I was the happy recipient of a brand new set of Willy and Max slant saddle bags, for the brackets i used big bike parts gards for a VT750 work pretty good, just had to buy the chrome allen metric bolts from True Value, 22 bucks for 4!
the trick to not letting them hit the shock is how you tie them down. on the left side I used the supplied zip ties, on the right, i used a zip tie on the rear and for the front I used one of the "shoe strings" but tied it off to like the 3rd coilfrom the top and this helped it not touch. I have had bags on my 1st bike that the shocks were the bag gards! I wouldnt worry too much about them rubbing. if it does start to wear into them, a pc. of thick leather can be rivited on to the bag.
