Ruby appeared uninterested until then end for some reason 🤔 Everyone should make vids about Saddlebags :) They do look like good panniers. Thumbs up . Much love to both Garry and Ruby.

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Hi Jeff ! KZread channels about saddlebags are the best kind of channels, I find. 👍🏻I know of at least two REALLY AWESOME ones 😝 Ruby was very chilled that day. Probably because we hadn't been out in the garden for such a long time, due to the sodding storms. She seemed to be enjoying chilling and catching some rays that evening. Well, until the sossidges came out, of course ! I think these bags are just the ticket for crashing with. I'll get a lot less annoyed every time I crash, knowing that I haven't dinged up those expensive aluminium cases again ! Oh, it was nice to see you on Exmouth's live btw. ( which I managed to catch up with last night ) 👍🏻 Love to you both Jeff, take care Garry & Ruby

Evening Ruby, I think dad is thinking of taking out on Norman for Sausages 😊 don't worry they look very comfortable. You just need some goggles 😊👍

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Exmouth Rider suspects the same James 😂 No, at nearly 17kg she will need a sidecar unfortunately. Just waiting for RE to bring out a factory sidecar outfit. They really should do it. A reasonably priced RE sidecar outfit would sell pretty well I reckon, because the competition are all crazy expensive. Ruby loves my bikes and she loves the wind in her ears, so I'm sure she'd be in the chair every chance she got, if only we had one 😭 Take care James and keep on spoiling Mrs Ainsworth ! Garry & Ruby

They look great on the bike. and WoW 😲 only 100€ !!! Cheers Ruby & ER 🍻

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Hi William, I think I paid about €115 for them, possibly slightly reduced during Black Week, I can't remember. I think they can certainly be bought for less that €125 even at full price. For bags of that size in that quality, I think they are a no-brainer. The lack of a few more normal shaped outside pockets might deter some people but I use my QBAG tail pack for the small stuff. The panniers just need to be big gaping spaces for carrying lots of beer and sossidges 😂 So for me, these bags are perfect and I should be doing less visible damage every time I drop the bike off-road. Thanks William, take care 👍🏻 Garry & Ruby

Nice bags for sure. Enough storage to take a trip to Portugal ! Cheers bubba. 🥃

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Wouldn't that be nice Lance ! I can but dream. One day maybe. I'm desperate to go on a longer trip with Norman ( Buddy would be up for it but I would like to protect him a bit, just to make sure that he lasts for as long as possible ! ) but my life at the moment doesn't really allow for it. The nearest I get to a holiday is my annual trip to Germany for work. That's it. Hopefully I can have a good year next year and wangle a week off work and maybe do that big trip after all 🤞 Cheers Lance. Love to Leo ❤🐕 Garry and Ruby

The real question is how much beer bottles they take? 😋😋🍺🍺 And Norman looks suspiciously clean, too clean.. Like you advertising him for exchange with the new 450 🤔😁😁 And Ruby is guarding the yard in the meantime 🦮🦮

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Hi Stefan, indeed....there will probably be an extremely scientific test in a future video 😂 The thing is, do I judge the bags to be full when they are actually full or are they full when they are holding the stated maximum of 5kg each ? 5kg is probably only 4x1L bottles. I might have to stretch that a bit. But obviously I don't want the straps letting go or the bottoms falling out ( that would be a terrible waste of beer ! ). So it's going to be a tricky call 🤔 Surprisingly Norman came up like that after just hosing down and drying 🤷‍♂ I didn't make much of an effort to get him clean to be honest, he seemed to come up clean all by himself, which was a nice bonus. Ruby was enjoying being out in the garden because that was the first nice day in absolutely ages. We've had weeks of stormy weather here, with stuff flying through the air and all sorts. So we've been hunkered down indoors most of the time, waiting for it to pass. This was the first calm and sunny day for a while. The next day the wind returned once more 🤬 I did manage to go out for a ride on Sunday ( which again, was one single nice day surrounded by crap days ! ) with Buddy, so we should have that video coming up next week. It was great to ride Buddy again. I really missed him and he's still brilliant ! Cheers Stefan, Garry & Ruby

They look a nice piece of kit Gary . Givi is a quality brand . just had to run through the final part of the video to let Linda see the lovely Ruby .she has lovely eyes ,keep safe .

