I've been using this tankbag since I first bought my bike back in the Spring of '01. It has held up very nicely. One of the things I like about it is it is two tank bags in one. The lower half is essentially the JR Blaster bag without the Blaster's expansion feature. Both the upper & lower halves have a map pocket, which makes the lower handy for those times when you need a little cargo space, but don't want a big bag on the tank. You can't use the upper bag as a tankbag without the lower, but the upper cames with backpack straps if you ever wanted to use it in that manner... though I haven't. It comes with a rain cover, but I've only had to use it once (for ~100 miles), and seemed to work & hold up OK behind the fairing of the Bandit. It would be too big and possibly be a bit distracting to use on just the lower bag.It is a magnetic bag, so you don't want to carry your floppy discs or credit cards or other magnetically sensitive items in the lower bag, but the upper bag should be fine. I will admit to carrying my debit card in the lower bag, slid between the bag and the plasitc stiffener and that hasn't seemed to cause any ill effects to the card... it still runs out of money just as fast as always.Upper & lower bags zipped together:Zipped apart:Inside of upper bag:Joe Rocket MSRP's the bag at $99 and that's what I paid for it from a local dealer - before I realized there were LOTS of places online that sell JR stuff at a discount. Still, I feel it is a better bag than the magnetic Marsee bag I owned for ~10 minutes that cost me more. The Marsee flew over the handlebars when I had to make a panic stop because of some idiot in a cage shortly after I left the shop where I had bought it. I immediately turned around and returned it! The JR bag has never moved, no matter which config it was in and no motter how stuffed or empty it was. The lower bag has proven to hang on just fine at speeds >155 mph indicated and in the big bag mode has seen at least 140. (It's kind of hard to tuck much with the big bag on, so you don't go as fast with it on.)After checking discounters such as http://www.newenough.com for their latest discounted prices, you might also want to check out the Motorbags TR901 Tank Bag/Backpack that sells for $49.99... it looks almost identical to the JR Sport - but is supposedly made out of 1000 Cordura instead of the 600 of the JR and can be used as a magnetic or strap style.
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