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[leoniru]

With only 600+ miles on my SERK, I've noticed that the leather on my saddlebags is already loose enough that there are ripple-like areas on both the lids and the body.
Never even been wet either from rain or a wash. From the pics on this forum, it doesn't seem as though most other bikes are exhibiting this, or maybe it's just not obvious.
Is this to be expected?
If not, might it be covered under warranty?
Anyone been down this road?

leoniru

[bisounours]

Is it possible to put pics ? 

Jacques

[youngdave]

Yeah, mine are rippling along the body on both bags, tops
are OK. They were like that from new but now getting worse. Dealer
says send some pics for him to forward to MOCO. I will
keep you posted.

youngdave

[Smiler]

 

[Fired00d]

This is the first I've heard mention of this, however the CUSE have noticed similar problem with the leather on their tourpaks.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[FLHRSE3]

No issues with mine, I just applied leather dressing over the weekend and I certainly would have noticed it.

[leoniru]

I will post some pics ASAP. Like Youngdave, mine had some signs of this from new, but have gotten progressively worse.
I didn't think much of it at first as I was so awestruck with the overall appearance of the bike, but as I've come into contact with owners of bikes with leather-covered bags and actually LOOKED closely at their bags, mine look pretty crappy in comparison.

[erniezap]

My Heritage had the same problem.  I bought a kit called Saggy Bags for about $100.  It basically was a liner that made them keep their shape.

[leoniru]

Ok, here are the pics of my left and right bags. Hope I compressed 'em enough. I tried for the obtuse lighting to better illustrate what I'm talking about.
Might be a case of misapplied/missed/failed adhesive? I don't know for sure how these bags are constructed other than the obvious stitching of the leather to the plastic.

leoniru

[leoniru]

Oops, I only got the one side posted. Here's the other.

[bisounours]

It's a similar problem with the leather tour pack on the CUSE².

I think that it's not acceptable with the warranty because the aspect of leather depends of the humidity and atmospheric conditions

Jacques

[Serkcus]

Wow, yours looks to be excessive all right.  ???Seems to happen to all leather coverings over hard base material used on HD bags and tour  pack. Reason is humidity. Leather skin cannot be complely glued to the entire surface because ofthe natural flexiblity in the leather due to humidity changes. Mine looks slightly rippled at times as does my wifes, but geneally not bad and tend to tighten up into smooth lines when warmer drier air occurs.

[hard10]

It's a similar problem with the leather tour pack on the CUSE².

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Jacques

I've seen this same thing on other SEUC²'s Tour Pack.

[roadking218]

07 FLHRSE3 with 1400 miles, mine look the same. I keep em lubed and I think it is the nature of the beast. Thank god this is the only problem you are having. Good Luck! hope it's better than mine.
Signed, should have bought a Goldwing!

[BalDeagle]

07 FLHRSE3 with 1400 miles, mine look the same. I keep em lubed and I think it is the nature of the beast. Thank god this is the only problem you are having. Good Luck! hope it's better than mine.
Signed, should have bought a Goldwing!

Hey roadking 218 welcome to the site.

I guess it's all a matter of severity. If these bags are going like this after only a short time and some without even having experienced bad weather then I would have thought that the warranty thing would be coming into play.

Nige

P.S. Signed, should have bought a Goldwing!

No blaspheming on here please.