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[Kisscorky]

Thanks for the number. I called and the tech said this has never happened before and they have not replaced any bags on the FLSTSE. He said the locking mechanisum is aircraft quality. He asked me to take it to my local HD and have them check it out. Why do I feel this is going to be bad?

[MontereyJack]

Has anyone else had this problem. On my first ride the left bag fell off and was lost. I have to admit I did take the bags offs and put them back on. I believed they were locked in place. Well I went on a 50 mile ride and to my suprise at the second stop the Harley shop the bag was gone. I went and looked for it and did not find it. Well long story short. Harley world not warranty it because I had nothing to turn in since it was lost. Guess how much one CVO bag cost $1700.00. I turned it over to insurance to pay  and got the money have not replaced the bag. May sell the otherone if someone needs a right side bag. Have others had bags fall off the 2011 CVO FLSTSE2 ?

[Fired00d]

Has anyone else had this problem. On my first ride the left bag fell off and was lost. I have to admit I did take the bags offs and put them back on. I believed they were locked in place. Well I went on a 50 mile ride and to my suprise at the second stop the Harley shop the bag was gone. I went and looked for it and did not find it. Well long story short. Harley world not warranty it because I had nothing to turn in since it was lost. Guess how much one CVO bag cost $1700.00. I turned it over to insurance to pay  and got the money have not replaced the bag. May sell the otherone if someone needs a right side bag. Have others had bags fall off the 2011 CVO FLSTSE2 ?

Merged your thread w/an existing one that speaks of this problem... starting reading from beginning for some information regarding this.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[dcigar]

the bags do fit perfectly...... BUT there is always a but, you must check and double check once you take them on and off as i do every week that they are docked correctly, check all three positions and that the locking mechanism clicks into place, i think they are great bags , just got back from a camping trip and they were full to the brim,
this topic has been discussed many times on this site,
another thing to be sure of is that the jiffy stand is fully out and not leaning
up a slope as they tend on this model because of their low frame height to want to sit upright.
its worth going back to some of the early posts about november last year to check on these things

bad luck about the bag though
happy and safe riding

[Mr. Wizard]

+1

Don't forget about the passenger pegs dropping down due to road vibration. Ours have been worked on several times, no joy. Now HD is picking ours up and replacing all components next week. It's sort of a last chance for Harley or go back to the drawing board.

Next would be oil consumption. At 3500 miles our motor was rebuilt from top to bottom due to powder coating on lower case coming off. They found crimped valve seals from the factory... said that is the normal issue when it comes to oil consumption. We were loosing 1QT every 1K miles. They also said our oil was pooling in the top of the heads and not returning to the sump?? Not too sure about that one.

We love our ConV... don't get me wrong... but she has her quirks for sure.

[dcigar]

i have heard about the passenger pegs, but not a peep from mine

[Mr. Wizard]

That's good news for me...

Maybe the work next week will fix ours.

 

[FADBOY]

I took one of my saddlebags off while on the first ride to see how it worked, then put it back on. When on the ride home I heard a lot banging and scraping and thought my engine had blown up, but when I pulled over the saddlebag bar had come out of the location and was digging into the road, I couldnt get it back in the location as the lower jaw had been half worn away and was burred.
Got home and filed it and it still fits ok...put it down to me not fitting the bag on correctly..but now not so sure.
Also my rear footpegs do vibrate down too.

[brr5]

So far so good with the saddle bags on my 2011 (knock on something!!)
But the right peg does keep coming down.

[dcigar]

the three locations must be on at the same time before it is locked into position

[ozarke]

the rear pegs on my 2010 would not stay up much longer than 3rd gear.   Dealer put a Stainless bolt and locknut in place of the pin and now can adjust the tension.  NO PROBLEMS NOW...

[Mr. Wizard]

The only issue with the bolt is on the right side. The peg must be turned to the 12 o'clock position which is not the intended peg sweep. This was tried by our dealer... we said no way.

[Tod]

Has anyone had issues with 2011 cvo softail conv. bags coming off of the mounts or not locking down

[CVOpilot]

My right bag goes on and locks slick as a whistle.  My left one needs a firm "smack" with my hand to drive the mechanism home.  The left one was originally almost impossible to remove as whoever handled the bag last got things misaligned and jammed it so bad I had to replace the spacers at the dealership.  What I consider a deficiency on the part of the moco is the fact the bags are 33% less usable space than stock bags on the Heritage.  Look behind your bags and tell me what is occupying all that extra space back there??? Air!  Think of all the space back there that could have been incorporated into the saddle bag!  My immediate thought was that the bags were really not custom built for this bike.  Must have been custom made for something else and somebody thought, "Gee, we could use them on this bike at $545 () per !   A shame.  I would love riding down the road with some real "stuff" in the bags on this bike.   Pork

lol.  Porky! How's the ridin going!  It's gettin better every week.
I have had the same issues with my bags....one was tight as s^*t and the other no binding, nice and smooth. When I did my electrical connector for the are owing rack I removed the mounting bolts and paid special attention to them when reinstalling....  All is smooth now!
  I have not had one come loose or off but I did have one slide back because the latch was not set (this was in the tight as crap days.)
  My real problem is forgetting to latch the bags and look like an idiot riding down the road with Dumbos dos ears flappin in the wind! LOL  

[CVOpilot]

iPad is hard to use for this!!

I ment... When I installed the electrical connector for the aero luggage rack light.....   

Also, I too noticed all that room behind the bags.!.. Would be nice to re-mold a plastic backplate so we could at least hold a half helmet in there! Crap, I barely have room for a small FLEXIBLE lunch cooler in there!

STILL love the bike, though...... :-)