Mon May 12 18:51:08 1997
- Message No. 787
From: Ludo Sys
Subject: experience report : great Bagster
Hi all,
I read the interesting reaction of Florian about the 'small' Bagster.
I bought myself the 'great' Bagster bag and rode up till now approx. 5000
km with it. The storage capacity is huge and when the bag is correctly
loaded it doesn't touch the horn/starterbutton. But, when it's totally
empty or just a bit loaded it touches both horn and starter while
manouvring/parking the bike (not during riding the bike, because you need
a great steering angle to make contact betwen buttons and bag) due to a
lack of stiffness of the bag. The finishing is very good of both the hat
and the bag and the bag proofs to be resistent to rain.
A important bad point is the space to 'fold' the roadbook/map in on top
of the bag : it's too small (smaller than a regular A4-page and I had to
use cissors to widen the opening to make it more or less useable) and very
difficult to change to the next page of the roadbook or the next part of a
map... (yes, in that way your map or roadbook don't get any chance to
become wet)
So I had to leave my 'investment' home for my
Western-Germany-by-25-pages-of-roadbook-trip two weeks ago and take an
ordinary bag with magnets and this really ain't quite what I expected when
paying 9000 Bef (450 DEM) to Mr. Bagster.
I hope to solve this problem by buying a roadbook holder mounted on the
steering bars (I heard Acerbis got good and solid ones, has anyone
experience with this stuff?) for the roadbooks and try to learn to live
with the idea that my Michelin maps will be 'ruined' by the Bagster.
Finally, the hat on which the bagster itsself is mounted certainly doesn't
spoil the looks of the machine (I even like it more) and my fuel tank
will look immaculate within some years. The material of the hat is 'fuel
proof' so you won't see leakages or drips after fuelling the motorcycle on
it.
regards,
Ludo
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Ludo Sys
Research Associate
MIS (Management Information Systems) : MIS does IT (again)
De Vlerick School voor Management Ludo.Sys@rug.ac.be
Bellevue 6 Tel. 09/210.98.31
B-9050 Ledeberg Fax. 09/210.97.00
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