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HELP!

mpseal00
Hi all,

I bought a 1982 CB750C Custom bout a year ago for $725 and love it. After new tires and a little front brake work it was ready to go. Total investment ~1,100. (Which as a poor high school kid was great!)

Just one question. I bought some universal throw-over saddlebags and i feel as though i need some sort of saddlebag guard. I can't find any that fit specifically for my bike. Has anyone put some on their bike - what worked and what didn't?

Any help greatly appreciated!
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I use throw over saddle bags quite often, and never needed any type of guard. However mine are pretty stiff and do not flop around. I just latch the seat down over them, and am good to go. However if you feel that you need a guard, you are going to have to make it (time for a rant here, what ever happened to shop class? This would have been a great shop class project.)
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Re: HELP! (Saddle Bag Supports)

rich
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I have some soft sport bike bags but they have a strap that I connected to the passenger foot peg to stop them from flopping around.

You could make some supports. You'd need is a drill, hack saw, some small nuts & bolts, and some metal bits. For the metal, some flat stock metal pieces that you can pick up at any good hardware store will do the job.

Here's a couple of pics from ebay to get a design idea: You can see there are two holes at the top that you'd bolt to the bike (maybe under the turn signal or grab bar bolt and to the shock bolt). The piece at the bottom would be "hinged" to the two vertical supports by a couple of small nuts and bolts with lock washers or maybe "nylock" nuts (these are nuts with nylon in them that won't vibrate loose, they don't have to be super tight to stay put).


Supports

How to

Good luck with your bike. I'm glad you got her going. $1100 for a running, ride-able bike is a great deal. Most of us who have picked up 79-82 CB-750s have been hit with a bad alternator rotor that held us up from the get go, sounds like you got a good one.

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I just bungeed front and rear around the seat.
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