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65panryder
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saddle bags value

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My 65flh has hard bags like a shovel and I think they have correct hardware for year looking at several books and such.But what is a set worth with all good stainless hardware and support bars to mount then to fender struts as well ,glass is good except lids drilled for king of the road trim .I have a guy asking hard and with such persistence on his part I might be tempted but do not want to be taken either.
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Hey 65panryder, I also have a 65 FLH and while looking in the J&P catalog for hard bags I was surprised to see the whole set-up would cost me around $600.00! (aftermarket of course) I would like a set but not at that price. Sorry I can't tell you what your bags are worth but I bet someone here has a pretty good idea.

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Saddle Bag Values

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Check out what they go for on eBay. I think '65 up to around '80 something are about all the same. Except for some mounting bracket differences maybe. AMF/Ride Safe
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'63 through '65 had "flat-bottom" design with inboard indents. They were composed of a fibrous fiberglas that looks like matted curls of hair.

"63-'64 had the lid weatherstripping stapled to the bags, whereas '65 (occasionally orange interior) had the weatherstripping glued within the lid.

I know of no stainless hardware upon them; locks were chrome; rivets and clips appear cad, as were the support brackets.

'66 had similar hardware and construction, but the bottoms were rounded. Sometime thereafter the fiberglas matting changed to modern. Latch locks changed to cabinet-style in '70.

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Wow Cotton, I thought I knew a little about Harleys. I guess I was right!
Thanks for the info.

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What I don't know is when in '63 the bags first appeared, or the current market value.

I had two sets stolen on a deal gone sour by a dirtbag doing business as TMC("Too Much Cash") in Peoria, Ill. (I offered him a set for his '64 to have a set for my wife's '65 painted. He decided he would just keep them all.)

Tedd's repops traditionally never interchanged with even later real ones: supports won't fit real bags, lids don't match, etc.

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