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| wazza267 | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/06/2014 | | Posts | : | 54 | | Location | : | New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 16 Oct 2014 - 09:51 Post title : T'bird Saddlebags | | | I'm trying to find a set of PU leather saddlebags that I can fit to my bike with a quick release system. I'm gonna dump the crappy poor quality genuine ones that sag and have sloppy buckles and ugly mounts and smarten up the look a bit.
I bought a pair of Viking bags on the internet, the ones with a shock cutout that were specified for the 1700. I was quite impressed with them when they arrived (they are a nice looking bag) but found they wouldn't fit my bike because of the genuine rear crash bars I have fitted. Although I did manage to on-sell my new bags to a mate I'm a bit nervous to reorder another model in case the same thing happens again.
Has anyone who has crash bars, fitted non genuine, PU leather bags with a quick release system that they could recommend for me please?
Thanks for your help.
Warren
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| metalb00 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 02/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 343 | | Location | : | union, nj, United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Oct 2014 - 12:12 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: wazza267) | | | Link are the standard everyone uses from aftermarket bags i believe. once you choose a bag you choose where to mount the bracket to the bag and you will have a custom fit, and remember measure twice drill once
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| edmontonstorm | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 1,054 | | Location | : | Alberta, Canada |
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| | Posted : 16 Oct 2014 - 15:40 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: metalb00) | | | so you do or do not have a QR bag mount system? If not then the one pointed out to you is the one to use, i also have the rear dresser bar set on my bike i ordered the QR system (make sure youget the right one for either QR sissy bar use or non) but i have not chosen a set of bags yet for much the same reason, need to make sure they fit, with the QR though you just put the bags on them where they need to be and you should be good to go.
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| kball1300 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 99 | | Location | : | Lake Elsinore, California, United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Oct 2014 - 19:09 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: wazza267) | | |
wazza267 wrote:
I'm trying to find a set of PU leather saddlebags that I can fit to my bike with a quick release system. I'm gonna dump the crappy poor quality genuine ones that sag and have sloppy buckles and ugly mounts and smarten up the look a bit.
I bought a pair of Viking bags on the internet, the ones with a shock cutout that were specified for the 1700. I was quite impressed with them when they arrived (they are a nice looking bag) but found they wouldn't fit my bike because of the genuine rear crash bars I have fitted. Although I did manage to on-sell my new bags to a mate I'm a bit nervous to reorder another model in case the same thing happens again.
Has anyone who has crash bars, fitted non genuine, PU leather bags with a quick release system that they could recommend for me please?
Thanks for your help.
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When I bought my bird a few months ago, the guy already had on these quarter round Viking bags. I was never a big fan of the whole "pleather" idea, but I gotta say, these have really grown on me. Build quality is amazing. They don't sag, and they nicely follow the line of the fender. They're not quite as big as the Triumph bags, but they're fine for me. I was going to eventually replace them, but I've changed my mind. I really like them now. Because they're pleather, they will be great in the rain, and I KNOW they're fine in ridiculous heat as they originated in Vegas and are now in the desert in Southern California. I'm replacing the large(ish) Viking badges on the bags, with Triumph tie/hat pins that will either glue on, or fit nicely through the existing hole where they attached the Viking badge.
They are NOT on a QR system (although I suspect it would take 5 minutes to simply un-bolt them.
Looking at the pics, they will easily fit behind the Triumph rear dressers. I'm just waiting for Viking to get their 2050 cubic" Trunk in stock and buy one of those for the back to use when I need more storage. These bags sell for $209 (crazy for the superb quality) and the trunk is only $109.
I really like the open fender on the back and won't put the rear rack or trunk on, unless I really need to.
Hope that helps. 
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| wazza267 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 18/06/2014 | | Posts | : | 54 | | Location | : | New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 16 Oct 2014 - 21:15 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: edmontonstorm) | | | Yeah, I do have the 1600 sissy bar 'Easy Bracket' fitted on the bike. My advise to you is not to buy a bag with a cutout for the shock as you can't get the bag far enough forward to reach the forward-most bag mount bolt, without the front of the bag fouling on the crash/dresser bar. Thanks for your reply.
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| wazza267 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 18/06/2014 | | Posts | : | 54 | | Location | : | New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 16 Oct 2014 - 21:38 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: kball1300) | | | Nice bike kball. I did look at those quarter round Vikings a while ago because they are quite a big bag compared to most other aftermarket bags, including the rest of the Viking range. But when I saw a picture of them on a bike I decided I didn't like them.
However - looking at them again on your bike, I'm thinking they actually do look quite smart, and they would clear the dresser bars too - hmmmmm. 
Thanks for your help.
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| kball1300 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 99 | | Location | : | Lake Elsinore, California, United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Oct 2014 - 23:01 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: wazza267) | | | Thanks! Actually getting her painted in the next 3-4 weeks, going black and white with the Commander style scallop on the tank. 
An ode to my recently sold Bonny.
And for what it's worth, since that photo a few weeks ago, I've put on the short TORs.
