I'm wanting to order a piece of luggage for my tour pack rack. I've been loking at both the Bikers Friend XL bag, Harley Tour-Pak Rack Bag and a couple of the T Bags offerings.

Looking for opinions from those with experience or other ideas.

Here they are:

http://www.bikersfriend.com/pages/ha...ry.htm#Touring Family

http://www.harley-davidson.com/store/tour-pak-rack-bag

http://www.tbags.com/touring/dekker-...e-bag-214.html

http://www.tbags.com/touring/daytona-cargo-bag.html



Cheers

 

Have a t-bag. Like all the easy to access pockets so getting to often used items works great.

It mounts in just a few seconds. Like the water bottle pockets, and also carry a couple cooling snap towels for the hot parts of the day.

Easy to take off and I use it as a carry bag to take items into the motel at night.

It came with a waterproof rain cover that has proven itself water tight, and makes the bag nicer looking when touring.

 

I have this T Bag. Very well built. Love it. Attaches easily and quickly. Fits inside Tour Pack early in trip, as I accumulate stuff, put it on Tour Pack.

http://www.jpcycles.com/product/830-693

Rain cover works great:

 

1.) Be aware that the carrying capacity on the lid is only about 10 or 15 pounds.
1.b) DO NOT lift the lid with the weight of a bag attached = $$$-------- as the abs will break

the higher any weight is, the crappier handling

so, I use a waterproof HD by Sac bag ( it's about 15 years old)- it velcros to the rack and I use it typically for sleeping bag maybe a lightweight jacket.

unless you need official HD licensed product ( and as a shareholder I thank you!)- just get a small duffle bag which is waterproofish.


Yes i do have high end Tbag, the sac and other cool stuff...I paid pennies for it buying used.
I have the big Tbag on my seat, it's a backrest and carry-all.

here's a pic from a few years ago:



mike

 

The Bikers Friend is a quality product ; but the T-Bag system has better accessibility...

 

I did get spider cracks at the hinge, by opening the TP, with a loaded Tbag on it. Mike is right, as usual! At first I was upset, now I just consider it a souvenir.

 

I have a Bikers Friend and a T-Bag Boot Case (uses a bra on the tour pak to secure it).

The 'Friend can hold a lot of stuff and I found that it works better on the passenger seat. It would be sticking up to high on a rack as far as I'm concerned. It can be used as a backrest (comes with the pads) if you don't have a HD/other backrest.

If your traveling alone, you can fit almost a weeks worth of clothes in the 'Friend and leave the tour pac for helmets & misc items......