Anybody using one. What works the best? :scratch:
Drill a 1/4" hole in the bottom rear of the saddlebag, throw in a 5 lb bag of ice. Works for me :soda:
yep, only baggeer i ever owned was a 68 shovel. (1972)
everybody had choppers.
i was the hit of road trip though. beer and ice (and the drilled hole) tools and stuff in other bag.
was funny though. when stopped people got on me about my bike leaking.
i said yeah, those damn bags been leaking oil since i bought it.
but its a harley
"THEY ALL DO THAT"
My friend has a H.D. saddlebag cooler. I think it holds 12. Stays cold all day, and doesn't seem to leak, or make much condensation in the saddlebag. I'm not sure because every time his hand comes up with a cold one, I forget to ask about water in the saddlebag. :smilep:
Hey Breeze , got a link ? or is it a H-D dealer item ??? :teeth:
I did the hole in the saddle bag trick but the water dripping on my muffler stained it so I put a tubeless valve stem with core removed in the hole so I could control draining. Worked great, just remove cap when muffler cooled.
Snooping around I found this;
http://shopping.rexmar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=aocycle (http://shopping.rexmar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=aocycle)
I may order one next month for the summer that started yesterday :smilep:
I really don't know how anything could stay cold being that close to the exhaust. I was having really bad cluster migraines a few years ago. I threw some monster sport drinks in the right bag not thinking. I rode to work the 20 miles and when I went to get the drinks they had exploded all over the inside from the heat. The only way I can carry a drink is if I put it in the trunk. Still gets very warm but nowhere near the exhaust.
kik, the link I posted said it keeps ice for 24 hours at 120 degrees, thats why it looked good to me. Wonder if it gets much warmer than that in the bags :scratch:
What is the inside width of a saddlebag?
I may try the American outdoors one. Need to carry some water and drinks while on the road.
Quote from: lonegoosehonking on June 21, 2012, 09:30:47 AM
What is the inside width of a saddlebag?
I may try the American outdoors one. Need to carry some water and drinks while on the road.
In mine at the narrowest point its 6 1/8" wide
Thanks 6" should be max for cooler width then . Gonna ck some stores see whats out there.
Quote from: lonegoosehonking on June 21, 2012, 09:41:01 AM
Thanks 6" should be max for cooler width then . Gonna ck some stores see whats out there.
Check the link on my reply #6, that one is only 5" wide, price seems good too.
Quote from: apendejo on June 21, 2012, 07:49:13 AM
Drill a 1/4" hole in the bottom rear of the saddlebag, throw in a 5 lb bag of ice. Works for me :soda:
what he said has worked for me since 76
Quote from: War Horse on June 21, 2012, 09:21:00 AM
kik, the link I posted said it keeps ice for 24 hours at 120 degrees, thats why it looked good to me. Wonder if it gets much warmer than that in the bags :scratch:
WH, I would assume from the pipes just being a few inches away and the outside temperature that the inside could reach temps above 150* F but I've never checked, I just never put another liquid in the bags. But you did get me thinking and I actually contacted Monster energy dink company and asked them this very question, "basically at what temperature does you cans fail and erupt or explode??" I wonder if they'll answer the question. I also wonder if beer, because of the yeast would explode sooner??, I used to keep 6 packs of the little pocket rockets from miller under the backseat of my old 72 VW squareback for after work when I worked a a plating factory and I never had any problems with the bottles breaking or exploding. I'll let you know if they answer me.
30 gal heavy kitchen size trash bag as a liner, fill it up, pull it closed and youre done.
When youre finsihed just remove it & thats it... no mess.
Doesnt hold alot but more than Ive ever needed.
I have the one from Harley that is angle cut like the saddlebag. It works "ok". Not the greatest and I always end up with moisture in the bottom of the bag. I don't know if it is melted ice or condensation. It does keep drinks cold for most of a day. What works best for us is one of the cooler bags HD was giving away a few years ago. It leaked so I cut down a small trash can to fit it and it works great all day long strapped on a sissy bar.
