[moooboy]

???

 

[W9VD]

Mine came with rain covers. I rarely wash my bike, I use Honda spray cleaner on everything.

 

[toasted_3111979]

I remove mine. Easy Brackets rock.

 

[RARVTX]

When I'm doing a full out wash with the hose, I remove my bags. They get special leather treatment. Gives more space to detail the bike anyway.

 

[moooboy]

How hard is it to remove hondaline leather bags?I am waiting for my mounting brackets to arrive.I live 1.5 miles down a gravel/dirt road so it needs to be washed often

thanks

 

[VTX Candy Red]

I wash the bags with the bike! It will not hurt them a bit! 8)

 

[dave shady]

I have the hondaline bags and brackets, STOCK they totaly SUCK to take off and put back on, Idid the braket mod and now they come off and on in about a minute. No more standing on my head to put them back on and line them up....

I rarley also wash the bike with water, I use mothers detail spray or meguiers and microfiber towels 90% of the time. But when the POA spokes get to cruddy the bags get poped off.

 

[nash.VTX]

Mine came with rain covers. I rarely wash my bike, I use Honda spray cleaner on everything.

same here....except I bought the cover. Never washed it, but I take off my saddlebags once a month when I want to clean it up throughly.

 

[RARVTX]

How hard is it to remove hondaline leather bags?I am waiting for my mounting brackets to arrive.I live 1.5 miles down a gravel/dirt road so it needs to be washed often

thanks

Not a real problem to remove the hondaline bags. Each bag has 4 allen head bolts with a special washer. Yea, there's no quick release. But it only takes a minute to empty out each bag and unscrew the 8 screws. I've done it hundreds of times.

Living down a durt road....you'll be washing alot. I usually just do a thorough wipe down with Honda spray cleaner and microfiber towels. But sometimes, the only way to get all the fine dust and dirt off is a full hose wash. I use my air compressor to blow dry, then still do a thoruoh wipe down with microfiber towels. Makes for a nice 2 hour break in a Saturday.

 

[Brew]

I remove mine. Easy Brackets rock.

+1

 

[Navy Chief]

+2 on the easy brackets

 

[HairOnFire]

Why bother? They were meant to be used on a device that is used OUTDOORS... in the rain, perhaps? :lol:

I just leave them on and clean them every month or so with leather conditioner from Turtle Wax. Here in "sunny" FL, where I ride to work every day (last week that meant three days coming home in the rain) I hardly have time to worry about something as harmless as water.

(Honda studded leather, btw - going on 4 years and 45,000 miles, good as new)

 

[dave shady]

"why bother" mainly for me cause its easier to really clean the rear spoker and service the final drive once a year too. I like to clean the brackets behind them and wax them once a year also.

But no the water wont hurt them...... we may melt but the bags wont.

 

[roundabout]

I remove mine. Easy Brackets rock.

+1
you know it toasted

 

[Budley4]

Whats the braket mod for hondaline bags?

Thanks

 

[dave shady]

http://tech.vtxoa.com/index.php?action= ... artlang=en

stock bracket mod.

 

[Guest]

Leave 'em on, they're part of the bike.
If ya want to take them off, it's 4 screws and lift.
Mine come off once per year for a better cleaning under them.

 

[aircomp]

I just let them get wet. They are meant to get wet.

 

[moooboy]

thanks all,whats the easy brackets?Or is it just the bracket mod?

 

[eddiecohen]

I wash the bags with the bike! It will not hurt them a bit! 8)

Yep, even though mine have a zipper for easy removal in 5 seconds.

I actually ride with my bags in the rain, too.



Eddie