Topic: saddle bags with a 4in 4 exhaust

[the technological J]

any body have saddle bags on a bike with a 4 in to 4 exhaust? like the one pictured.. im kinda interested in getting some and wanted to know the dimensions...  pics would be awesome thanks

[GammaFlat]

I bought some big saddlebags and I'm converting to HM341's (from 4-1 MAC) on my K6.  With the MAC, I think I'm ok but the 4-4's are gonna cause problems.  Some saddle bags are sloped on the bottom.... you might consider that. 

My big reason for getting big saddle bags was that I have a huge laptop (17" screen) that I wanted to tote back and forth to work.  Well, I'm not so convinced it's gonna work out.  I'm thinking netbook PC now (something like this: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4303044&CatId=3987) which is a boatload smaller.  I'm waiting for more memory and better CPUs... soon I hope. 

John

[brianzenk]

Saddle bags. I wish I had purchased the sloped ones so I could put my feet onto the rear passenger pegs on longer rides. I ride a little 1981 Passport c70 and use the rear passenger pegs all the time. It must be a habit now because when I ride the cb550 I always want to put my feet back there on the pegs ( a bad habit ). Its probably a good idea to keep the feet on the cb550 in front because bad things happen to fast. To carry a laptop it might be better to have the square bags. Just tossing ideas out.

[andy750]

How about from these guys....

http://www.motopakluggage.com/gts40.html

as shown in this photo..



work well with passenger 

cheers
Andy

[tlbranth]

I had ABS Bates bags on my 750 originally and I'm pretty sure I got exhaust blackening on the back/undersides. If I were mounting larger bags now with the original pipes I would fasten a steel plate under the bag with standoffs.

[BurtonWarpup]

Andy,

Those Motopak saddlebags are the 40s? Do you know if the 60s would fit? Also, how do yours affect the rear turn signals?

[andy750]

Sorry for the delay in replying but was out of internet access for a few days.....

the 60s should fit fine I think. I put my bags kind of over my turn signals (short stems) and they were fine with passenger on back..no complaints from anyone 

Id buy the 60s if I were getting another set...i think they have stopped making the 40s. The length the bag sits down is adjustable so should still clear the exhaust.

cheers
Andy