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[michaelbmenaker]

With all the griping about the seat fix not being compatible with saddle bag guards, I thought I'd ask ––
Anyone with a SESG switched to saddle bag guards? Pics?

[DABB]

Just was at the dealer today wondering the same thing.  Will the SEUC saddle bag guards work on the SESG?  I know the SEUC does not have extended bags like ours do but has anyone looked into them?

[Grizzly]

Oh no, say it isn't so! 

Simply doesn't make sense IMHO to disrupt the beautiful lines of a gorgeous paint job on such a fantastic looking SE model with the clutter of saddlebag guard rails. 

[DABB]

Agreed,but heaven forbid you set it down or park too close in downtown Sturgis. The SEUC guards are very subtle in appearance.

[KODAGRIN]

We are definitely going to put rear engine guards on the sesg,  don't know about saddlebag guards with the taillights/filler strip the way it is.

[Grizzly]

A friend of mine wanted the protection for her special painted saddlebags without the rail and had custom made rails installed... Not a great picture (only one I have) but if you look close you'll see the extra rail which runs along under the bags and sticks out slightly further just in case the bike is dropped.  They are hardly noticed by most.

Don't know, but might work for you as well???

[JCZ]

Just was at the dealer today wondering the same thing.  Will the SEUC saddle bag guards work on the SESG?  I know the SEUC does not have extended bags like ours do but has anyone looked into them?

They will fit on a SESG.  Here's a pic of my wife's 09 Street Glide with the 10 SESG streatched saddle bags and 10 SESG fender.  Nothing different from the 10 SESG.....they fit.

Like Grizzly, I think the bars do take away from the clean look.....but then so does adding a taller windshield from the stock 4".  Some people (those who are newer at riding a bagger or for those who are shorter and barely reach the ground) probably should have the crash bars.  I know they've saved my wife's paint several times already.  And because they hit on the bottom end of the roll of the crash bar, it doesn't even show on the crash bars unless you're laying on your back on the ground.

[JCZ]

Another view.

[JCZ]

And yet another view.

She hasn't dropped it since we put the streatched bags on so can't say for sure.  But we did lean it over pretty far and it looks like the crash bar will still hit first.

[grc]

Maybe some are confusing the different "saddlebag guards".  The type JCZ posted pics of are the basic style that I think works well with any bagger, without detracting from the appearance of the bags.  The full Ultra style with double rails running around the bag is a different matter, and I think those would detract from the appearance and theme of the SESG.

There are two versions of what I call the rear crash bar (after all, it doesn't just protect the saddlebags, it also can provide some protection for your passenger's leg in a lay down), the standard style and the "comfort" style that is angled down across the top for more leg clearance.  I put the comfort version on my SEEG several years back, and it doesn't detract at all from the original style of the bike.   BTW, if you check out the catalog you will find that both bars will fit the SG and SESG, but they will require some other parts to make them work.  Those are listed in the catalog, and have to do with things like antenna mounts, etc.   So before buying the bar, check out the entire description and installation sheet which you can download from the online catalog page.

Jerry

[KODAGRIN]

Yeah, I believe those are called Rear "engine guards", and saddlebag guards wrap around the side & rear of the bag

[DABB]

The SEUC rear crash bars are not saddlebag wrap style guards.  I am admittedly nervous as this is my first bagger so I think I should try them out for a season or two to get comfortable on it versus my bar bike.  Plus I can hang my diet pepsi off of it also it looks like!

[JCZ]

 Plus I can hang my diet pepsi off of it also it looks like!

Diet Pepsi?  You're a rare breed DABB........along with my wife and I.

O.K. guys.........saddlebag guards (rear, to be exact) are what I've shown in the pics above (I refer to as the rear crash bars and these are what's on the 10 SEUC).....  http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/gma_product.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524448770282&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374309149262&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374309149262&bmUID=1267718117867&bmLocale=en_US

And here's the Comfort saddlebag guards (the top bar slopes downward for the comfort of the passenger) http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/gma_product.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442085867&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374309149262&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374309149262&bmUID=1267718117523&bmLocale=en_US

While the Saddlebag Guard Rails wrap around the saddlebag (I agree, these aren't going to do anything for a SESG......if you've dumped a Street Glide that far, you've got bigger issues than the saddle bags to worry about).......  http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/gma_product.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441842351&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374309149262&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374309149262&bmUID=1267718117820&bmLocale=en_US

I hope this clarifys things for us...........I can see I'm not sitting in the back of the class alone. 

[DABB]

Thank you much JC, I will be going with the first choice, as the SEUC has.  I appreciate you doing the leg work for me, I owe you a Diet Pepsi for it!!

[JCZ]

Thank you much JC, I will be going with the first choice, as the SEUC has.  I appreciate you doing the leg work for me, I owe you a Diet Pepsi for it!!

O.K.!  I prefer mine in the bottle with a screw on cap while the wife prefers hers in a can just two degrees above frozen.   Oh, and you'll notice that she has two drink holders on her bike.....one for me and one for her.  She carries my stuff for me too.

Seriously..........glad to help.