Ok so I'm cheap and didn't buy my side bags with my bike. I sniped the only set I've seen for sale on this site a couple of years ago and the short of a long story is I've never had them rekeyed to match the ignition. I have a 4 day trip to eastern Kentucky planned for next week so got to thinking I'd do it myself, then procrastinated my time away.
I dropped the things off at the dealer this morning and the service manager was like "yeah about an hours labor and we'll have them knocked out". I called at lunch and they were done, and the rekey was done as part of a service bulletin, my cost= $0.00
Evidently this service bulletin covers all bags up to some date in June of '09 and covers recoring the bags because of "inferior" locks. The service mgr wouldn't give me a copy of the service bulletin "for my records". The invoice does list the labor as : complete SB 46 002 09 (043).
Play Harrd and Floor It- Stevie Ray Vaughn
Currently:
07 R1200R
07 XB12STT
10 FLHTP
12 Wee Strom ADV
On my bags the little metal link that causes the handle to pop up fell out. That was a huge pain, it took me several hours to fix it. I'm wondering if that is the problem fixed in the service bulletin.
Don C wrote:On my bags the little metal link that causes the handle to pop up fell out. That was a huge pain, it took me several hours to fix it. I'm wondering if that is the problem fixed in the service bulletin.
I'm not sure Don. I remembered that quirk on my way home from work yesterday. On the service order/invoice the service mgr entered something to the effect of "customer reports handle/lock difficult to operate" (I did not mention this). I didn't think much of that thinking that that complaint needed to be entered to qualify for the bulletin. I rarely used the bags before I took them in and figured the rough operation of the handle was a function of lack of use to break them in. When I got home and put them on the bike they were butter smooth in their action.
I have no idea if there were other components besides the core that were replace but it wouldn't suprise me based upon the before and after operation.
Play Harrd and Floor It- Stevie Ray Vaughn
Currently:
07 R1200R
07 XB12STT
10 FLHTP
12 Wee Strom ADV
