[ST] Side bag use (was: ST new bags)

[Steve Lawler <slawler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rupert Galea wrote:
> I have always thought that a top case was the way to go for commuting
> and side bags for touring.

I used to feel the same way until I found myself without my top box for 
a while. But I've grown accustomed to using the side bags all the time 
and the top box only when I need to carry something extra.

For commuting:
Left bag contents: Tool kit, rain suit, rain gloves, extra set of 
gloves, towel
Right bag: Backpack with work stuff and pants, helmet bag with other 
visor, towels, mileage log, and a butt-load of pencils (accumulated from 
forgetting to take them out from behind my ear while in my office)

I used to thing that the bags made me too wide but I came to realize 
that the mirrors work like antennae since they stick out as far as the 
bags. Splitting lanes in NYC, I know that if the mirrors won't fit 
between two vehicles then neither will my trusty steed.

- -- 
Steve Lawler
Verona, NJ, USA, Earth

2001 Sprint ST "Blue Devil"

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