Saddle bag/seat fitment


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clhiller
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Saddle bag/seat fitment

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I have a 1978 GL1000 and I am wondering if the seat and saddlebags off a GL1200 would fit?


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Re: Saddle bag/seat fitment

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I tried to put a Vetter saddlebag set from a GL1100 onto my '77 GL1000 back when I owned it. Wouldn't fit, the mount points are all off by an inch here and a half inch there.

While the luggage mount points on a 1200 and 1100 are likely the same, between an 1100 and a 1000 they are definitely not. 1100 seat is different from 1000 seat, too, will not fit.
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clhiller
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Re: Saddle bag/seat fitment

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Ok. Thanks. That’s what I needed to know.
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