OEM Bag install

[Ghillie]

I got a good deal ( in my mind $550 was good) on some IS bags to put on my Standard. I am already riding with an IS seat. There was no hardware for the bags, do I have to have rails and pans to put these on or will the proper length fender bolts hold them without complications.

[PatrickDoss]

If you've got the OEM mounting rails/guards/heat shield/pans, then you should be able to just get some of the right size bolts at the hardware store.  If I remember the front one is 10mm x 1.5 thread and the rear is 8mm x 1.25 thread, but someone will correct me if I'm wrong.  Hopefully they'll also know the length, because I don't.

[Ghillie]

That is the problem, no pans, rails anything. So the plastic will not hold the weight of the bags?

[Willow]

That is the problem, no pans, rails anything. So the plastic will not hold the weight of the bags?

No.

[Kingbee]

Absolutley not!

Bags with mounting rails come up on evilbay quite often.  You may have to buy a complete set, but then you could sell whichever bags you don't need.