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    How aggressive can I get with saddlebags?

    Yep, second day getting it in the garage, just touched my truck bumper. Left a big black mark. I sprayed it with "protect all" and it cleaned up perfectly. That was close, thought it was going to be a permanent mark.
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    How aggressive can I get with saddlebags?

    I don't understand. I thought too often riders understeer, insufficient lean angel causes riders to go wide on turns. Am I wrong? Isn't it the faster you go through a given turn, the greater your lean angel needs to be?
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    How aggressive can I get with saddlebags?

    I already figured I should keep the bags closed. Thanks for all the advise guys. I was just wondering if I need to worry about the bags as I was blasting through some twisties. General agreement is that the bags wont get in the way so lean as I normally would. The pegs are still my early...
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    How aggressive can I get with saddlebags?

    Just bought a FJR and it is my first bike with saddlebags. Does anyone know when I lean will the saddlebags touch the ground first, or will my footpegs touch the ground first? Also if I do scrape the saddlebag (assuming that is possible) will it cause me to crash or will it just scratch my...
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