I was a little nervous about the potential heat because the shorts extend about 5" or so, into the bag.
Went out yesterday for about an hour, last 20 minutes in traffic.
I felt under the bags and they weren't even warm. That really surprised me.
I think the bags are a little smaller than most actually. That was one of the reasons (besides the pleather) I wasn't sure I'd want to keep them. But they look like they were designed for the flow on the Bird and they are big enough for what I need to use them for.
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| edmontonstorm | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 1,054 | | Location | : | Alberta, Canada |
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| | Posted : 17 Oct 2014 - 14:18 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: kball1300) | | | i like those bags too Kball, one of the ones i was considering, i see there are pretty close th the exhaust, do you ride two up at all>? if so do you notice the bags hitting the pipes at all on swoops and bumps and so forth>? and scars on the bottom of the bags?
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| MotorMac | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,862 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 17 Oct 2014 - 16:07 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: kball1300) | | | Gonna do the Bonny swoosh, yes?
It'll look like a T140 on steroids - gotta like that!
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| kball1300 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 99 | | Location | : | Lake Elsinore, California, United States |
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| | Posted : 17 Oct 2014 - 23:25 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: MotorMac) | | | No, Edmonton, I never ride 2-up. I have no idea how much closer than the already 3" they are below the bag. I also checked again, and they don't extend into the middle of the bag as I first thought, but the tip (the slightly longer top of the pipe end) just about where the front of the bag starts but a good 3" below.
Mac, i'm wavering between the Bonny Swoosh or the T-Bird Commander version but either in black with the white "swoosh"?
I picked up some new LT badges. I wasn't sure if it wasn't a little sacrilegious.....doin' the ode to the Bonny, so was hesitating with that. It's funny, I also thought of the Bonny swoosh, kind of like the Bonny "Hulk", lol. The Bonny version is still my first choice. Want the gold pin-striping around the white as well.
Good/bad news is it's gonna be another good couple'a weeks, because now that I know what I want, found out it's about another $400 more than anticipated. Still wanna do it, but gotta replenish the "fund" a little more. It's been taking a bit of a beating in the last few weeks. ;) (added Rivco risers, floorboards and Kuryakyn grips recently)
I played around with the Thunderbird logo in Adobe Illustrator (not quite done with it yet) with the bird graphic above and changed it from Thunderbird to just "The Bird" using their font. Simple yet a little defiant, hehe. Gonna put that on the side panels.
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| wazza267 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 18/06/2014 | | Posts | : | 54 | | Location | : | New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 18 Oct 2014 - 04:18 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: MotorMac) | | | The distance between the pipes and the bags won't change regardless of whether you are two up, one up or parked because the bags are attached to the frame of the bike, same as the pipes (via the engine and exhaust mounts) rather than attached to any suspension component. 
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| Jango | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 22/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 196 | | Location | : | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 18 Oct 2014 - 09:57 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: kball1300) | | |
kball1300 wrote:
Good/bad news is it's gonna be another good couple'a weeks, because now that I know what I want, found out it's about another $400 more than anticipated. Still wanna do it, but gotta replenish the "fund" a little more. It's been taking a bit of a beating in the last few weeks. ;) (added Rivco risers, floorboards and Kuryakyn grips recently)
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If you added 6236 ISO Kury grips you better carry your original throttle and the tools to replace it in those new bags. Be prepared somewhere in your rides to lose power when you go to accelerate. I've had it happen on the replacement after barely 1000 miles. Unless they've changed design the throttle will break and the cable will slip off. I went through two sets before going back to the originals. There are some post of the issue in the forum by others.
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| kball1300 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 99 | | Location | : | Lake Elsinore, California, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2014 - 00:33 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: Jango) | | | Thanks for the heads-up on the Kuryakyn grips, Jango.
Hopefully it wasn't so much a design issue and more of a shit happens issue.
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| MotorMac | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,862 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2014 - 00:59 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: kball1300) | | | Don't worry about bags, my short TORs are right underneath leather bags and there's no problem whatsoever. Others here will agree.
As to paint scheme, my advice is to do whatever pleases you and t'hell with the opinions of others. Let 'em do their own paint jobs. There are no rules here my friend, nothing is sacrilegious in the whole wide world of motorcycles, near as I can tell (except not having one). That was the whole complaint with the T-Bird's original "excuse me" tank badges; they weren't Triumph enough. Lacked pazazz, flair, style, recognition. You've solved that, no harm in taking it a step or two further with an instantly-recognizable Triumph paint scheme. I say, knock yourself out!
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| bnz433 | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/06/2011 | | Posts | : | 1,843 | | Location | : | Clifton Park (Upstate), NY, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2014 - 09:56 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: kball1300) | | | Do a search here for the throttle grip breaking. The problem is with the plastic "barrel holder" on the grip getting nicked up by the switch housing. Eventually it'll break, unless you open it up and use a dremmel or file to "round off" the sharp edge of the housing that hits the plastic part of the grip at the cable holder. There's a photo or two in the thread(s).
Jamie
BTW - can't wait to see the finished product!
