{"id":784,"date":"2025-03-17T22:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T05:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/?p=784"},"modified":"2025-03-23T07:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T14:37:34","slug":"rack-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/17\/rack-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Rack bags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I purchased the non-touring GL1800 knowing I would not have the extra capacity for luggage space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I picked up a few luggage bags since last October. The most used are the \u201cbarrel\u201d type. These fit nicely strapped down on the rear luggage rack. In my opinion these look nice and very simple to remove. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The T-Bag shown as the featured image is the model I use most often. It is on the bike 90% of the time. The capacity is large enough for me to carry my Alpaka daily travel bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223422-1-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223422-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223422-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223422-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saddlemen barrel bag above is my \u201cUber Eats\u201d go to choice. It is large enough to carry most food orders made for two. I carry a set of bungee cords in case the items are too large. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-23-065903-1-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-23-065903-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-23-065903-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-23-065903-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of my favorite taco tucks to hit on my way home from work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223900-1.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223900-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223900-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223900-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I really like using the barrel bag setup. I don\u2019t miss using the full tour pack on the Generation 5 Goldwing. The sporty look and feel of the Goldwing Bagger is my preference. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I purchased the non-touring GL1800 knowing I would not have the extra capacity for luggage space. I picked up a few luggage bags since last October. The most used are the \u201cbarrel\u201d type. These fit nicely strapped down on the rear luggage rack. In my opinion these look nice and very simple to remove. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/17\/rack-bags\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rack bags&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-talk-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_2025-03-17-223021-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1365","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glcruzn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}