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Message started by madden111 on 08/09/08 at 16:24:09

Title: saddlebags
Post by madden111 on 08/09/08 at 16:24:09

i just bought my 2000 savage 2 months ago need some saddlebags any ideas on brands or styles that work well on this bike. not alot to choose from for this bike.

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/09/08 at 16:39:56

65696C6C6D66393939080 wrote:

i just bought my 2000 savage 2 months ago need some saddlebags any ideas on brands or styles that work well on this bike. not alot to choose from for this bike.

With some imagination and just looking around you can fix up the bike with a personal touch. And make some things work that you thought never would ;)

I think each of us have different saddle bags for our bikes,some just found what they liked....you'd be surprised what works.

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by ratdog472 on 08/09/08 at 16:45:45

Bagzilla:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c114/ratdog472/Motorcycles/IMG_2351.jpg

I am thinking of selling them because I am making a bobber. These are very large though.

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by sockmonkeygirl on 08/09/08 at 17:00:56

How much are you asking for the bagzilla bags? Are you keeping the supports, or selling them too?

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by ratdog472 on 08/09/08 at 17:18:38

Actually I am using these unsupported. They are a little more rigid leather. I haven't really thought on a price. Basically just going to reinvest in the bike.

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by ALfromN.H. on 08/09/08 at 17:33:03

I wasn't sure I was gonna like these but I really do. If they were just a little bit bigger.....

http://w3.bikepics.com/pics/2008/04/08/bikepics-1246555-800.jpg

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by madden111 on 08/09/08 at 17:51:19

thanks for the info do you know the size of these bags. i'm worried about finding bags that fit.

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/09/08 at 17:55:33

AlfromNH....you know every time I see those bags,I like them more and more...and I liked them pretty good the first time ;)

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 08/09/08 at 17:56:09

I'm glad I was completely ignorant about bags when I got mine, or I'd have never tried them. It's just two bags with a strap between them isn't it?

Hard bags, I can see the problem. Mounting points and such. But soft bags just kind of hang there and hold stuff. They don't know what kind of bike they are on, do they?

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by ALfromN.H. on 08/09/08 at 18:15:43

With the throw over type of bags, I'd say the only problems you could run into would be the turn signals getting in the way if the bags are too big. And where to tie them down. Both problems are easy to figure out. I've done the turn signal relocation
http://w2.bikepics.com/pics/2007/08/08/bikepics-987494-800.jpg

That worked okay but the LED lights that I used were almost invisible during the day. Thats when I went with the hard bags with built in turn signals. That was a good Idea but the built in turn signals were also LED and also very hard to see. So I added a set or standard turn signals to the hard bags
http://w3.bikepics.com/pics/2008/07/15/bikepics-1354014-800.jpg

Now I'm happy with the bags and turn signals. I also changed the brakelight for a cats eye. Now if I could just find the right seat...........

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by madden111 on 08/10/08 at 04:56:35

thank you very much for the info it's been very helpful. for my next question. have you changed the exhaust. i would like a deeper sound if possible.

Title: Re: saddlebags
Post by ALfromN.H. on 08/10/08 at 05:19:49

You Should probably take a look in the Technical/Documents/Reference section and look at the table of contents. There are alot of links there that will tell you just about anything you would need or want to know about your savage. There is a link that will let you listen to some exhaust options. Also you can use the search function.