Author Topic: anyone familiar with these ebay saddlebags?  (Read 2030 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline gregwaits

  • Hot Shot
  • ***
  • Posts: 597
  • Damn, riding a CB750 sure is fun!
    • waits music
anyone familiar with these ebay saddlebags?
« on: December 23, 2007, 07:09:45 PM »
I am looking for some  leather "throw over" saddle bags. These look to be high quaility and the price seems reasonable enough. Has anyone in here bought this brand bag?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-Motorcycle-Leather-Saddlebag-Travel-Saddle-Bag-4005_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35557QQihZ002QQitemZ120201761637QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
1978 CB750K8; 1970 CB450

Offline gerhed

  • Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,801
Re: anyone familiar with these ebay saddlebags?
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2007, 06:04:43 AM »
Don't know of those.
I have "Willie and Max"
which are O.K. and seem to be reasonably priced and everywhere !
Rides: 75 CB750F, 48 Indian Chief, 67 Triumph TR6, 63Honda CA95
          83 XL600R in CB360 Frame
          3-wheel electric tilting cycle

Offline Cowboy

  • Enthusiast
  • **
  • Posts: 131
Re: anyone familiar with these ebay saddlebags?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2008, 10:23:23 PM »
Hey Greg,

This reply is probably a month or two too late, but yes, I have a set of those very bags.  They are not tremendously high quality, but they are also very inexpensive, so I'm not complaining. The leather is a bit thinner than I would like, but they have generally served me well. If they get wet, the leather will develop some odd swelling on the surface, but it seems to be only a cosmetic blemish. Nothing on the bags has broken yet, but they are less than a year old. They hold a whole lot of stuff for a weekend camping trip. I've loaded them down pretty heavily, and gotten them thoroughly soaking wet, and they are still holding up well.  I would recommend treating them with some kind of mink oil or other leather sealant/preservative before using them, and they will probably look better after getting wet.

Here's a pic of the bags mounted on my CB350:

« Last Edit: February 16, 2008, 10:26:04 PM by Cowboy »
1964 Honda CT200
1967 Chang Jiang 750 Sidecar
1970 Honda CB350
1978 Honda CB550