F3 Saddlebag - Need a tester

[kaamacat]

Someone humor me please that has a set.

OK....

1) Pull the bag off the Spyder.
2) Now on a table, turn the dial till it stops. (At that point you should be fully extended into the locking position)
3) Try to push it backwards from the outside. (In theory you should it will not move)
4) Now, manually attempt to push the arm forward from the outside (eg. No dial), even if its minor.

Question. If you WERE able to move it manually forward from the outside, can you now push the
arm backwards? (Did it unlock)

What I discovered on both. If you use the dial alone to lock the bag, the arm will stay locked. If for
some reason you scoot the arm forward manually it will unlock. (So the dial only goes so-far with the
arm BUT, if you were looking from the outside, and attempt to move forward, mine will unlock). When
setting-up I manually moved the arm forward to be in the forward-most possible position into the
stopping block... that actually is about 1/8" at the most further than the dial itself can do. (Thus my
problem)

That being said, if I re-adjust my stopper block backwards to EXACTLY match the forward motion made
by the dial (thru the arm) it will/should stay locked. Anything else forward it will not.

 

[vondalyn]

Someone humor me please that has a set.

OK....

1) Pull the bag off the Spyder.
2) Now on a table, turn the dial till it stops. (At that point you should be fully extended into the locking position)
3) Try to push it backwards from the outside. (In theory you should it will not move)
4) Now, manually attempt to push the arm forward from the outside (eg. No dial), even if its minor.

Question. If you WERE able to move it manually forward from the outside, can you now push the
arm backwards? (Did it unlock)

What I discovered on both. If you use the dial alone to lock the bag, the arm will stay locked. If for
some reason you scoot the arm forward manually it will unlock. (So the dial only goes so-far with the
arm BUT, if you were looking from the outside, and attempt to move forward, mine will unlock). When
setting-up I manually moved the arm forward to be in the forward-most possible position into the
stopping block... that actually is about 1/8" at the most further than the dial itself can do. (Thus my
problem)

That being said, if I re-adjust my stopper block backwards to EXACTLY match the forward motion made
by the dial (thru the arm) it will/should stay locked. Anything else forward it will not.

ok, it seems as if mine act the same -- though it consistently takes 2 attempts to pull the locking arm forward before it releases. One pull forward does not unlock it. Unknown if I'd be able to do this while installed on the Spyder. I'll have to try it.

 

[kaamacat]

ok, it seems as if mine act the same -- though it consistently takes 2 attempts to pull the locking arm forward before it releases. One pull forward does not unlock it. Unknown if I'd be able to do this while installed on the Spyder. I'll have to try it.

Thanks for working with me on this! (It was crazy that my left side would come loose after a ride...well 1" back, yet
the right side is fine). I bet if I get that stop block to the perfect place, it will be ok. Key is that the bag is mounted
in the rearmost position, the dial is turned to engage the arm forward, and wherever that ends at, you place the
stop. (Not like I probably did, and moved it manually from the outside to make sure it was REALLY forward....that
did not work so well...although made perfect sense at the time)

 

[vondalyn]

Thanks for working with me on this! (It was crazy that my left side would come loose after a ride...well 1" back, yet
the right side is fine). I bet if I get that stop block to the perfect place, it will be ok. Key is that the bag is mounted
in the rearmost position, the dial is turned to engage the arm forward, and wherever that ends at, you place the
stop. (Not like I probably did, and moved it manually from the outside to make sure it was REALLY forward....that
did not work so well...although made perfect sense at the time)

ohhhhhhhh.... that makes sense. Mine were included as part of my F3 "build" so the dealership installed them for me, but I get what you're staying about the location of the stop bumper. My locking arms have never worked loose on their own, so I bet once you get that location lined up perfectly you'll be set.

I have experienced the opposite -- could NOT get the stupid knob on the inside to turn to unlock while the bag was on the Spyder. I blamed it on road grit on the slider, but now I think I figured out the trick -- I need to lift up slightly on the bag as I turn the knob and that seems to solve the issue.

 

[kaamacat]

Final update. Since the re-adjustment, and after yesterdays ride, still 100% locked. (so the key is to mount the
bag fully seated, turn the locking dial, then move the front locking mount to exactly touch the arm. DO NOT move
the arm forward from the OUTSIDE). That being said, the arm can NOT be moved backwards if you do it this way.

 

[vondalyn]

glad to hear it!

I haven't put mine back on yet to make sure that mine were installed that way. I'll be leaving for Deadwood this week, so I'll get a chance soon.