This video would have been better if they used the green bag. The black hides a lot of details. I bought two of the green ones though I wish they would be offered in other colors. The video shows a 3-sided hinged filler plate. Mine did not come with these. The shoulder strap is not removable. The cushion wrapping on them is, so you can cross the seat without it and the straps will lay flat, but then you have to store the cushions in your bag if you're going to use them. The straps should have been mounted at the ends of the bag so they could help hold the lid closed. They will likely be cut off with a razor knife, as I don't intend on walking around with these things on my shoulder. The two straps that can be used to carry them with one hand will not join together if the bag is filled to its limit. They should have been longer. Not sure how I will fix that at the moment. The hooks that clip the bag on the rack skip from 18mm to 22mm. My bars are 20mm. So the 22mm setting has these bags sitting loose. I'll look for some plastic tubing to slip on my bars to make up the difference. There are six straps to tie this bag onto your rack. The bottom two are so far down the bag that they have to come back up to tie onto the rack bar. If you make them tight, they will want to lift the bag off the top hooks. But they are the only straps worth using to hold the bag on the bike. The side straps aren't mounted in a way to make them useful for that. The waterproof inner bag isn't much better than a garbage bag. If the outside is so water resistant, why bother with these inner bags? The main bag has a drain hole on the bottom, which moisture can work its way into the bag and your clothes, so keep that in mind if you remove the "garbage" bag. The front pocket has a strip of Velco-like cloth on it. The back panel should have had that so I could Velco it to the plate on my rack. The straps that go over the top to secure the top closed wants to slide off the sides like a strap on a woman's dress slips off her shoulders. They can be crisscrossed to fix that. The inner bag should have been mounted a little deeper, and the top flap zippered closed. There is nothing to keep it closed when filled except folding it over. Frankly, these bags need a lot of work, design wise. The side material seems very sturdy, but the bottom material is very questionable. The bag has loops sewn all over without any purpose beyond looks. It would have been nice to have bottle holders on the sides. The straps that are used to hold it to the rack will loose tension if you remove anything from the bag, so you will have to re-tighten them, or visa-versa. Bottom line, I likely wasted my money on these bags, but there really isn't anything else out there for this kind of price. When they come out with ver. 2.0, I will likely upgrade and sell these bags off.
As for me, version of bag without side pocket will be more practice and nice looking. Without pocket the bag will not loose storage comfort, but will be more compact. Its very important on offroad, also for soft adv bikes under 650cc.
The diameter of the rack needs to be within 10-22MM. Or you would try our new side bag, its quick release. rhinowalk.com/products/35l-quick-release-side-bag
I bought a set of cheap racks off E-Bay. The bars are 20mm in diameter. The hooks on these bags do not fit 20mm snuggly. I will look for plastic tubing to make up the difference.
The added stiffener plates are a smart idea!
Thank you very much great advice!
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This video would have been better if they used the green bag. The black hides a lot of details. I bought two of the green ones though I wish they would be offered in other colors. The video shows a 3-sided hinged filler plate. Mine did not come with these.
The shoulder strap is not removable. The cushion wrapping on them is, so you can cross the seat without it and the straps will lay flat, but then you have to store the cushions in your bag if you're going to use them. The straps should have been mounted at the ends of the bag so they could help hold the lid closed. They will likely be cut off with a razor knife, as I don't intend on walking around with these things on my shoulder.
The two straps that can be used to carry them with one hand will not join together if the bag is filled to its limit. They should have been longer. Not sure how I will fix that at the moment.
The hooks that clip the bag on the rack skip from 18mm to 22mm. My bars are 20mm. So the 22mm setting has these bags sitting loose. I'll look for some plastic tubing to slip on my bars to make up the difference. There are six straps to tie this bag onto your rack. The bottom two are so far down the bag that they have to come back up to tie onto the rack bar. If you make them tight, they will want to lift the bag off the top hooks. But they are the only straps worth using to hold the bag on the bike. The side straps aren't mounted in a way to make them useful for that.
The waterproof inner bag isn't much better than a garbage bag. If the outside is so water resistant, why bother with these inner bags? The main bag has a drain hole on the bottom, which moisture can work its way into the bag and your clothes, so keep that in mind if you remove the "garbage" bag.
The front pocket has a strip of Velco-like cloth on it. The back panel should have had that so I could Velco it to the plate on my rack.
The straps that go over the top to secure the top closed wants to slide off the sides like a strap on a woman's dress slips off her shoulders. They can be crisscrossed to fix that. The inner bag should have been mounted a little deeper, and the top flap zippered closed. There is nothing to keep it closed when filled except folding it over.
Frankly, these bags need a lot of work, design wise. The side material seems very sturdy, but the bottom material is very questionable. The bag has loops sewn all over without any purpose beyond looks. It would have been nice to have bottle holders on the sides. The straps that are used to hold it to the rack will loose tension if you remove anything from the bag, so you will have to re-tighten them, or visa-versa.
Bottom line, I likely wasted my money on these bags, but there really isn't anything else out there for this kind of price. When they come out with ver. 2.0, I will likely upgrade and sell these bags off.
As for me, version of bag without side pocket will be more practice and nice looking. Without pocket the bag will not loose storage comfort, but will be more compact. Its very important on offroad, also for soft adv bikes under 650cc.
Good point! thank you
When fitting both bags, can you place the strap that connects them under the seat? If I have a pillion they don't want to sit on top of a strap
Back of this back has the hook, mounting on the side bag through these hooks.
What if you have a back rider, will the saddle strap cause discomfort or soreness to the back rider? Is there other models with no saddlestrap)
any response to this ?
You can remove the cushion from the strap. It just Velcro's together around the strap.
I have these bags but I purchased the wrong racks. Which model number racks do I need for a 2020 Suzuki V-Strom 1050 compatible with these bags?
The diameter of the rack needs to be within 10-22MM.
Or you would try our new side bag, its quick release.
rhinowalk.com/products/35l-quick-release-side-bag
I bought a set of cheap racks off E-Bay. The bars are 20mm in diameter. The hooks on these bags do not fit 20mm snuggly. I will look for plastic tubing to make up the difference.
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