11-12-2019, 07:51 AM
(11-10-2019, 02:18 PM)DBXXX_imp Wrote:(11-01-2019, 12:34 AM)ohiorider_imp Wrote: Have any of the forum members installed C Bow mounts and used these bags with them? If so, I'd be interested in seeing a photo of the side of your bike with bags installed.
https://www.motomachines.com/hepco-becke...ow-carrier
Thanks,
Bob
Hi Bob, I have cbows and the street soft bags.
Mostly I'm very happy but the mounting hardware (the stuff that mounts the mounts to the frame) is ugly. Installation requires a relocation of the rear signals, and there's barely enough wire to do it. The bags themselves are very nice, , big and waterproof. I've done a bunch of weekend camping trips with them and they're great coupled with the H+B rear rack.
The keyhole is a little hard to access too.
Not sure I'd get them again, but when I was looking they seemed like the best option. Mostly my POV now is just to get a different bike that's meant to carry luggage in the first place.
Hi Bob, I have cbows and the street soft bags.
Mostly I'm very happy but the mounting hardware (the stuff that mounts the mounts to the frame) is ugly. Installation requires a relocation of the rear signals, and there's barely enough wire to do it. The bags themselves are very nice, , big and waterproof. I've done a bunch of weekend camping trips with them and they're great coupled with the H+B rear rack.
The keyhole is a little hard to access too.
Not sure I'd get them again, but when I was looking they seemed like the best option. Mostly my POV now is just to get a different bike that's meant to carry luggage in the first place. Thanks for the info, DBXXX
Don't know if you saw my previous post, but I traded the lovely CB1100 on a barely used 2016 Triumph T120 on Nov 8th. Just in time to get it home for the first snowfall of the year here in NE Ohio!
I owned a W650 from Aug 2000 thru 2007, and was fortunate to find a set of mounts from 5 Star (Germany) for that bike that was plug and play with a pair of Givi E21 Monokey hard bags. They popped on and off easily, and were on the bike practically all the time I owned it.
Bob