Got my RC51 Sport Touring edition set up

[mycirus]

Got the bike as ready as she gets. Tomorrow I come home from work, pack and go to NH for an early am departure to Nova Scotia on Saturday. I am so ready for this. I am glad my back flare up last week healed up enough to let me ride. Its gonna be fun!!!. Will these bags be okay touching the CF exhaust? I dont think they get too hot?

Bruce

[Half Squid]

Thats the Same GPS I have! Nice!

I dont know about the bags resting over the pipes.. They still get very hot... Could be bad news. Pack a lot lighter and only use the tail and tank bag, meybe even a backpack if you have to..

Have a great trip.. Going with anyone? Or alone?

[mycirus]

Cool, you got a Zumo too. Zumoforums.com if you havent been there yet. There will be 9 of us going. DucDave is heading this up. I will play it by year on the bags. I will see how they are in NH and I can always leave them there.

Bruce

[Manny]

Nice man. Say hi to Jenny for me while you are in canada....hahah those commercials always crack me up.

[smf]

wow. have a great time. definitely post up how it goes. been thinking about doing some touring on my rc be interested to hear the feedback.

[LuvDog]

Nice... I'm liking the Baxley Chock.

The CF still gets pretty hot... Did you try putting your back seat on and seeing if that raises the saddle bags any?

[DucDave]

Lookin' good Bruce! That Zumo looks huge in that picture! I guess I haven't ever seen one in person. We'll check your bags when you get to my house tonight. I think they'll be OK but I would keep deoderant and anything else that might melt in the tail bag.

For those who are curious, point to http://www.batmanmoto.com/Docs/2007%...0Itinerary.doc for our itinerary this year! And Rides and Trip Reports has trip reports from a couple previous CSTs! (Canadian Sport Tours!)

[mycirus]

Nice... I'm liking the Baxley Chock.

The CF still gets pretty hot... Did you try putting your back seat on and seeing if that raises the saddle bags any?

I have a 1 inch foam pad I zip tied under it. I have another piece here at work. Maybe I will bring it home and put another under to raise it a bit.

Bruce

[KillBill]

Looks great!

Reminds me of my trip down to martha's vineyard

[Stoneman]

No mirrors?

[rjh200]

bar end.

[Stoneman]

bar end.

As indicated clearly in the second pic. Yeah, it's been a rough one...

[benVFR]

I had those bags for my SV650, or something very similar. Do they have the rubber coating on the bottom?

I never had any trouble with heat but the bottom of the bags wore very fast from rubbing against the exhaust when cornering... the "heat shields" were worn through after only that 1 week trip.

Stoinkythepig has my bags now.. he might be able to chime in on how they held up after that.

Have fun... good luck with the back, but then the roads aren't *that* bad up there.

[old timer]

Have a good trip squidly...ride safe...

[mycirus]

I had those bags for my SV650, or something very similar. Do they have the rubber coating on the bottom?

I never had any trouble with heat but the bottom of the bags wore very fast from rubbing against the exhaust when cornering... the "heat shields" were worn through after only that 1 week trip.

Stoinkythepig has my bags now.. he might be able to chime in on how they held up after that.

Have fun... good luck with the back, but then the roads aren't *that* bad up there.

Do you mean the foam on the inside of the bag, inner side, or the plastic on the bottom?

[beet]

Looks good did you change bars?

[benVFR]

The plastic on the bottom... if it's not contacting it there on yours maybe it's OK.

On the SV the bottom of the bag rubbed against the bag, not the side.

It didn't matter anyway.. it was only cosmetic.

[Ryno]

Looks good for a Honda
Have a great trip

[mycirus]

Looks good did you change bars?

Yeah I have Sato clip ons. They are comfy. Leaving in 15 mins. See ya next week peeps.

Bruce

[JustinD]

Who makes that set of tail bags, they look great on your bike! Also how do you like your Garmin, been looking into setting up something very similar.

Good luck and Ride Safe,

-Justin

[SVRACER01]

let me know how those bags hold up with the pipes. ive never bought a set because i always have hi-mounts and fear melting them.

[erik87]

nice lookin bike, and i love the gripsaver(i think thats what its called)
ive used it on a couple of trips and it is a great relief

[Cheese]

let me know how those bags hold up with the pipes. ive never bought a set because i always have hi-mounts and fear melting them.

Oh man, wish I would have seen this post sooner. There's a heat shield on the bottom of the bags but the sides are neoprene and will melt. Melted neoprene will be mess to clean off those pipes.

Who makes that set of tail bags, they look great on your bike!

The tail and saddles are Cortech Sport bags. I'm not sure who's tank bag he's sportin'.

Oxx,
If you want to do a fit check some time I could mount up my bags (see avataor pic) and bring them to a bike night. We can swap'm over to your SV and see how they sit.

[HBerry]

Lookin' good Bruce! That Zumo looks huge in that picture! I guess I haven't ever seen one in person. We'll check your bags when you get to my house tonight. I think they'll be OK but I would keep deoderant and anything else that might melt in the tail bag.

For those who are curious, point to http://www.batmanmoto.com/Docs/2007%...0Itinerary.doc for our itinerary this year! And Rides and Trip Reports has trip reports from a couple previous CSTs! (Canadian Sport Tours!)

I wished I had known about this, my grandfather lives in NS, and I love going up there.

[HBerry]

If you could e-mail me the map file for this I would greatly appriciate it!

map AT hberry DOT net