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Saddlebags
07/17/08 at 15:42:02

I am looking at buying some saddlebags so that I can ride my 2007 S40 to work. I have to carry a couple different binders for work and can drive up to 400 miles round trip to work. I have talked to some people and they said that getting anything but the suzuki saddlebag will drag in the wind and not make the bike easy to ride but I want to be able to ride to work anyone have any ideas? What are the biggest bag you would suggest to add on it.

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Bleemus Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 106 Mt Pleasant, SC Gender:	Re: Saddlebags Reply #1 - 07/17/08 at 15:58:19 200 miles to work??? You don't need saddlebags. You need an airplane. Willie and Max Compact Slant bags get good reviews for the S40.
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: Saddlebags Reply #2 - 07/17/08 at 16:00:02 Gotta get up pretty early for that commute.
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suzukigrl YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 24 Michigan Gender:	Re: Saddlebags Reply #3 - 07/17/08 at 16:02:04 Somedays I would agree with the airplane. Makes for a nice long ride to spend about 3 hours there to head right back. Anyway, Willie and Max are great that is exactly what I was looking at, the smaller black magic ones. Thank you
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suzukigrl YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 24 Michigan Gender:	Re: Saddlebags Reply #4 - 07/17/08 at 16:07:58 Demin wrote on 07/17/08 at 16:00:02: Gotta get up pretty early for that commute. I wouldn't commute that far LOL. They pay that bill....at $4.14 a gallon
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Saddlebags Reply #5 - 07/17/08 at 16:13:41 suzukigrl wrote on 07/17/08 at 16:07:58: Demin wrote on 07/17/08 at 16:00:02: Gotta get up pretty early for that commute. I wouldn't commute that far LOL. They pay that bill....at $4.14 a gallon I bet they are glad you ride a bike then, I can imagine the gas bill if you were in a cage.
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: Saddlebags Reply #6 - 07/17/08 at 16:20:48 I have a set of RiverRoad compact slant bags on mine and like them. They fit good and I don't notice any difference in how the bike handles with or without the bags on.
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flcruzr Ex Member	Re: Saddlebags Reply #7 - 07/17/08 at 18:47:19 Does anyone know if the Suzuki saddlebags are any good? I know they are slim but I wouldnt need them to carry much stuff in them, so was just wondering if anyone owned them in here???
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Sandy Koocanusa Serious Thumper Offline Don't blame me. I didn't vote for him. Posts: 1878 Bigfork, MT Gender:	Re: Saddlebags Reply #8 - 07/17/08 at 20:33:14 flcruzr wrote on 07/17/08 at 18:47:19: Does anyone know if the Suzuki saddlebags are any good? I know they are slim but I wouldnt need them to carry much stuff in them, so was just wondering if anyone owned them in here??? Feisty Limited has a set of them. You can try to catch her when she's online and see what she thinks of them.
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flcruzr Ex Member	Re: Saddlebags Reply #9 - 07/17/08 at 20:39:04 Thanks Sandy, i'll keep an eye out for her.
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Reply #10 - 07/18/08 at 02:46:27

I have a set of suzuki bags and was very disappointed with the size of them. On one side I would put my rain gear and that was about all that would fit in there. On the other side I would put my thermos of coffe for work. That was about all I could carry with them. The way the top of the bag opened, it made it difficult to get stuff in and out. After a year and a half, I went with some hard bags. They are still a little too small but alot bigger than the suzuki bags.

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Reply #11 - 07/18/08 at 05:02:58

I had my saddle bags custom made here :

http://www.lutzsleather.com/index2.html

The are patterned for the VL800, but were a direct fir for my LS650.

They're big enough that I was able to carry 2 5000 sq.ft. bags of fertilizer home on each side!

Do yourself a favor. Skip the cheapie bags. They don't last and they're not even big enough to put in a pair of shoes...

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Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion.

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Bobbert Serious Thumper Offline CHOP IT Posts: 836 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	Re: Saddlebags Reply #12 - 07/18/08 at 17:15:45 does anyone know where to get very vintage looking (preferably actually vintage) bags?
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buttgoat1 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1042	Re: Saddlebags Reply #13 - 07/18/08 at 21:05:23 I picked up a pair from an equestrian seller on Ebay, ok bags, about $30 if I recall correctly. look kinda rugged, I like
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Reply #14 - 07/18/08 at 21:07:44

ALfromN.H. FSO wrote on 07/18/08 at 02:46:27:

I have a set of suzuki bags and was very disappointed with the size of them. On one side I would put my rain gear and that was about all that would fit in there. On the other side I would put my thermos of coffe for work. That was about all I could carry with them. The way the top of the bag opened, it made it difficult to get stuff in and out. After a year and a half, I went with some hard bags. They are still a little too small but alot bigger than the suzuki bags.
http://w3.bikepics.com/pics/2008/05/13/bikepics-1287678-800.jpg

Are the lights hooked up in your bags and if so are they bright enough to serve the purpose for turn signals?

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