Yesterday I went to put the saddlebags on (I installed them only once before since I had the bike). The left one, when in place, the latch didn't line up at all with the hook. I figured when I had the bike tip over on the driveway (rolled forward because of the angle of the driveway), since I didn't have the bags on, it hit the bracket that the passenger peg and the saddlebag "knob" is on and may have bent it. I pulled the bracket off and it looks fine, but the metal tab that is welded to the subframe looks like it might have bent.
I then left the bracket off and tried to put the saddlebag on and with just the hooks on the saddlebag attached, it still wasn't aligning right, but I was able to get it to latch. I then put the bracket back on and spaced it out partway with a washer to try to take some of the strain off the plastic tabs and such. Is this normal? It also didn't look like the saddlebag where it catches on the "knob" is as engaged as the other side.
Here are some pics.
Without forcing it to line up, this is what it looks like:
This is as far as the tabs engage with the knob:
Showing how close the bag is to the fairing (it doesn't touch, but is close):
Here is where the tab is welded to the subframe and it looks like the paint cracked as the weld started to bend:
This is with the spacer behind the bracket, it's as good as I could get it engaged:
Does that look right? I literally had only installed the bags one other time since I got the bike and that was before the drop and I don't remember that latch being that hard to engage.