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Thanks to Jon Runaas for sending me these photos. In Jon's own words:
I had been watching ebay for saddlebags for my Jackal when I saw a listing for the following bags. The seller advertised them as being for an airhead BMW, but they looked like the size and shape I was looking for to go with my Hannigan SS fairing. The price was right so I took a chance. They had obviously been molested in the past as the latch has been replaced, a large square hold had been cut for tail lights (might have been factory?) and then the hole had been plugged with some plywood held in place with silicone. I searched but could not find any appropriate tail lights to fit the hole so I picked out some lights I thought would look good and fiberglassed the hole closed.
Mounting was surprisingly easy; if in fact the mounts were for BMW they fit quite well on my Tonti. I have no idea if the mounts I was shipped were original to the bags or not but they were stout and shaped right so I didn't care. I had a welder friend modify them but probably could have gotten away with just bending some different tabs and bolting them on.
Just this morning while searching google for something else I happened upon a scan of an advertisement that appears to show the same or similar bags by the same company, and was pleased to see they sold them for Moto Guzzi; perhaps this explains why the mounts I was shipped fit so well; they may have been for an early Tonti frame!
Attached are the photos from the ebay seller, then various photos showing details of the mounts, hinges, etc and a shot of them on the bike.
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