Bike Luggage

I prefer the saddlebags for the thunderbird but the cost is obsene and I
dont particaly like the looks of it on the bike so am going something a
lot cheaper like these :

http://tiny.cc/2oas2

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/New-Touring-...orcycle_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2eb0f53827

anyone here used this luggage before ? is it garbage or will do a good
job ?

 

Where'd you find a rack? I thought you kinda' had to buy the
rack-and-bag these days.

 

I know where I can go and look at some magnificent racks. Good racks
don't come with bags. It's a contradiction of terms really.

Theo

 

Some racks mount on such flimsy-looking frames you really have to marvel
at the engineering! (Honest; that's all I was marvelling at....)

 

I know where I can go and look at some magnificent racks. Good racks
don't come with bags. It's a contradiction of terms really.

Theo

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It looks like they may suit a Ventura rack especially when you buy the
double

 

Some great racks are mounted on very sturdy frames...

http://tinyurl.com/24d79tl



G-S

 

That is a very nice rack. I was sort of expecting Christmas Clem.

Theo

 

Nah, purchased the sissy bar and rack from America as Australia Triumph
charge an arm and leg

Just hope it fits

 

There was a story in the paper with aussie companies crying that
people are buying from overseas and want the $1000 limit lowered to
400 before you pay GST..
Hope my shocks arrive before that happens.

 

On 6/11/2010 1:03 PM, JustBiggus wrote:
yes...read it myself after I got the seat and jacket from America

so ordered the sissy bar pads and rider backrest

anyway. have been told its 2 weeks till the bike arrives so it will be
touch and go to what arrives first

 

It's not just GST. If the value of the goods is AUD1,000.00 or more
(calculated on the Reserve Bank exchange rate on the date of purchase),
then you're liable for customs duty @ 5% assuming you're not importing
wine or tobacco, where the rules are different. Then they add shipping.
Then they calculate GST based on that total price.

And they (Customs) combine multiple shipments from the same consignor to
the same consignee. So you need to make sure your bits are shipped a
couple of weeks apart at least.

 

I thought they would do something like that so ordered my 2nd lot from
another dealer and a couple of weeks between as well


Just one more to order and thats some short TORs ( pipes ) for the bike

 

....and, it's not just that.

You get to waste a whole day stuffing about at the international mail
exchange being treated like a criminal.

Dunno what they do if the person lives out of town, but I got my
presence requested... no substitutes, no ring-ins... took the whole day
to process them taking money from me, and I distinctly got the
impression that I was relatively lucky.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Hmm. Normally all they do is send you an invoice, and release the
parcel(s) from bond once they've received payment. Did they require you
to open your package while they watched?

 

Oh, yes, indeed.... and explain what it was too.

A front disc brake and a pair of good front forks to fit a Z50 take some
explaining when all you have are the bits and pieces and the person
looking at them knows nothing about motorcycles.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Accessory parts for a Z50 take some explaining even when the person
looking at them does know motorcycles


G-S

 

Next time you should probably take the Z50 with you.


BTH

 

Explaining to anyone why you would want a Z50 would take more

 

Well you could weld 26 of the engines together and maybe get some
reasonable horsepower ...