[Blindstitch]

I just bought a pair of saddlebags on craigslist because well I had to.



They are slightly damaged due to an awkward I want to say dropping of the bike but since it's the top corner of the saddlebags It doesn't seem plausible. More like someone dropped something heavy on the.



But even though it is cracked on the top corner it isn't all the way through and easily fixable. The icing on the cake is that they are double walled. They are obviously all fiberglass. The bolt holes are a bit different than the honda line ones I have and the guy I got them from said that the guy he bought them from said that the guy he bought them off of said they might have been from a kawasaki. So really they could be from anything. I checked them over and I cant find any tags, markings, stamps or anything. I'm almost thinking of putting them on my bike.



They are just a hair wider, 1/2 inch shorter and the tail end is 6 inches or so longer than stock. But they seem to line up with the fender pretty nice.



Or maybe someone out there could use them on a chopped beer run bike with bags. But can anyone identify them?



Almost seems like the same latch the KG trunk I gave away had.

And they have lights in them that work.

 

[Blindstitch]

Actually I just found this and they look very very similar but they don't have rear turn signals.

http://www.sideroadcycles.com/AmericanMotorcycles/Hard_Bags/Honda_1300VTX_C_Patriot.html

 

[Interstater]

Nice Score Stitch!



Those look a LOT like Hondaline Valkyrie bags, but I don't think the Valk's had the light on the rear.

 

[Blindstitch]

Just a quick photoshop of stock over these and here's what it would look like.

 

[Interstater]

They are definitly a little different than the Valk bags, but they do look pretty nice.

 

[Blindstitch]

Now I just have to fix the one and figure out how to mount it to the bike. I made a cardboard template with the holes and all to see how close it gets to the honda bracket I have.

 

[Blindstitch]

Ok well it looks like they have a home on my bike.

 

[Teacher Tim]

They almost look like the hardbags from the short-lived VT1100 ACE Tourer.

 

[Blindstitch]

I don't think I mentioned it because I was debating selling them after fixed but I bought them for $25 and have $12 into fixing them and $1 into mounting them on my bike. Yep $38. Seems like a good score to me.

 

[cxlover]

Wow, wish I could found them.

 

[Interstater]

Stitch,

the shape and contour of those new bags makes them look a LOT like Champion bags, seen here http://www.sideroadcycles.com/AmericanMotorcycles/Hard_Bags/Champion_Hard_Bags.html



Their site doesn't show turn signals like yours though...

 

[Blindstitch]

Stitch,

the shape and contour of those new bags makes them look a LOT like Champion bags, seen here http://www.sideroadcycles.com/AmericanMotorcycles/Hard_Bags/Champion_Hard_Bags.html



Their site doesn't show turn signals like yours though...

Yeah I haven't found one with turn signals either but Look at that price. Like $800 a pair. And I got mine for $25.



Newer/bigger latches would bee a good idea. I see that company has an upgrade but it looks like they modified the saddlebag also for the latch. But if it's working fine i'm not going to fix it.