TRIUMPH Rocket III Rocket 3 Saddle bags A9528014 fixed ?
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.They’re fixed, but can be modified
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I mounted some up with easy brackets once..
it works, not as nice as the triumph mounts though.
with a little ingenuity you can modify the stock triumph mounts to be removable easier.
I believe someone on here posted a how to..
it works, not as nice as the triumph mounts though.
with a little ingenuity you can modify the stock triumph mounts to be removable easier.
I believe someone on here posted a how to..
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I modified mine to make them a little easier to remove, so that the brackets and the bags come off together. It's rather easy to do and if you have enough confidence in yourself to drill 4 holes in a set of $500plus leather bags, you can do it to.
Remove the bags in the normal way by removing all the little allen head bolts from each bag (5 I think) and then remove the brackets that are left on the bike, two large allen heads (different sized of course, it is the British way.) Once you have them off the bike reassemble the brackets to the bags, leaving the large different sized allen heads out of the brackets. Then you can either mark the brackets hole locations in the leather with a drill bit or a scribe, or if you are really confident in your drilling ability you can use the brackets as a drill guide. I used a felt tip pen to mark mine with. Either way you still need to remove the brackets and either drill the leather where you marked the holes and/or enlarge the holes enough to be able to pass the bolt heads through. Clean up the inside of the bags and the outside where you have just drilled through them, reassemble being careful not to cross thread the small allen head bolts, insert the larger different sized allen heads back into their respective holes and re-install the bags back on the bike. Simple effective two bolt removable saddle bags.
"But CAD, my little chrome "eyebrows" that cover the area where the bags bolts to keep falling off," you say. Another easy solution that involves a little RTV silicon "gasket in a tube." Just a couple of dabs of the silicon on the back side of the "eyebrows" will hold them in place with out the bolts, DO NOT TRUST THE SILICON TO HOLD THEM THERE WHILE RIDING, THEY WILL FALL OFF, and you'll look like Corporal Knapp did the night after he went out drinking with the Dutch MP's while I was in Korea (funny story). It won't hold them for riding, but it will hold them in place long enough to remove and install the bags. When I run sans bags, I just remove them and no one notices, (they are all to panty twisted about the car tire and to busy trying to catch me in the twisties to tell me that C/T's can't handle the corners on a bike.)
I hope this helps,
CAD
Remove the bags in the normal way by removing all the little allen head bolts from each bag (5 I think) and then remove the brackets that are left on the bike, two large allen heads (different sized of course, it is the British way.) Once you have them off the bike reassemble the brackets to the bags, leaving the large different sized allen heads out of the brackets. Then you can either mark the brackets hole locations in the leather with a drill bit or a scribe, or if you are really confident in your drilling ability you can use the brackets as a drill guide. I used a felt tip pen to mark mine with. Either way you still need to remove the brackets and either drill the leather where you marked the holes and/or enlarge the holes enough to be able to pass the bolt heads through. Clean up the inside of the bags and the outside where you have just drilled through them, reassemble being careful not to cross thread the small allen head bolts, insert the larger different sized allen heads back into their respective holes and re-install the bags back on the bike. Simple effective two bolt removable saddle bags.
"But CAD, my little chrome "eyebrows" that cover the area where the bags bolts to keep falling off," you say. Another easy solution that involves a little RTV silicon "gasket in a tube." Just a couple of dabs of the silicon on the back side of the "eyebrows" will hold them in place with out the bolts, DO NOT TRUST THE SILICON TO HOLD THEM THERE WHILE RIDING, THEY WILL FALL OFF, and you'll look like Corporal Knapp did the night after he went out drinking with the Dutch MP's while I was in Korea (funny story). It won't hold them for riding, but it will hold them in place long enough to remove and install the bags. When I run sans bags, I just remove them and no one notices, (they are all to panty twisted about the car tire and to busy trying to catch me in the twisties to tell me that C/T's can't handle the corners on a bike.)
I hope this helps,
CAD
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It appears to be, but why not ask that question of the seller on eBay?
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