Smallish luggage options for a minimalist cruiser.

[woods]

Just bought the FXDF. Looking for small luggage options. My other bikes all have 50L+ of storage. I want to keep this bike pretty tight. A sweatshirt at most. Bottle of water. Bag of peanuts. That sort of thing. Was going to get a tail rack and a smaller tail bag.

They have swingarm bags, but I'm jaded about those since I once caught luggage into my drivetrain which ended in a totaled bike and helicopter ride.

The tail bags I'm been looking at are a little bulbous for my tastes. Also the PVC roll up bags don't really go with the flow of the bike.

Suggestions?

 

[DSquared]

Sissy bar bags seem to be the popular leather options. Somewhere around 10L is probably the size you are seeking though a sissy bar bag might not look right not mounted to a sissy bar.

SW-MOTECH SysBag 10 kind of looks the part. Saddlemam R850 maybe?

 

[Yinzer Moto]

I remember your crash, that sounded rough.

Could you just strap a tank back on the back? There are some nice rack top bags from the bicycle world. I used one for A while on my DRZ.

 

[woods]

I'm actually looking at a Kriega US-5 bag.

DSquared the bike did come with a sissy bar, but I don't really care for the looks of it solo. I'm almost thinking 10L might be too much as weird as it sounds.

 

[DSquared]

I saw a couple Kriegas and thought they were priced a little high. But digging into Yinzers suggestion of tank bags there really isn't any significantly cheaper than the Kriega 5 that don't scream tank bag.

 

[woods]

I saw a couple Kriegas and thought they were priced a little high. But digging into Yinzers suggestion of tank bags there really isn't any significantly cheaper than the Kriega 5 that don't scream tank bag.

I ordered the Kriega 5. Giant Loop, I think, had one for the handlbars, but its like $60 for a granola bar bag.

 

[matty]

On my kawasaki bobber, i use for what you describe an OXFORD M4R tank bag, Its Light unobtrusive fast to put on or off.
I have another Oxford M40R i use on other bikes, i like Tank bags the oxfords are well made designed and cheap. They do a M1R mini that might be all you need.