[vito]

Today while out for a ride on a beautiful summer day, a bike was coming toward me that looked, from a distance, very odd. At first I thought it might be some type of new trike. But as it got closer I saw that it was a Harley tourer (not sure which model) with huge soft saddlebags hanging on each side of the front fairing. I guess that adds a good deal of storage capability to the hard bags and trunk, but it would seem to be something that would seriously affect the steering of the bike. I must admit I never saw someone with this setup before but don't think I'm about to try it for myself anytime soon.

 

[Offcenter]

I agree. That has GOT affect the handling.
I did an experiment once where I mounted a 3 foot length of aluminum tubing to the handlebars of my Honda Trail 90, sticking straight forward. Then I mounted my tiny video camera on the end of the pole looking back at me. The camera only weighs less than half a pound. Wow! That stupid arrangement made the bike handle VERY badly. Something about the inertia of a half pound of weight swinging back and forth at the end of that three foot pole made it very difficult to keep the bike in a straight line.
I can only imagine how much those saddlebags affected that bike that you saw.

 

[FlipFlop]

Yeah still considering removal of the front Pacifico faring off Winger hate the way he feels in the wind. You know it also seems to confuse birds, never have I hit so many birds.

 

[Eye_m_no_angel]

I've seen leather bags made to hang off the highway guard right below the fairing, but never seen anything like that actually hung off the fairing itself.

 

[Kiwi Steve]

I've seen someone hang a length of 100 mm/4" plastic pipe on each fork, capped top and bottom. Gave them a fair bit of storage and didn't affect the handling very much at all.