Thank you, the headers are usually in not that bad of shape, just a bit of rust. I brush rust reformer at the rear parts of the headers then brush on BBQ paint over that. At the front of the headers I just scrub with steel wool/soap and polish.
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Those bags look nice. What brand are they, do you know? I might be persuaded to pull my rack off and put the grab bar back on if I had a set of bags like that. The most important question that I would first need the answer to is, can you fit a 12-pack in one of them?
Those bags are made by Shaf International Inc. PU material, better than leather. I got them at my neighborhood leather store, Hudson Leather, they should be online. There is a DIY stay inside the bags that I built from 3/8" truck jack cranks. They're bolted on using the grab bar bolt and one stainless U bolt per side. I did this on two of my DOHC's. My rule of thumb is "the luggage has to be able to carry a gallon of milk". Yeah, I think a 12 pack would fit, they are big. With a rack you can have two bags and a trunk bag, that's what I have on my other comfy DOHC. Gotta have the stays with big bags or they interfere with wheels/chain and also fly upwards when empty.
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Thanks for that. They look real good, kinda like the old Willie and Max bags I had on my Ironhead Sportster chopper. Also a synthetic bag, but not cheesy looking like some of them.
I'm aware of the hoops you have to jump through to get them to work. I had to cut about 10" out of the yoke on those bags on my Sporty and lace the yoke back together. Not sure I'd run the rack and the bags, probably switch back to the grab bar. brcause I like the way your's looks.