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Here's the bike with the bags mounted.  I also switched to the '59 tank and the rare valenced front fender.  Yeah yeah, nothing matches color and all that noise.  But you know what?  I'll be driving my baby around tonight and you'll still be meaning to get to that paint job while yours sits in pieces in the garage.  This way I can shake out any problems right away.  If the tank leaks I can fix it now without ruining the new paint.  The front fender rubbed on the tire on one side.  Thank god it wasn't painted while I pried on it with (no not a tire iron) a crowbar.  I've already went grocery shopping and them little bags hold a mess of victuals.  I don't even noticed the mismatched paint at 60 miles and hour and if I cared what other people thought I wouldn't be such an iconoclast anyway.  It'll get painted in a year or two.  I have 5 other Sportsters that need attention in the mean time.
You can see the crash bar doesn't seem to match the bags on this side.  Since the left and right mounts were bolted together and matched as they were made this means the problem is in the crash bar.  I needs to be straightened out and the angle changed like on the right side one.  One day, for now I need to go to Albertson's and buy groceries so I can try out my new bags. Later.
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