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| kball1300 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 99 | | Location | : | Lake Elsinore, California, United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Oct 2014 - 04:06 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: bnz433) | | | Wow, definitely not a "shit happens" random thing.
Seems it's not a matter of if, but when.
I'm going to take care of that (only had the grips on two weeks) this week.
Thanks for all the info (and pics) guys!!
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| kball1300 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/09/2014 | | Posts | : | 99 | | Location | : | Lake Elsinore, California, United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Oct 2014 - 19:52 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: wazza267) | | | So I was looking at how/what I might be able to do to replace the large (probably 1.5"+ diameter) Viking badges on my bags.
Didn't hate them, but wanted to put something on there a little more "Triumphy".
Saw that the Viking badges were screwed in to the top cover, through a drilled hole.
I picked up 3 x "hat pin/tie pins" on ebay for about $6ea. They have the brass lock for the backs (like a post earring) , which are secure as hell, so long as you can get the fastener on enough to click in.
When the pins arrived, they had 2 x pins and not one, as first thought. NO biggie. Just drill 2 x small holes around the one larger hole, pushed the hat pin through and pushed like hell on the thick flap cover to get them to engage. Unless you pull the clips they're tough as hell to take off. Then, as a precaution, I crazy glued the post to the clip.
They're about 1" across and I think add a nice touch to the back of the bags.
There are a ton of these "pins" on ebay, in various designs and they're cheap.
Probably the cheapest mod I'm ever gonna make to the Bird.
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| Rogue | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/01/2012 | | Posts | : | 19 | | Location | : | Bowie, Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 21 Oct 2014 - 22:28 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: kball1300) | | | I have the Edge 110's on my Storm for for more than 2 years. I was happy with them but they were pulled off my old bike so they were old and I wanted more space. I stumbled on the Mustang bags on ebay for 1/2 the price of new Mustang bags so I snatched them up. I am definitely happy with their space and they seem to fit the bike well.
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| | Posted : 22 Oct 2014 - 16:03 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: metalb00) | | | I have the medium one strap viking bags..1790 cu inches. Not real big but I am happy with them.
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| BigNoseG | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/05/2012 | | Posts | : | 25 | | Location | : | New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 24 Oct 2014 - 11:40 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: TBirder) | | | I had been looking at these ones, (Waxed cotton retro saddlebags) from longride, which I was going to fix to my easy brackets, anyone used them: Link
or these ones from leatherwork: Link
Had a go at attaching a canvas army bag as a test (rubber lined) fixed to a set of easy brackets by putting punched brass eye holes in the back. I got a plastic cheese boards with holes drilled in it, fixed from the inside onto the easy brackets for strength but it started sagging from the front (need some wire in the front) and the holes starting tearing under the weight.
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| Jango | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 22/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 196 | | Location | : | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 24 Oct 2014 - 12:30 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: BigNoseG) | | | I have a 41 BSA that has supports for canvas bags. Have done a lot of research to source original items. Sump publishing has a Triumph TRW model showing much the same set up which you can look up. There is an outfit in the USA that reproduces canvas military bags for about $110.00 US and crossover strap as well. Search BSA WM20 or TRIUMPH military canvas bags. I think it may be a rather cool look.
These reproductions are on ebay now.
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I found workable originals for myself but have heard the India frames are decent. A lot of their other BSA stuff is low quality but know of a couple guys that stated these are good. They come up often on ebay at various prices. Bags are not of period color but you can also just buy frames. I can get you the info on the reproduction guy here in the US if you decide to try these. Have also seen old tube type that do not fold like these. Either I would think could be easily adapted to easy brackets
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| | Posted : 24 Oct 2014 - 19:36 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: TBirder) | | | Interesting lights you got there. I've got a red marble haze too, but without the bags and fancy lights.
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| BigNoseG | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/05/2012 | | Posts | : | 25 | | Location | : | New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 26 Oct 2014 - 06:44 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: Jango) | | | Thanks Jango,
The prototype is still usable, but needs a middle strap on the front to stop it opening up. I was going to make another one with a hidden internal frame connected to a sewn in backing (as I want them to look like they float) , however I am not sure how someone could attach loops strong enough not to tear and be as cost effective and durable as the leather ones. Think I will go with the brown distressed leather as they look pretty good.
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| | Posted : 26 Oct 2014 - 20:56 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: TBirder) | | |
TBirder wrote:
I have the medium one strap viking bags..1790 cu inches. Not real big but I am happy with them.
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That is one sweet looking bike, the hell with the bags!
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| konigralph | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 17/03/2014 | | Posts | : | 10 | | Location | : | Canada |
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| | Posted : 04 Dec 2014 - 19:48 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: TBirder) | | | Pretty damn badass bags!! I like em a lot.. i had to find the bags on their site Link
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| Hornet | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 05/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 1,294 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 04 Dec 2014 - 20:33 Post title : Re: T'bird Saddlebags (Re: Rogue) | | | Rogue, the bags look sweet. However that lid design looks like a rain funnel. Any problems with water getting inside the bags?
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