fender bag?
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2013
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From: Wisconsin
first the downer reply
I have the T-bags tailbag and the construction is fine, but the marketing on that site is pure BS. That bag was designed to sit on the passenger seat of a sport bike. There is no protection/padding in the bottom and the material on the bottom is much harder than any other tank bag I have.
That said, if you protect the tank- it makes a good tank bag on a sportster and is ok on a dyna. the shape fits nicely onto the sportster tank and on long distance rides leaves the fuel cap open. Which is good since you have to stop every hour. It does have a well designed waterproof cover that works well with the straps and kept everything dry during a deluge at highway speeds from Natchez to St. Louis.
The shape of the bottom does not match the shape of my rear fender.
Her it is just sitting on the sportster:
The reason it is just sitting is that it is a PIA to get on and off if you want to use the bike when it is off. The half of the strap attached to the bike just dangles without the bag attached and would be dangerous hanging down into the belt and sprocket.
Here is a picture of using it as a tank bag, this was in east Texas headed for Alexandria. There is gaffers tape under the bag and the strap- this was before I learned about plastidip.
Bottom line: It works as a tank bag. I would not buy it again, modern magnetic tanks bags are better designed.
regards
dean
That said, if you protect the tank- it makes a good tank bag on a sportster and is ok on a dyna. the shape fits nicely onto the sportster tank and on long distance rides leaves the fuel cap open. Which is good since you have to stop every hour. It does have a well designed waterproof cover that works well with the straps and kept everything dry during a deluge at highway speeds from Natchez to St. Louis.
The shape of the bottom does not match the shape of my rear fender.
Her it is just sitting on the sportster:
The reason it is just sitting is that it is a PIA to get on and off if you want to use the bike when it is off. The half of the strap attached to the bike just dangles without the bag attached and would be dangerous hanging down into the belt and sprocket.
Here is a picture of using it as a tank bag, this was in east Texas headed for Alexandria. There is gaffers tape under the bag and the strap- this was before I learned about plastidip.
Bottom line: It works as a tank bag. I would not buy it again, modern magnetic tanks bags are better designed.
regards
dean
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,228
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From: Wisconsin
here is an example.
Not to mention it has a map pocket if you do keep it on the tank...
Here are my bags:
http://www.nelsonrigg.com/store/product.aspx?pid=1672
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Here are my bags:
http://www.nelsonrigg.com/store/product.aspx?pid=1672
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When using it as a fender bag I find the map pocket hard to see. :-)
This is how it sits on the rear fender of a 2000 FXDX (Sundowner solo seat). I stuff it like a briefcase (laptop, ipad, paperwork) an it sticks at ton-up speeds.
I need to move the plate to below the rear light- I just need to figure out the signals. Here is where the rear magnet hits prior to moving the plate.
regards
dean
Last edited by kokemill; Sep 22, 2013 at 09:12 AM. Reason: coffee
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