I have come to believe that you either run a bike with no bags of any kind, or you run a bike with as much as you can get on it. This is from years of observing my buddies and from riding many of my own bikes, and finding that if I even put one little handlebar bag on it -- the tiniest, daintiest little leather toolbag -- it's all over. The SaddleBag Alien has me in its claws and I'm screaming "Game over, man!" This is why I run absolutely no bags of any kind on my bike and make myself a huge pain in the patootie to all of my friends whining "Can you get my coat in your bag? It's warm now!"
Having said that, if you are going some distance, or if you are one of those souls I so admire who ride their bikes daily and take laptops, lunch, and the wife's dry-cleaning along for a ride, then you might just fall in love with the Big Heavy Duty Waterproof Motorcycle Sissy Bar Bag with studs. This is a sissy bar bag made using hard PVC with a look and feel of leather. But unlike leather, it won't warp, it's hard to damage, it's waterproof and it won't smell when it's wet.
This bag comes with or without studs. It has reinforced stitching and heavy duty nylon straps with rain cover included. It comes in medium and large sizes (and you can practically get your kids in the large size, at 18 x 16 x 9 inches). It has multiple smaller storage areas with zipper enclosures. It will fit on any type of bike with a sissy bar. The bags run less than $100, depending on what site you find them.
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Find this Heavy Duty Bag Set on eBay:
| MOTORCYCLE SISSY T BAR BAG BAGS LEATHER LUGGAGE 70 BIG US $29.99 ![]() Auction Ends: 1d 6h 37m Make it yours... |
| Yamaha Road Star X Large Sissy Bar Bag Kuryakyn Big US $159.95 ![]() Auction Ends: 21d 39m Make it yours... |
| Shadow Spirit 750 X Large Sissy Bar Bag Kuryakyn Big US $159.95 ![]() Auction Ends: 21d 33m Make it yours... |

