Table of Contents
REF: Body Parts
Tool Bags and What To Carry
List of Tools Carried
Here is a toolbag item checklist PDF Rider's Service Tools from the MoCo for different Ironhead motorcycles. 
Here is an idea to shorten some cheap wrenches if needed to keep them in a tool bag. 
The middle was cut out of standard size wrenches and then the two ends welded back together. 
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Toolbags and Mounting
Downtube Bag
An HD bag: 
The bracket with two nuts already welded to the down tubes was used to fasten the bag. 3) 
| HD downtube bag. 4) | |
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9000 series Otter Box: 
It's waterproof and small enough to mount on the downtubes. 
- Waterproof - Crushproof - Airtight
 - Watertight to depths well beyond 100 feet
 - Floats and stays watertight in water
 - Closed cell neoprene O-ring to keep water out
 - Made of Fiber-glass Reinforced ABS
 - Silicone gasket for long lasting watertight seal
 - Easy open latch
 - Convenient Beltclip
 - Compact size
 - Unconditional Lifetime Warranty (although now discontinued from the manufacturer) 5)
 
| 9000 series Otter Box fastened to the downtubes. 6) | ||
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Swingarm Toolbag Mount
The bag sets higher than the exhaust. You'd have to be leaning heavily before that bag will touch the ground. 
| Making a bracket mount for a leather tool bag. Bracket was made from 1/8“ thick aluminum and some misc chrome hardware. An angle was cut on the front end. 9) | ||
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| Bracket shaped with a hand file, and holes drilled for  mounting to the swingarm. 10)  | Holes also drilled to mount the bracket to the bag. 11) | Edges rounded with a file, bracket wet sanded with  320/400/1500 grit paper respectively and then hand polished. 12)  | 
	
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| Final fitting to mark a hole on the rear side at the  swingarm. 13)  | The hole was then drilled and tapped. 14) | The bag mounting holes in the bracket were  partially counter bored to allow clearance between the hardware and swingarm. 15)  | 
	
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| Assembling bracket to bag. 16) | Inside the bag, large flat washers,  lock washers and nylocks. 17)  | Bag mounted with chrome buttonheads,  spacers and Loc-tite. 18)  | 
	
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| If after the bag gets broken in and it sort of flops  over, you can add some metal flat stock inside the bag to keep it rigid. 19)  | 
	
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Swingarm Toolbox
This is a replica of 1940-1959 factory tool box sold by sold by Drag Specialties. 20) 
It has a chrome finish, keys included and it replaces OEM 64205-40A. 
However, Bob F of the XLFORUM fitted it to a 2007 XL50 swingarm. 




















