Two Lane,
Did you use the factory electric locks? You'll have to post installation instructions...I know a bunch of other non-07 riders liked the idea of the electric locking bags....was it difficult to do??
Cheers 
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Devil, it is using the factory parts. And to say it's difficult would be an overstatement. However.... it's not a quick task at all.
Will do an install thread once it's all done. It's just not quite there yet.
The short and skinny on it would be this:
Surprisingly few part numbers necessary. Everything inside the saddlebag comes as a kit part number. The only other parts are the various terminal connectors and plugs you'll need, the switch itself, two relays and a bi-directional diode.
This would be a dead bang simple thing to do if Harley also made the harness for it available. They don't. Apparently, even though the harness pretty much stands alone, it's wrapped in the same wire shield as the main harness on the SEUC's. So no separate part number for it. So you have to make your own.
Even that isn't too bad a chore. It's not a complicated harness. It would have been more straighforward if they'd carried three legs to each saddlebag for lock/unlock/ground but they only carried two. Both relays are diode protected internally and you have to add a bidirectional diode that goes between the two leads that go rear to the saddlebags. Those two leads end up swapping positions for lock or unlock and ground found fuctions.
It's an odd way of accomplishing what could have been simpler (at least to me). But it works. Mounting the lock hardware inside the saddlebags is a bit of a jigsaw puzzle the first time. But not terribly so.
I've got the hardware in the saddlebags, the harness roughed together and the entire mess bench tested. Have seen it work. Now just have to make the final version of the harness tidied up and to fit the bike then shove it all together. Then just put the fairing and gas tank back on. It's one of those "whole weekend chores" when you do it the first time that would take less than half that time if you did it again.
When all done I'll list the parts needed and some more detailed descriptions that match some photos. Didn't have all weekend to work on it this past weekend as was doing some other things to the bike and had some outside chores to contend with. If the world doesn't intrude, however, I'm hoping to be relatively uninterrupted and finish it up tomorrow.
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