Quote from: War Horse on June 21, 2012, 08:06:34 AM
Hey Breeze , got a link ? or is it a H-D dealer item ??? :teeth:
H.D. part #94184-01 about $45. Several different brands on e-bay http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=harley%20saddlebag%20cooler&_sop=15 (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=harley%20saddlebag%20cooler&_sop=15)
Thanks Breeze :up:
Quote from: War Horse on June 21, 2012, 09:21:00 AM
kik, the link I posted said it keeps ice for 24 hours at 120 degrees, thats why it looked good to me. Wonder if it gets much warmer than that in the bags :scratch:
Well, I put a digital thermometer in the left saddle bag about 8:30am it's now 9:35am it's 74.5*F outside and the thermometer is already reading 98.7*F our HI today is suppose to reach around 85* so I'll go check it around 12-1pm and see what it's reading. I bet it'll go up to around 110*F. So I would assume down in FL on an average 90* day it'll probably reach easy 120 - 130
Quote from: kik on June 22, 2012, 07:40:08 AM
Quote from: War Horse on June 21, 2012, 09:21:00 AM
kik, the link I posted said it keeps ice for 24 hours at 120 degrees, thats why it looked good to me. Wonder if it gets much warmer than that in the bags :scratch:
Well, I put a digital thermometer in the left saddle bag about 8:30am it's now 9:35am it's 74.5*F outside and the thermometer is already reading 98.7*F our HI today is suppose to reach around 85* so I'll go check it around 12-1pm and see what it's reading. I bet it'll go up to around 110*F. So I would assume down in FL on an average 90* day it'll probably reach easy 120 - 130
Great, interesting study on internal saddlebag heat , inquiring minds ya know :teeth: . I could of cooked a steak in 2 minutes on my pipes yesterday, got that squared away today tho. Keep us informed :up:
Quote from: War Horse on June 22, 2012, 08:34:52 AM
Quote from: kik on June 22, 2012, 07:40:08 AM
Quote from: War Horse on June 21, 2012, 09:21:00 AM
kik, the link I posted said it keeps ice for 24 hours at 120 degrees, thats why it looked good to me. Wonder if it gets much warmer than that in the bags :scratch:
Well, I put a digital thermometer in the left saddle bag about 8:30am it's now 9:35am it's 74.5*F outside and the thermometer is already reading 98.7*F our HI today is suppose to reach around 85* so I'll go check it around 12-1pm and see what it's reading. I bet it'll go up to around 110*F. So I would assume down in FL on an average 90* day it'll probably reach easy 120 - 130
Great, interesting study on internal saddlebag heat , inquiring minds ya know :teeth: . I could of cooked a steak in 2 minutes on my pipes yesterday, got that squared away today tho. Keep us informed :up:
The Temp has reached 78.6*F outside (Kinda cool considering the extreme heat we've gone through lately). The saddle bag inside temp reached 104.3*F. That's 25.7*F difference. I moved the digital thermometer up to the trunk at 12:20pm I will check it at 1.30pm to see what kind of heat we have going in there. Next week we are suppose to see some 90's again so I hope to re-do this little test then to see what kind of temp swings we have when it really gets hot out.
Quick note.....I pulled the thermometer out of the tour pack at 2pm and the temp was 120.4* F an it has made it up to 80.3*F outside.
I have a Harley one. I don't use ice I use ice packs the kind you reuse. Mine stays cold all day long.we bought one for father in law for fathers day he likes his too.
All I know is after a day on the road when I put the bag liner out with my clothes and crap it is hot, maybe 120 degrees. Tossing ice in a insulated bag has got to be better than just ice in the bag, but just for the day it probably don't matter.
Quote30 gal heavy kitchen size trash bag as a liner,
Dude, that's my waterproof luggage.... 2 bags, one for clean one for dirty.
Quote from: kik on June 21, 2012, 09:12:45 AM
I really don't know how anything could stay cold being that close to the exhaust. I was having really bad cluster migraines a few years ago. I threw some monster sport drinks in the right bag not thinking. I rode to work the 20 miles and when I went to get the drinks they had exploded all over the inside from the heat. The only way I can carry a drink is if I put it in the trunk. Still gets very warm but nowhere near the exhaust.
