Re: The official Triumph ST tank bag

["Kyle Rocke" <Kyle.Rocke@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark,

I just got back from a week trip in the north of Sweden with a new Triumph
tank bag. I put the wider side with the rain pouch up front. Theres more
room for my arms to move around with the smaller side nearest me. If the
wall of the narrow side is too stiff you can take out the plastic support
that holds up the outer wall. This way you can get the height of the bag
closest to you down a bit. I had the plastic support there the first day I
bought it but because I broke 4 ribs recently with my "old", 1 1/2 month old
Sprint ST, Sprint, it was a little too painful to have that hard edge near
my ribs. Otherwise I love the tank bag when I'm touring. It's real easy to
use the rain cover and expand it into a huge storage area. The onlt thing I
wish I could change is how it's mounted to the frame. I'm thinking of
mounting some kind of "quick release" system so I can take the foam base off
quicky when ever I want.

Kyle Rocke
Stockholm Sweden
99 Sprint ST (second one!)


- -----Original Message-----
From: Mark D. Gibson <mgibson@xxxxxxxx>
To: st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 4:50 AM
Subject: The official Triumph ST tank bag


>Am I the first one to invest in one of these?  I hope not, as I have a
>really dumb question.  All the pictures I've seen of this bag have the wide
>(bulbous) end forward and the narrow end (with the pouch for the rain
cover)
>to the rear. . .  However, the mounting instructions (vague at best) and
the
>dimensions of the mount itself suggest just the opposite (as you view the
ST
>tank from the top, the "hand indentations" in the front of the tank suit
the
>narrow end and the wider portion of the tank from the center on to the
>mid-back of the tank suit the big end of the mount/bag).  Even the map
pouch
>suggests "narrow-front, wide-rear"  as the narrow end has mounting snaps
and
>the wide end just a flap with velcro (that would flap in the breeze if it
>faced forward).
>
>Does anyone have experience with this unit?  I have it mounted and while it
>looks weird I anticipate it will work.
>
>Thanks in advance for some direction
>
>Mark Gibson
>
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