Saddlebag Liners?

[FarmerRick]

Hello all, just got a 99 Tourer.

My usual dufflebag that I use for short trips is just a bit big for these saddlebags.

What are you all using?  Are the Harley ones that seem so plentiful a pretty good match in size?

Thanks!!

[StrikingViking]

I use ones that were specifically made for the Tourer.   
They're an exact fit and you can find them online if you look around.

[hubcapsc]

I use various lightweight gym bags or camping bags that
crush almost to nothing when empty. They can hold stuff
to keep you organized and their shapes conform to the
available space in the saddlebag...

-Mike

[..]

Hello all, just got a 99 Tourer.

My usual dufflebag that I use for short trips is just a bit big for these saddlebags.

What are you all using?  Are the Harley ones that seem so plentiful a pretty good match in size?

Thanks!!

I bought "Saddlemen".

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Saddlemen-Saddlebag-Liner-for-1993-2013-Harley-Touring-Used-with-Red-Gas-Can-/231308488494?fits=Make%3AHarley-Davidson&epid=171328008&hash=item35db0f6f2e:g:35sAAOSwx-9W1X57&vxp=mtr

This is sized so that you can carry a 1 gallon gas can as well.

[Jess from VA]

http://www.meancycles.com/store/parts/view.cfm?partID=217881

https://www.mototourinc.com/saddlebag-luggage-liner-for-gl1500-valkyrie

http://www.madcorider.com/quick-paks_saddlebag_liners.html

I use these:  Waterproof, strong, form fitting, cheap.  I always take spares too (so if you have a bunch of soaking wet gear, it can go in another so everything else doesn't get wet;  and as my clothes get dirty/sweaty, they all go in another),  Course, it's not the height of fashion at the motel.



The problem is, all of them can be overloaded in the house, and then won't fit down in the bag (without stomping).  Then you can't get them back out either.

What I have discovered on trips that works best is to carry all my clothing/toiletries in a waterproof duffel on the back seat (or luggage rack), so when I get where I'm going I just have to take it off the bike and into the room with no unpacking saddlebags at all.  The bags are reserved for bike stuff like tools and parts, tire repair kit and air pump, rain suit, waterproof gloves, bike (half) cover, jacket, something warm, cleaning stuff, sandals/tennies etc... and this never gets unpacked and stays in the bike the whole trip (except for the comfortable footwear).

I have a couple of big duffels that easily carry enough clothes for a week, but they were not waterproof, and that can be trouble.  So I took to carrying a big lawn and leaf bag to bag the duffel if it rained.   That is also unsatisfactory, so I bought a dedicated MC waterproof dry-bag that holds its shape even when empty, and this can go to the bottom of the pool and still keep everything bone dry.  This is the better place to spend money than saddlebag liners.  It is a little difficult to load and unload because of the roll top, but no big deal.  (Watch video)

http://www.twistedthrottle.com/dryspec-d38-rigid-waterproof-motorcycle-dry-bag-multiple-colors-available



And other choices.  http://www.twistedthrottle.com/shop-by-product/luggage-racks/dry-bags

[desertrefugee]

Sounds a lot like my operating practices.  The waterproof bag from Twisted Throttle looked interesting until I saw the price.   Makes the garbage bag look even more attractive - especially since it only comes out in the rain.

[Jess from VA]

Sounds a lot like my operating practices.  The waterproof bag from Twisted Throttle looked interesting until I saw the price.   Makes the garbage bag look even more attractive - especially since it only comes out in the rain.

Yeah, well, what's it rain down there.... three times a year (or century)?  

My experience in my part of the world is that any long ride or trip I take, I get some days of rain (or long hours).  Every single time.  

I didn't like bagging my duffel with a trash bag, because my long distance travel made it noisy and flapping in the freeway wind, no matter how many bungies you use.  And it makes it slippery.  But halfway there, you get rain, getting off to bag it on the side of the road is a PITA too.  

Yeah, it's pricey.   If you blow off bike specific luggage, and just go to dry bags (like for camping/canoeing), they get much cheaper.

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Sports-Outdoors-Marine-Dry-Bags/zgbs/sporting-goods/3414201

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-30L-Dry-Waterproof-Bag-Duffel-with-Shoulder-Strap/48931056?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227037391087&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=80435909449&wl4=pla-177684499969&wl5=9008188&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla_with_promotion&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=48931056&wl13=&veh=sem

https://montemlife.com/dry-bags-waterproof-bags/



 

[desertrefugee]

Now you're talking.   The yellow Walmart piece might actually get the nod!   My current bag is getting a little worse for wear.

Oh and about that rain - during the fabled SW monsoon (July and August, and tends to coincide with Summer trips), it's not uncommon to dodge rain every single day.   Heavy rain.

[sandy]

Go to a kayak dealer or search online for river bags. They're tough and waterproof. Not expensive either.

[John Schmidt]

Been using Harley bags for years. They're cut and shaped to match, have to look for them though.

[Hef]

I use bags from my old 1983 Goldwing. Good fit, waterproof, and very handy when packing for a long trip.

[Jess from VA]

Now you're talking.   The yellow Walmart piece might actually get the nod!   My current bag is getting a little worse for wear.

Oh and about that rain - during the fabled SW monsoon (July and August, and tends to coincide with Summer trips), it's not uncommon to dodge rain every single day.   Heavy rain.

Who knew?  It never rained like that in SoCA.  

One other point about my dry bag, as I said it keeps it's shape even empty.  Empty or crammed full, it's almost the same size.

I run my duffel sideways on a solo rack on my rear fender (no back seat or luggage rack; supervalk IS), and my soft duffels sagged right down and laid on the bag lids and rubbed the paint pretty badly on my first long ride.  Even with a soft leather duffel.  So I cut an appx. 18" 5/8 dowell, zip tie it across the solo bar, and bungee the soft duffel across it, to hold the ends off the saddlebags/paint (and that works).  Also, during the trip, it is a PITA to get into either saddlebag with the soft duffel bungied down tight over the lids.  And, if it rained, I had to stop and pull it off and bag it with the leaf bag and put it back on.

After getting to the motel and taking the bag inside, I had to take the dowel off because I got tired of being asked WTF is that for?   (A wooden radio antenna.)

So the major reason I spent larger than necessary for that particular dry bag is that it needs no support to stay straight, even loaded heavy, and I can get into either saddlebag easily when it's tied on.  I use a big net bungee over the whole dry bag (highly recommended), then a single bungee on each end.

It also has a little reflective piping like bike jackets.

I wanted the white accent one for visibility (while traveling), but they were out.

The funny thing is that for all the right reasons it works on my supervalk, it does not work on my trunked interstate.  It's too big to go in the trunk, and on the backseat (must be on end), the trunk will not open at all unless you pull it off.  And I won't carry a big bag like that fully loaded on the trunk rack.  So a soft duffel (or tall kitchen bags) goes in the trunk (which is OK).

[Oss]

I've had great luck with dry cleaner bags.
the kind that's a bright orange.  Has a pull tight string never had wet clothes even in toad strangler storms 
Put my soft sided bag with all of my stuff I might need in the hotel room inside the dry cleaner's bag and put the bag on the rear seat with opening at bottom
If wife is along for the rides with me then it goes on the trunk rack with bungee net holding it secure 
Oss

That said I always have a few garbage bags along for wet/dirty stuff like the counselor from Virginia pointed out

[jim@98valkyrie.com]

I have one Harley liner and one Hopnel liner that fit like gloves in my Tourer bags. Like being able to grab and go when I bunk for the night.