New/used Hard bags installed and painted. *PICS*

[Billyboy]

I rider friend saw these hard bags and a top box at the dump and snagged them. He thought they'd go with my bike pretty well. I think he was right.

 

[simon_C]

score!
the best deals are free

 

[spyug]

Perfect fit for the bike. A real mini-bagger for sure.

I've got a set off E-bay a few years ago for a decent price which I was going to put on the old Virago I had , but never got around to it. I was toying with the idea of putting them on the GS and I might just after seing yours.

Some bikes don't suit hard bags IMHO but the flow is right on that bike and as Simon says,you can't beat the price. You should also be proud that you've saved more crap going into the landfill. Recycle and reuse....good motto to live by.

Make sure they update the pic in this months bikes.

Well done.
Cheers,
Spyug.

 

[80GS750]

lookin good, i like that and i really dont like bags on these gs's. i may steal your idea some day....

 

[Billyboy]

Thanks Guys. I really didn't want to put bags on the bike because I was afraid of making it look like a geezer mobile and also destroy the line of the bike, but these don't seem to take much away and may even add to it. And the functionality of the bags make them hard to argue with.

I like the current BOM pic the way it is. Besides. That's a lot of work to make it that clean and shiny again. It's not a show piece/trailer queen, it, my daily rider.

 

[jtolbert]

That's a really sharp-looking setup. Nice work!

 

[Jethro]

It's nice riding with bags... once you do you get over the whole geezer thing pretty quick. But you don't have to worry about that because they look great on your bike!

 

[Planecrazy]

Anybody who has ever joked about my "geezer" setup on the 1100G stopped joking when they finally caught up to me after a nice set of twisties -- haha!!

I think if you stick a matching set of flush turn signals on the back of the boxes you'll do a nice job of killing two birds with one stone - covering the exposed holes that are there and making the bike a bit more visible now that the boxes block the turn signals from the side...

Looks Very Nice!

 

[t3rmin]

Very nice! The only thing I use more than my bags is my rack (laptop lashes to it great). How 'bout some shots of your mounting hardware?

 

[crag antler]

Holy Cow Billy:shock:
Are you trying for Bike of the Year???
You're making us look bad:-s8-[

 

[runewolf]

Man you couldn't get a set to look more like it just belongs there if you tried! Very nice!

 

[Billyboy]

You guys are too kind!

 

[Bert Patterson]

Those really look sweet, Billy. That whole bike is such an inspiration.

I'm sure you covered it in another thread, but who did your paint (and $$$?)?

 

[Billyboy]

Thanks so much Bert.

I painted everything but the tank. Demkote flack black, flat white and clearcoat.

The tank was painted by a friend of mine. Let's say he owed me a favor.:?

We were wrestling. He's a big guy, 245, all muscle. I'm no slouch, but he had the advantage for sure. I ended up with a broken rib, or dislocated, or torn cartilage. Either way, I wasn't upset. Stuff happens. But he wouldn't accept a dime.

 

[J_C]

I love them! I too would love to see how you fabbed the mounting hardware!

 

[gustovh]

The bags look great, but the seat cover has gotta go.
V

 

[bonanzadave]

Cool ! Its kinda got a European flair to it. Next youll be running her in the Isle of Man. Very functional. You can put your _ _ _ _ in there.

 

[monkeywrench]

I love them! I too would love to see how you fabbed the mounting hardware!

Looks good. Yah, how about the mounting hardware? I have a set of hard bags that I may put on my bike.

 

[J_C]

Looks good. Yah, how about the mounting hardware? I have a set of hard bags that I may put on my bike.

Yeah I've always much preferred the angular/aerodynamic hard bags look to the squared off leather look. I don't know if I'd do it any time soon, but I'm definitely interested in HOW it's done, particularly give then shortage of GS specific hard bags

 

[monkeywrench]

The bags I got are auctally off of a Yamaha of some sort and they are more square. I need to paint them and figure out some sort of mounting brackets.