Recommend me some luggage

[rpsmith79]

So, just getting into riding, and my birthday is coming up, so keep getting asked what i want, you know the drill

Anyhow, all i can really think is possibly some luggage, tail or tank bag, not really sure. I have a CG 125 at the moment, but don't intend to keep it more than a year once i start with my DAS

So, what would be a half decent luggage recommendation, ideally under £50, won't really be used in full wet weather, but i guess would need to withstand a gentle shower, also, i guess these sort of things are universal and will transfer to any other bike i buy in the future

Not looking for a massive amount of storage, just a basic tool kit, disk lock etc

[NJD]

Kriega.

[rpsmith79]

[kramdra]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131891759014

[rpsmith79]

[Rogerborg]

Yes, and the CG doesn't come with one as standard.

Kriega gets good press here, but dem prices.

Oxford luggage is OK, just don't buy their security products. A magnetic tank bag is the easiest to fit and move between bikes, a tail bag is less obtrusive.
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[NJD]

[Teflon-Mike]

I have a par of Oxford 1st time 46l throw-over panniers on the Seven-Fifty, I bought at a ally about a decade ago 'cos cheap, ad I was pizzed off trying to strap school-bags on with bungees, after giving up on trying to find or weld mounts for my hard luggage rack. Soft bag's been there ever since.

Pretty universal; it's bee on Snowie's cruiser, the CB125's and whatever shitheap No1 son was crashing this week when at uni.

Strap under and over the seat, come with straps to tie down to foot-pegs or whatever to stop flapping, keep clear of exhasts etc. They are pretty uiversal and pretty secure. Though much of a much these days aythng in the arena should be too.

They are reasonably cheap, though; and very useful. Throw-overs keep weight low, and you can push it further forward than a tail-pack or anything on a rack.

Bags take 46l each side, so are pretty copiouse, but, they are zip expandable, so when not filled you dont have a huge sack flapping about.

Of all the variouse luggage optios around, it's the one I do rate most (Soft throw-over paniers)

Hard luggage s a little 'too' convenient at times. Throw-overs provide almost the same level of luggage space; and put it in a useful place.

Tank-bag? I have a very nice Oxford life-time two-tier that has lasted a life-time so far! Best bit is the map pocket on the top. Fag to drag on and off to fill fuel, AND magnets dont work on every bike, and have left scratch patches in the paint where the magnets pick up iron flings!

Useful on longer rides/tours to pack travel essetials, like the rider/passenger intercom and in its day a walkman! Fags, spare sun-glasses or visor, drinks and 'stuff' I cant pack ito pockets of tight leathers. and strap lets it be worn as a shoulder bag off the bike... so sort of thing that gets the sandwhiches when out ad about and doubles as something to sit on at a race track! But not so useful for the amout of kit you'd need for a week-end away or dong the shopping.

Tail packs. Never bought a dedicated one; always bungeed old sports-bags on the back, for that added extra when needed.

On THAT topic, I can VERY VERY well recomend a couple of GOOD and I repeat GOOD thick bugee cargo-nets.

Come n a veriety of sizes, and small ones are as useful as large; two or three of thse stuffed in the pockets of the 1st time, with a couple of cam-lock strap-downs have, got me out the shit on countless occassions, in conjuncton wth super-market carrier bags and or a couple of bi liners (also in the panier pocket with them!)

For 'cheap' stocking filla gifts, and £50 is not going to get you much luggage...... I would seriously suggest you find some decent cargo nets.. you could easily bow the whole £50 on three of them, & some cam-straps...

And TBH I'd be 50/50 whether those would be as good or better than the throw-overs.

In days of yore, the amount of 'dedicated' bike luggage available was pretty poor, and there wasn't much between sports bags and army surplus webbing straps and expensive system hard luggage. So, my Uni days, were punctuated by over-loading a 125 with sports bags, and old ex army nap-sacks and 'stuff, until the roll of bin liners was cracked out, and old car roof-rack bungees were risked, and trouser belts doubled up to try and tie it all down for another term in digs!

That grounding in improvisation(And pulling slipped sports bags out o back wheel spokes!!) Was sort of 'fun' as well as educatnal, and shows how little 'dedicate' bike kit you really need....

BUT does make me SO fond of cam buckle luggage straps, that SO reduced the chore and serendipity of trying to string trouser belts together, or put up with heavy trailer tie downs cutting bags to bits or plastic bayonet suitcase straps 'snapping'.

But cargo nets.. when I got one with a magazine subscription, when they were first launched... WOW, probably the most useful innovation in the world of motorcycle accessories since the mageto ignition!

Which s to say, you dot have to think 'big'.. or even 'bag'... those accessories, straps ad nets, can be just as and sometimes even more useful. Especally at budget you aren't lookig to get much bag-wise anyway....

£50?If that was my entire budget.. Yeah, I think would probably be ordering a couple of cargo ets of e-bay; a couple of pairs of cam-straps, and huntg out a cheap school-bag o the market, and expecting to have 'change' to pick up a roll of bin bags to make water-proof and pack 'extras' if needs.

But, some food for thought....
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[rpsmith79]

Hmm, thinking you might be onto something there Tef, a cargo net would probably be best at this stage, since i'm not really sure what i might need to fit into a bag just yet, might save me from having to replace a tail/tank bag if i find it's not what i really want/need

At least with a cargo net i can just use whatever bags i have already (got plenty of old camera bags that would probably suffice for now)

[Teflon-Mike]

Lol!
Just for fun
https://scontent.flhr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10151272_838322382859347_1712806673200371972_n.jpg?oh=76e8da8e4d60a9ffa2c4d4bcc38c27eb&oe=595B8AA3
Sowie's Super-Dream loaded for a rally....
Eh? Woman! Lggage! Woman! WHERE'S the luggage!
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"Nah! He'll never notice! I wonder if Icould just squeeze a hair-dryer into that tank-bag?"

Loaded for a long week-end, her argument was I had big heavy bike, so I could take all the big heavy stuff! Which included two tents... YES I WAS!... cos daughter was riding bunny on that as well!

Two 46l took all the cloths and two women's beuty products! Two-Tier tank bag held travel provisions & camera, spare jumper, water-proofs, and odds and sods like that.

Big sports bag cam-strapped accross the tail (I didn't have a 'rack' until after that run!) held the tents and camping kit, and sleeping bags were under the trench-coat that doubled as a ground-sheet, as well as rain 'roof' for sleeping ags cargo-netted on top of the tents.

It is amazing how much you can squash onto a bike, with a little imagination, even without a rack, or top box.... ad it does also distill your ideas a bit, improvisng like that over whether you really need things like the solar-powered patio lights, or which is more important, primus stove, kettle and coffee, or inflatable bed mats and an electric pump to inflate them!

Remember: Necessity is the mother of invention... and cultter expands to fill the space available!


Oh! And o answer the qustion about the solar powered patio-lights.. if you do any camping trips or tent rallies, the answer is they are almost as fantastic an inovaton as the cargo net! Bang them in the ground to illuminate the guy-ropes ad avoid silly questions after half a bottle of Tennessee mash where the tent is, or too many drunks landing in your lap when you have passed out! If you are a bit nifty you can break them down to save space, and pack with the tent pegs, slipping the pegs iside the support tube, if it's hollow! (just a hint!)
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[BTTD]

I was going to suggest ortlieb as I use one strapped to the back of the bike for work, but then I googled and they only seem to be distributed through Touratech now with corresponding prices. Blimey, must remember to look after the one I've got.

Seen good reviews for the lomo bags, but not fondled one in the flesh. eg:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/30L-White-Holdall-Dry-Bag/dp/B00QFM1HRW/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1489942203&sr=8-8&keywords=lomo+motorcycle+bag

[pepperami]

I didn't read the title right and thought to myself "pah! stupid thread"
Then I read it again and realised it didn't say: Recommend Me Some Sausage
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[rpsmith79]

[talkToTheHat]

I've got a small oxford tank/tail bag. Perhaps an X4? It magnets to a steel tank with no fuss and holds waterproof oversuit, spare gloves, emergency tools and a disklock ok. I prefer it on strapped to the seat if I can do that, and I only really use it these days when I don't have my hard luggage, or I filled it all. has clear section for map/satnav/passes. Some have additional satnav holder. It's in the wrong place really, but satnavs are for listning to not looking at when rolling.

Despite distaste for the oxford brand I quite like the tankbag. It was really good on bikes with small tanks. It didn't lift off the tank like a frank thomas one with shit magnets did at 60ish. Wearing a tankbag on your chest is mildly alarming if you weren't expecting it.
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[rpsmith79]

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[NJD]