The Fine Print

The Fine Print

I am an odd sort of human, and I WILL do everything that follows.

I WILL ramble. I WILL lose topic. I WILL create metaphor chains that lead to no where, and never return to the original topic creating closure. I WILL say things that make absolutely no sense.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Ordered Some Saddlebags

I have been in need of saddlebags from day one with the previous bike, and I am just now finally ordering a pair.  I looked around at different websites, and was impressed with some of the saddlebags, but never impressed with the prices.  Until I found leatherup.com.  The reviews from customers are also fantastic, so I decided to purchase from them.  After searching through the saddlebags, I picked these:
Then I checked for the fit...

Perfect.  They fit, and they are simple.  I like simple.  So I ordered....or at least I attempted to.  It seems they're system doesn't tell you what is out of stock until you try to add it to your cart.  So while you are browsing and narrowing your search, you could be narrowing yourself into a corner where there is no available merchandise.  When choosing an alternative, I found a pair of saddlebags I liked even more! 

They are a full 1.5 inches wider.  But when I try to order...out of stock.  Sonofabitch. 
At this point I just start clicking and finding anything that will fit and trying to add it to the cart.  Eventually I found these:
They are identical to the first saddlebags, except these have the studs and a little cross with wings...kinda...the picture isn't detailed enough for me to tell.  I would have much prefered the simple bags, but when you need saddlebags, and you are strapped for cash, you get what you can afford, and these were less than 80 bucks.  I am seriously looking forward to tossing these on the bike.  I will need to make some brackets to keep them off the wheel, but I want to wait for the bags to get here so I can make the brackets line up with the d-rings on the bags.  Till then...




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