Soft bag?

Im picking up my '02 VFR Wednesday biggrin.gif .  Do regular softbags work on the underseat exhaust ??? ?  Does it get to hot?

Kevin

I rode 800 miles in nice summer heat with the Tourmaster Cortech tri bag set up. They got warm, but they never got hot enough that the contents or the bags were damaged in any way.  I am happy with them as well.

I wonder if we could add some asbestos based stuff to protect the parts that touch the mufflers?

I only use saddlebags on really long camping trips. I bought the Givi racks which keep my soft saddlebags off the exhaust.

Hav

I've done a couple of modest rides (300 miles on one day) and a quick wknd trip of 725 miles (300 first day and 425 on second) and the Cortech Tri-Bag system worked great. �

The foam pads got warm, but never to any harmful levels. �The outside temp was 90 degrees. �I have stock exhaust and the stainless steel covers on the tailpipes never got to scorching levels, either.

KLongley, April 27 2003Im picking up my '02 VFR Wednesday biggrin.gif . �Do regular softbags work on the underseat exhaust ??? ? �Does it get to hot?

Kevin

I haven't bought a VFR yet but I have Revpack soft bags and took them down to the dealer and tried them out on an '02 VFR and they were fine.

The Revpack bags are particularly good, first because they're 100% waterproof, and second because you can adjust the distance between the bags at the top. If you tighten it up, it pulls the tops together and pulls the lower parts of the bags out a bit, so they don't touch the heatshields.

The bags will sit like this (seen from back of bike): /\

http://www.revpack.com

I've also got the Cortech Tri-bag system and highly recommend them.  After a 200 mile trip the clothes inside the saddlebags were merely warm.  The foam pad was also only warm.  I have a 02 with the factory exhaust.  Can't say enough good things about the Tri-bag system.  Raincovers work great too.  Sure beats $1000 for the hard luggage.

Wonder how they work with the Staintunes?  These pipes seem to get a bit hotter than stock.

This may answer your question.  He now runs Staintunes.


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Just so I've got my information straight here, please confirm:
The Cortech Tr-bags will not burn when resting against Staintunes?

Also, If your not runig passenger pegs, is there still a decent place to put the front strap?
Thaks,
Tom

#1, neal (UFO over at the ST-N site) is NOT running his tourmaster bags over his staintunes. he has sold his tri-bag system and bought the hard bags at the same time he purchased his staintunes. he has never tried the bags over the 'tunes, and in his humble opinion, they couldn't handle the heat.

#2. i too have both the cortech system and staintunes, and i have been slowly pushing the limits of how hot i'll let the 'tunes get against the soft bags. so far i've only done it around town, but the good news is that i (in my frustration and concern) decided that i should just push that rubber padding stuff to the limit. i went out for a 30 mile run on an 80� day and then pressed the protective Tourmaster rubber sheet up against the connector, just as it leaves the catalytic convertor. the neoprene-like underside of did just fine, but don't let the superficial fabric layer touch, that stuff melts easily.

#3. in conclusion, though i rarely use my saddle bags, i think i have convinced myself that they'll do just fine against the staintunes, just don't let anything other than that pad touch metal and it'll be ok.

#4. please post if you've run any of your own tests, or taken this set-up for a long ride.

#5. live long and prosper.

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