Design and
construction
Our bags are made extremely
strong. We use top quality, thick, 9-10 ounce leather for our
bags. We then reinforce the leather with plastic
throughout the bag. The backs are thermo-formed from 3/16" thick
ABS plastic and made to fit around shocks, axle covers, ect., and
accept our brackets.
The gussets and faces are reinforced with 1/8"
and 3/16" thick HDPE plastic. The lid liners are thermo-formed
from 1/8" thick ABS plastic and have a slight "dome" in them.
This is the shape most
Saddle Bag lids have when they are new.
But as you have probably seen, other bag lids sag down into a reverse
dome with age. This will never happen with our bags We
also carry the plastic down the valance of the lid. This increases
the strength and gives us a solid place to rivet the straps and lock
mount to. This cleans up the appearance of the bag by eliminating
the rivets showing on the outside.
Our bags are very easy to put on. Just line up the holes
in the brackets with the "buttons" on the strut, push straight on,
and tighten cam levers.
almost on
on
With inside flap velcroed down, nothing sharp to scratch a coat
With inside cover flap lifted up, exposing levers that can be padlocked down, locking bags to bike
Some of
our models have long, over the lid cargo straps. These are very
handy for extra capacity without having to get out the bungy
cords.
Many
of our
Saddlebags include a pair of adjustable carrying straps
that snap into the D-rings mounted on the gussets. They adjust
short, for a handle, or lengthen out for a shoulder strap.
