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I picked up a used low sissy bar for my SM without the rack. Any recommendations about securely attaching a small to medium size bag (bags and methods)? Not looking to carry much, just more than I can currently put in my pockets.
She plays castanets, she works without a net, I like her better when she walks away.
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Get yourself a cargo/spider net,(any bike shop should have one). Basically an elasticated web with 6 bungee hooks attached. I never go anywhere without one, just in case I see something I want to buy.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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For small bags I've used my Nelson-Rigg courier bag (soft attache with waist strap) and my (insulated) leather backpack. Before I got my Corbin backrest I'd wear the courier bag. Now I either strap either bags to that backrest or do what Nobby suggests - strap them to the pillion with my bungie net.
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There's a good discussion on this topic here
Todd Richmond
Grapevine, TX USA
'78 R80 /7
'06 FJR1300A
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May bag of choice is the good ol' back pack. With the short sissy bar and rack I can manage one on the rack and one strapped to the backrest, and a third strapped to my back if need be. That combination ought to hold all a man needs to own. I use bungy cords, but agree the cargo net is probably best
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Ditto what Nobby said. I never leave home without my Caspian Blue spider web!
Ride Safe
Ryan
In Between the Dark and the Light..
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Ace Durahide Sissybar Bag
I have this sissybar bag by Ace, the smaller size. I mounted it to the back of my sissybar pad with two well-nuts. I can remove it easily in about 2 minutes if I need to pack something on my rack. The two straps are a little fussy. They also sell a Saddlemen "Cruisn" sissybar bag with velcro, that might be more convenient. There is a wide selection from this website and they had fast service.
I removed the conch from my bag and replaced it with a Triumph patent badge from a keychain ($7/keychain). Here's a picture of my bag mounted:
Al
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Check Pants
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Picture doesn't want to display, if this doesn't work just take a peek in my gallery. 
Al
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Something I was looking at recently is these bags made by Brooks; http://www.amba-marketing.com/products.php?cid=34Sizes and prices are: D Shape - 16cm x10cm x5cm, £42 Glenbrook - 33x 18x 16.5cm, £48 Millbrook - 23x 18x 16.5cm, £35 Brooks are an old UK company known mainly for their bicycle saddles, but I think these bags may look OK on a Triumph? Brooks website is http://www.brookssaddles.com/ but they've not got around to listing the bags on the site yet.
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