Evening, I was out for a ride tonight and some A**hole backed out of his driveway and into my bike . I am ok and the bike made it through ok but my left OEM saddlebag did not survive. My question is this, what other bags fit the Suzuki touring rack? I know they are made by SW-Motech but will anything else fit? The Suzuki touring bags were expensive as hell and I would prefer not to buy them again.
Any and all help would be appreciated.

How about their insurance buying you a new bag?

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'12 DL650A VStrom

You may want to look here: Luggage pictures thread The thread may give you some ideas.

B.L.

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Well, I thought about filing a claim but, the filing the claim would show up on my next renewal. An I am pretty sure that the increase in insurance costs over 3-5 years would be substantially more than a new set of bags.

File on their insurance, unless it was a hit and run and you have no idea who did it.

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L2 DL650A The Orange Machine
K7 DL650 Hi Yo Silver R.I.P!

+1 if that's possible in Maine. Several states have "no fault" insurance.

I have a left side bag, silver but it needs a bag to frame latch. Have new silver covers for both sides.
Lemme know if you want.
On mine ,once the bags fell off I got a set of Sea Horse and just bolted them on through the original mounting holes.

I may have missed something, but it seems to me that the a**hole in question should be paying for damage, with or without insurance. If with insurance for something not your fault, it would be wrong for this to affect your premium. I could be wrong, it just sounds odd. Otherwise, the person should be breaking out a checkbook to cover the new bag.
My $0.02.

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- Walter Salles, about On the Road

It won't. I bought my bike in the spring of 2007. In the fall of 2007, a deer ran out into the road, and slammed into the side of my bike, causing me to lay it down. My insurance company replaced a whole bunch of stuff. If there was an increase at time of renewal, it was not enough to notice it.

B.L.

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2007 DL-650 (111,000 + miles)
"A word grows to a thought; a thought to an idea; an idea to an act. All the pieces are put together, and the whole is yours."
1942, Beryl Markham: "West With the Night"
"In most men, there lurks a lesser man, and his presence smells in the the sun."
1961, Ernest K. Gann: "Fate Is The Hunter"

Mojo is right, his Ins should pay not yours......TD

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2010 Goldwing Titanium "The BIG Bike"
2004 Polaris Sportsman 500 ATV green