SuzukiSavage.com - Proof for non Believers

mavrik Full Member Offline Posts: 220 Toronto Gender:	Proof for non Believers 01/14/07 at 09:30:08 Well I changed my saddlebags. The death threats and the thought of being kicked off the sight were too much. So I gave into public pressure. Here's a before and after Before After
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #1 - 01/14/07 at 10:00:39 i like the before better.
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smokey02 Full Member Offline Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like bananas Posts: 233 Alta Loma, California Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #2 - 01/14/07 at 10:42:57 Does it make it harder or easier to get to the bolts when removing the seat? I like the before also, seems more aerodynamic.
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #3 - 01/14/07 at 10:49:56 phuck what people think, change them back asap.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #4 - 01/14/07 at 10:57:23 After!! I'm a traditionalist ....
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Rogue_Cheddar Serious Thumper Offline Hang up the phone and drive! Posts: 725 Haverhill, Massachusetts Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #5 - 01/14/07 at 12:15:12 For some reason I like the before. Maybe it's me but the slant bags just don't seem to flow with the lines of the bike. Could be the angle of the photos. But what the hay, If you like the bags, wear them whatever which way you want.
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Dr_Jim Ex Member	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #6 - 01/14/07 at 12:23:56 -
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Hutch Serious Thumper Offline till death do us part Posts: 1035 Birch Run, MI. U.S.A. Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #7 - 01/14/07 at 12:32:33 before DEFINATELY
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justin_o_guy

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Re: Proof for non Believers
Reply #8 - 01/14/07 at 13:14:56

So, I guess from lookin at th pics you stuck them on the first time like you wanted them
Others told ya they were backwards? You listened?Why?

You had them like you wanted. There is no functional difference, IE, holds more one way than the other. The way you had them gave better clearance for the passenger & was pleasing to the eye. Folks who are so stuck on doing it the way everybody does it are shortchanging themselves.

If someone will die for me when it's my turn I will let them live my life for me. Otherwise, I am gonna have to say, NO..

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barry68v10 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 955 Maryland Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #9 - 01/14/07 at 14:26:01 The only REAL difference I see here is a passenger would likely be happier with the "after". Other than that I don't think it really matters.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #10 - 01/14/07 at 14:46:33 before, piss on the rest.
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WD

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Re: Proof for non Believers
Reply #11 - 01/14/07 at 14:46:55

Definitely the after pic. Slant bags are designed to flow with the angle of the shock, to avoid getting damaged. However you mount them, throwovers always look a bit goofy. And yes, I do have bags on one of my bikes...

That bike is a Vulcan 800A, a monoshock softail type frame with hidden suspension. So slants look beyond bad on it, although I have seen people run them.

I tried slants on my Savage. I tried taditional pony express type bags on it. Tool roll on the bars looked good. Saddlebags did not.

If you like them backwards, run them backwards. If you like them as designed, run them as designed. If you don't like them, don't run them. Makes no difference...it is your bike, not any of ours.
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Dynobob Serious Thumper Offline 2003 LS650 (with Supertrapp) Posts: 634 Northern Virginia Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #12 - 01/14/07 at 15:41:19 Before looks goofy and just plain wrong. My vote is for mounting them the correct way
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Re: Proof for non Believers
Reply #13 - 01/14/07 at 18:35:01

mavrik wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

The death threats and the thought of being kicked off the sight were too much.

So I gave into public pressure....

If you're going to give in to public pressure just go out and get yourself a Dyna Wide Glide.

Death threats -- tell 'em screw the one percenters -- you're a part of a one hundredth of one percent. They don't want me riding in to handle the light work. Kicked off the site? We keep KLR650 around and he doesn't even have a Savage.

Seriously, look at the two pictures. In one the bags follow the lines of the motorcycle, a jaunty upsweep to the rear -- far better than the second photo with the bags draggin' the ass end. Put someone on the pillion -- the upslanted bags are shorted fore and aft, giving ust a tad more leg room. The "correctly mounted" bags have a pointy up front to jab the thighs of your passenger.

None of which matters. That bottle by the driver peg... Bud Lite? Do yourself a favor and get a case of Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel.

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TVR_FSO Serious Thumper Offline I'm Ya Huckleberry.... Posts: 870 Frisco, Texas Gender:	Re: Proof for non Believers Reply #14 - 01/14/07 at 18:38:38 Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Que?
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