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any opinions on these, cost is 355.00 but theres not much of a description at all so I'm wondering what people who have seen them think?

also It doesn't say about mounting but I'm assuming I still need the quick release brackets for these too right?

thanks

I have heard the quality isn't the best, personally when I was looking at bags for Wendy they just weren't big enough, but that depends what you have in mind to use them for.

IMHO -there are better bags for the price. My bike came with a set - I sold them on ebay. I thought they were too small(had the square ones) and I wasn't impressed with the zippers.

Ted, there's been a lot of post about the Triumph bags. I have the small slants and really like them. BUT, I didn't want large bags (especially at the time I bought them). I keep basic tools, rain suit, extra gloves, ear plugs, my full visor, a couple of hats, suncreen, and bungee cords in them all the time. I still can stick my wife's purse in there. I just wanted something to keep stuff I always wanted with me. When I travel, I use a backrest bag and a T-Bag on my sissy bar/rack and stick my bike cover in the saddlebags with the other stuff. If I'm out shopping and buy something, I pull out the bungee cords and put it on the seat or rack.

They don't come off easily so that's why I don't use them for my travel stuff. I think they look great on the bike. Yes, they are pricey, but no regrets here.

The bags you see on Wendys bike are larger and only cost $35 at the time I bought them. I put Easy Brackets on them so a twist of the key and they pop right off or on. Personally I think Easy Brackets are a must.

We have 2 sets, the ones in the pic are small for normal days when we don't have much to carry but we have another set that are much larger , also with Easy Brackets on them so we can switch off and on for what we need that day. We also each have a nice set of leather T bags with detachable top bag we got for $60 each.

thank you for the posts everyone,,, they might be too small for me too after really thinking about it so I have to opt for something bigger and the two sets (one small and one big) with the easy brackets that dog33 mentioned sounds like a pretty cool idea..

okay let me keep looking around and see what I find--> I wish those back blinkers on the speedy didn't stick out so far ( a future fix I suppose)

Been quite a few fixes for the blinkers posted.Click the link in my signature and you can see what I did on my bike and Wendys to fix that. If you do a search there have been many other ideas too.