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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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I've got a pair of saddle bags and a tour pack on the back. They don't lock. Has anybody had problems with stuff being stolen from their bags?
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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I never have...I'm sure someone has.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 12:55 PM
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I used to use a tank bag for many years in the lovely city of Los Angeles. It stayed on my bike all the time and no one ever stole anything out of it. I used to regularly go to udesirable parts of the city and leave the bag on my bke outside. Never have ahd a problem, but as the above poster said, I am sure that someone has...
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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Never had anything taking from my bikealso.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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ive left my half helmet on my bike and had non-lockable saddle bags for the last 4 years. ive never had any thefts. i actually feel safer leaving my stuff when i am around other bikers and rallies than all by myself. something about respect for your fellow 2 wheelers.

and all the cage riders are scared.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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Humm, well glad to see you folks have had no issues but if you leave anything unattended and unlocked don't be surprised if it gets stolen....... IMHO.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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i actually feel safer leaving my stuff when i am around other bikers and rallies than all by myself. something about respect for your fellow 2 wheelers.
That's very true. Generally speaking, bikers don't mess with other bikers stuff. I feel much safer leaving anything in my bags at a bike rally with 1,000's ofother bikersroaming around than I would having it parked in a grocery store parking lot. My saddlebags and tour pak do not lock as well. Thus far, I've never had an issue with anything being taken. That's not to say that I don't have a few 'traps' set up; just in case.

I walked into a CompUSA store last week wearing a Harley T and the guy who rang me up asked if I had a bike? I said yes and asked if he rode in turn? He told me he had a Sporty and that just the other day someone stole his helmet that he had placed on his seat just outside the CompUSA store; parked on the sidewalk not too far from the entrance of the place. That sucks that someone would do that.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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I've got a pair of saddle bags and a tour pack on the back. They don't lock. Has anybody had problems with stuff being stolen from their bags?
only thing I had stolen from me was my heart when that lovely female Iowa state trooper pulled me over for doing 88 in a 55 MPH zone..as soon as she got out of that car I had a vision of her in just her boots and gun beltneedless to say she took my breath away.[sm=Awwww.gif]and as luck would have it she let me off with a warning.[sm=hail.gif]but it is a day that is etched in my memory banks for ever and ever.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:29 PM
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The bad part of that is how did he get home? If he lived in a helmet state like I do if someone steals your lid life sucks as you now know it. I have never had anything taken in 45 years of riding.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:36 PM
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The bad part of that is how did he get home? If he lived in a helmet state like I do if someone steals your lid life sucks as you now know it. I have never had anything taken in 45 years of riding.
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