Don't assume heat caused the cans to fail unless they show actual signs of an explosion (like metal bent outward). If you just found a mess o' beverage in the bag, they may have actually failed due to vibration. Aluminum cans are really really thin, and I've had them wear through and start leaking due to one can rubbing against another inside a saddlebag or cooler. If I'm going to transport beverages in aluminum cans any distance, I make a point of wrapping a sock around every other one to prevent this.
On older (pre-2009) baggers, the left saddlebag will run noticeably cooler than the right one. This is because the older exhaust system is really more a 2-into-1 on the right side than a 2-into-2--most of the exhaust goes out that right muffler (that's why left mufflers tend to rust out sooner than right ones--they don't get hot enough to boil out condensation on short trips). So if you must put something cold in a saddlebag, put it in the left one. But the tour pak is a better place to carry cold drinks. For one thing, you can fit a bigger cooler into it!
Good point Scott, on the left being cooler but whats up with the left bag being bigger :nix:
He was referring to the tour pack being bigger. :wink:
I was referring to the tour pak... but, on my antique (1990) bagger, the left saddlebag IS bigger, since the right saddlebag loses space to the battery and oil bag...
Beer transportation tip: if you're into micro-brews that aren't bottled/canned at the pub, a 1/2 gallon growler wrapped in a layer of 1/2 inch "Jane Fonda Brand" aerobic exercise mat foam will fit very nicely into the left saddlebag--it's just a wee bit bigger than the distance from the shock tower to the other side of the bag, the foam compresses just a bit, and the beer sits nice and upright for the journey home...
Just got this cooler a few days ago http://shopping.rexmar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=aocycle (http://shopping.rexmar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=aocycle) and got to put it through the test today. I got to say I'm impressed, 94* sun shining, so very hot here, and I loaded the bag with 2 freezer paks, a cup of ice cubes, the cool neck wrap and 2 beers. I left this in the bag all day and upon getting home opened it up and popped a beer..... it was colder than the fridge and the ice froze to the neck wrap, and most notable was that there was no sweating on the outside of the bag. It was colder in the bag after being out all day than what I put into it. :smile:
I've got nothing to do with the company, but this one comes highly recommended :up:
I wonder how that would have done today by me. It reached 108*F The digital thermometer reached 167.8*F in the left saddle bag. and I'm still trying to figure out how it can be hotter in the Chicago area than it is in Florida.
I'm gonna try this again today but I'll be opening the cooler through out the day, swap out neck coolers and such.
Yesterday was just a dry run to see if the bag stayed dry and cold, from what I seen and for the price this thing is top of the line.
I'll chime in later in the day and see how it performs.
the bags you are referring to are actually made by Bags Elite inc. in Mesquite Texas. myself and friends have used these bags for years. they will keep drinks cold all day no matter the temp, and never leak. the people are awsome to work with if you have a warranty issue. I sent one back years ago for a zipper issue, "don't try to put 18 beers in a 15 beer cooler" and forgot to send a check, they repaired it anyway and sent it back to me with a reminder of no money sent, or a bill. I highly recommend this cooler. They have been used from wisconsin to cancun with no issues or lost drinks. Also make a great carry-on for airline use.
I'm back..... 98* and bike in the blazing sun all day today, I was in and out of the cooler all day long, changing out the cool vest and neck wraps. Same as yesterday, 2 ice packs, 1 cup of ice and and a few beers. Got to the house and got the same results. Beer was colder than in the fridge and had plenty of ice left. Plus I have a black bike.
No doubt about it, even at 100+ degrees this thing will stay cold all day, and I could have put allot more ice in there...... or beer, but I wasnt drinking it. I just took it along for 'seat of the pants' testing after. :teeth:
Use Dry Ice instead of ice. It lasts longer, cools better and it evaporates to a gas rather than soaking everything in water. Always amazed that it doesn't get used more. Use it once and you won't go back. Remember the last time you put a sandwich in a cooler with ice and it was all soggy when you ate it? :chop:
Been using those freezer paks, got them at Dollar General store for a buck a piece, also use those molded ones that you put 3 cans inbetween. So far stays cold all day here in Fla. and no water except what dripps of the neck wraps.
Good idea on the dry ice tho. :up: