Sounds like she is not quite and experienced rider as some of us, I think some of these bags would be very top heavy for her until she gets some road time in. I would go with a smaller one until then. Just a thought.

 

Maybe try a dry run packing your saddlebags. I bought the removable liners mentioned earlier and I can pack a weeks worth of work and casual clothes just using the left and right saddlebags with a laptop, rain gear and shave kit squeezed in and around any place I could get them.

I did buy the new luggage (no wheels) that you mentioned but I have not taken a trip with it yet.

 

I mean experience on that bike, sorry.

 

I think that I would stay away from the large bags. Go with a medium sized one, you wont even notice it's back there. Between that and the saddle bags you should have enough room for a week. I use the Kuryakyn ultra tour bag, plenty of room, works great.

 

I have the T Bags Route 66 bag which has the wheels and the hidden handle. Very nice bag, very durable, and lifetime warranty I think. T Bags makes the best quality bags imo, but check them out for yourself. They have many different sizes and shapes etc..... I sure wouldn't trade mine.....Have fun out there and be careful!! P.S. Kuryakyn also makes some really nice bags.......

 

I have had the Universal Roller Bag 98944-04 for almost 10 years and would highly recommend it but it appears that HD doesn’t sell them anymore. For some reason they still have the instruction sheet online so you can see the detail.

I would think Harley or T-bags has something similar. What ever you get I highly recommend wheels and a day bag.

 

Foe a SG, I would recommend docking kits and a solo style large detachable luggage rack as a base for whatever type of luggage you want.

My wife has this set-up on her '08 Heritage and she has the leather tour pack (w/studs) that matches her saddle backs but you could and bag that you like. I've seen the bag with the wheels on some tour pack racks and looks handy.

 

I have the HD one that is listed as multi-fit. It has a large bag and a smaller cylinder shaped day bag. It is made to fit over your sissy bar and has a few different "sleeves" on it to accomodate different sized sissy bar pads. The smaller bag attaches to the bigger one. I used it to pack for a 10 day trip to Colorado on my Crossbones with no saddle bags. I had enough room, if I would have had the Road Glide, or even saddle bags, I would have been WAY good....plus with the larger bag sitting on the p-pad, I was able to lean back on it.

 

I have bags from several places, and I have found that I don't like the enormous bags up top. The saddlebag liners (of whatever brand) do make life easier, and T-bags are the brand I would go back to: their systems for securing bag to bike seem more flexible and durable than others, IMO.

For long trips on my Street Glide, I have a backpack that fits to the sissy bar and sits on the pillion, providing a backrest and a duffel-type bag on the detachable rack. With the saddlebags, this setup gives plenty of room even if I'm carrying camping gear, without ever feeling topheavy.

 

I just bought one from Jafrum has the big bag(which is huge) I have everything but the kitchen sink,seriously I have two weeks worth of stuff in it even ditty bag and it comes with roll that I have put rain gear masks and gloves in that goes on top. I put the bag behind me on the back of the seat and use it for a backrest on my UC but it is actually made to go on a sissy bar. Check out jafrum.com