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Re: [ST] Hard bags (Panniers) worth it?
- Subject: Re: [ST] Hard bags (Panniers) worth it?
- From: "Steve Duncan" <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:10:47 -0500
original query:
>From: Scott.Fehr@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>If you did get the hard bags, how do you like them (aka - are they worth a
>thousand bucks..)?
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OK, my turn to chime in......
Like others, the hard bag option was a major factor in my decision to go
with the ST. Coming from a '98 Trophy 1200 I already knew their usefulness.
I used to take them off when not on an overniter or longer. But since
most all of my riding entails long distance...well, I just leave'em on all
the time. Couple'a things; I am rarely mistaken for a "squid" by the
LEO's, and I do believe I have escaped a ticket or two by coming off as the
"touring" type (87 in a 65??), cops actually give me a wave sometimes!
Practical? Hell yeah! Did you know you can carry a "bowling ball" or your
cat to the vet?? And I think I like the looks of the bike as much/more with
the bags on, shows the bike's *true purpose*, lapping America. Then an
added bonus is when I smoke an F4 out on the freeway, or leave a ZX-12 for
dead in the twisties, they hate me, and my hard bags :] Image is nothing,
action is everything.
'Course I my not be the one to ask, current clock; 28,700 miles in 22
months. Yeah, I ride LD, but all on the backroads.
Screw the slab.
STeve Duncan
"Loco Dawg"
'00 Sprint-ST, Black as Nite
Dallas, Tx
xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx
"Take the time to sing inside your helmet,
and dance on the footpegs, now and then"
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