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Couple of photos of my setup below. The major problem with the big bags is that they were designed in an age of slacker seat angles, when the saddle was likely to be pushed forward on the rails (or at least not all the way back); with a saddle all the way back the bags rotate so they're nearly horizontal, as shown in the first couple of pics - note how the straps and buckles have disappeared under the bag. The QR clamp exacerbates this, because it puts the support point a couple of inches below the saddle loops.
I find that with the bag fully loaded with shopping or touring gear it stays in place pretty happily on the rack and doesn't sway, so I usually just let it hang; if going over really rough stuff I just toestrap it to the rack. If I were going custom I'd probably try and get some kind of minimalist saddlebag support rack, a bit like the Nitto ones, but I'm not 100% sure what the best mounting solution for it would be. I agree that the bagman support puts the bag at a slightly funny-looking angle, but as mashton says it prevents thigh rub.
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