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Saddle Bags and/or Rear Storage Bag

tofriendscreek

tofriendscreek

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I'm new to the Spyder world, but after my first ride I was hooked. I've ridden my 2009 SE5 almost 1000 miles in the month I have had it. I just LOVE it! Course this year Mother Nature has blessed Central Illinois with great riding weather for this time of year. My rides have been relatively short and all easy day trips. Starting next year I want to go on longer, overnight rides, which includes Spyderfest 2011. If I take my "significant passenger" we'll need more storage space than the truck provides.

I looking at some hard sided saddle bag by Givi, but WOW, they are more than I want to invest. I saw some soft sided ones more like a conventional saddle bag, but didn't bookmark it. Simple internet searches arent proving fruitful What options are out there that you are using or are aware of?

Also, looking for a rear storage piece. Likewise Internet not helping me. I've got the BRP rear rack, with their backrest on it. Again, options or what you're using would be appreciated. Thanks!
 
I've been looking at some options along these lines so I will also be interested in other people's set-ups. The rigid BRP saddlebags are a little pricey for my blood.
 
Rear bags

I just purchased some nylon saddlebags on Craigs List. They are from Nelson Rigg (don't ask me which model). I have them on the bike, but the jury is still out.

The rear bag that I use is the "Grand Tour" bag from Kuryakin. It has 2 features (besides being large) that I like: 1. if you attach it to the backrest, its big enough to provide you with a little backrest for yourself. 2. If you are both riding, you can attach the bag securely "behind" the backrest.

If you were to use this bag along with some well-fitting saddle bags, I think you will have plenty of space for touring.

As a side note, I hear the BRP hard bags are nice. The bags and its frame come off very easily and quickly to get back to the "slick" configuration. I understand they are slightly better than the GIVI bags. :doorag::ani29:
 
I have the kuryakyn gran tour bag mounted on a rack behind the brp back rest. The rack was made by a member here.

On top of the rack is a givi E250 plate. I have it that way so the bottom and front of the bag don't get squashed. For awhile I had it on the black piece that is used to lock the backrest forward or back.

Try cortech or nelson-rigg for soft side saddle bags.
 
Saddle Bags

We have the Nelson Rigg "Silver Streak" saddle bags. They aren't all that big, but they hold enough for us. All we have to do is to lift the seat, connect the two velcro strips under the seat and your done. :2thumbs: We also have a barrel bag that we picked up in a leather shop somewhere and it's straped to the backrest, and the Can Am tank bag.

We've used them quite a bit on our rydes. Longest one so far is to the Rapid City, SD area.welcome
 
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Here is the setup we had on our old GS. We rode double for a total of near 3K miles (to LA and back from Seattle,WA.) If you are going to use Nelson Rigg saddlebags and carry a passenger, you absolutely NEED the rear peg extensions. Also you will need some sort of brace to keep the bags from resting on the turnsignals. We didnt have this on our trip. We had no problems, but I wouldnt try that again without the braces.

The saddlebags and the rear luggage you see here is for sale. The rear bag works excellent. I brought it into a shoe maker and he revamped it so it was much more stable with the straps and snaps. We also used this setup this past summer on our cross country trip. This time, the spyder had a driver and a puppy for a passenger, so the saddlebags were carried forward of the rear directionals, so the braces were not needed. No problems whatsoever. The rear luggage looks top heavy and like it might tip to the side, but we never had one problem with it. We left it attached to the backrest and took the whole thing off as a unit including the backrest instead of going thru the trouble of taking it off the backrest.
 
I grabbed a Biker's Friend and it'll ride behind the backrest pretty well. They've got the new "basic" version that's $100 cheaper. These will fit a couple XL full face helmets and have room to spare. They have other sizes as well.

For saddlebags, I am seriously considering Roadkrome Sturgis Saddlebags on page 94.

Top loading, rigid... $399 plus mounting kit for $219. A little cheaper than Givi's and a different look.

Or... Nelson Rigs soft bags. They'll do the job.
 
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I have the Spyder GIVI mount with an GIVI E55 trunk, Corbin saddlebags, and the Corbin hitch which I used to pull a Piggybacker trailer. The Corbin saddlebags are pricey, but they are HUGE and look like they really belong on the Spyder. The GIVI E55 trunk is also freaking HUGE! I have nearly 200 liters of storage on my Spyder which does not include the trailer.
 
This is the bikersfriend bag I have, but if I could do over I would get the XL instead of the L. BJT has the XL and it fits very nicely.
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This is a photo of the Cortech side bags along with the BRP rear bag. I currently use these side bags with my bikersfriend rear bag and that holds a lot along with the trunk.
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The photos above are before the paint job obiously. LOL
 
I had a set of soft bags and I just didn't like the way they fit.
I bought a set on the Can-Am R35 bags and love em ..not cheap, but worth it.
 
Sny said:
I grabbed a Biker's Friend and it'll ride behind the backrest pretty well. They've got the new "basic" version that's $100 cheaper. These will fit a couple XL full face helmets and have room to spare. They have other sizes as well.

For saddlebags, I am seriously considering Roadkrome Sturgis Saddlebags on page 94.

Top loading, rigid... $399 plus mounting kit for $219. A little cheaper than Givi's and a different look.

Or... Nelson Rigs soft bags. They'll do the job.
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Found the bags for $339 and the brackets for $198. $537, top loading, plastic waterproof... Still thinking ;)

Doc, what is that!? Looks pretty good
 
The tank case is $99 +tax. (call the office in Jacksonville). :2thumbs:
 
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