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Thanks John and Linda, I'll be sure to tell Ruby that !!! 🙂 She was looking particularly cute in this one, I must admit. Yes, really happy with the size and quality of the bags, considering the price I paid. Absolutely ideal for what I need them for. Finally I can stop damaging those expensive RE aluminium cases when out off-roading ! Cheers John and Linda 👍🏻 Garry & Ruby ❤🐕

@johnbellamy6449

7 ай бұрын

@@economicalrides thanks Gary .

Hi Gary, they look pretty decent for the price. Love the zip open extension. Guess you would have them closed mostly. Like the second piece of intro music as well. Have fun, at least you have decent weather.

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Tim, yes, I will be shrinking the bags down to their smaller size next time I go out. I don"t currently need all that space and stuff rattles about more if you have more space than you need 🙂 The new intro music is due to a bizarre copyright claim I received and rather than fight it ( which I could and probably should ), I decided that it would be easier to change the music and have done with it 👍 We don't really have decent weather unfortunately. This was one nice day surrounded by a week of storms either side. It would have been a great day to go for a ride but I had set myself a list of jobs that needed to be sorted that weekend, so unfortunately fitting the new bags to Norman in the early evening was as near as I got to actually riding. Fortunately last Sunday was decent ( been rubbish since though ) and I was able to get out on Buddy at last. That should be next weeks video 🤞 Cheers Tim, thanks for watching 🤗 Garry & Ruby

I had these on my G310GS. Really nice.

@economicalrides

6 ай бұрын

Hi Andy, yes, they really are great bags for the money. So much capacity, easy to fill and empty and pretty easy to take off the bike and carry away if you park up somewhere a bit dodgy. Very impressed by them and at that price, if I crash a lot and they end up looking too scruffy, I can simply go out and buy a new pair. Really impressed by the quality and practicality of these bags. For once it looks like I lucked into a decent purchase 😂 Cheers Andy 👍🏻 Garry

You can never have too many of them bags. Good decision going soft as you really can stuff plenty more in them than hard ones. A friend bought Givi panniers and carrier for her Hunter and they really look great. Had I not already got my SW Motech ones for my Meteor I'd have gone for Givi for my Hunter too. Hello Ruby. ❤️

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Hi Peter, yes, these bags were so cheap that I thought they must be worth a punt. I wasn't sure if they'd fit a Himalayan ( and they don't really ) but I guessed that I would probably be able to make them work somehow. And so it came to pass. So now I have some nice cheap, voluminous, soft bags for occasional off-road whoopsies. I'll be a lot less annoyed about crashing, knowing that I am not scuffing up those lovely aluminum cases every time it happens. Dirty, scuffed Givi bags I can live with. They're only on there for the off-road season after all. I'm thinking that spending just over 100 quid on these bags was probably a shrewd move 🤔 Cheers Peter, love from us two Garry & Ruby

@Lanes-Explorer5733

7 ай бұрын

@@economicalrides Economical in fact... 😂

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

@@Lanes-Explorer5733 "He does what it says on the tin !" 😂 Cheers Peter 🙂 G&R ❤🐕

The weather loox nice there.

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Hi Simon, yep, that was the one nice day 😂 Unfortunately I had a ton of chores to get through that day and only just managed to find the time to fit the new bags right at the end of the day. It usually works out like that. When I have no time to ride, the weather is decent enough. When I have time to ride, the weather has turned to shite again 🤬 This Sunday was lovely and I did manage to get out on Buddy and film something. So that should be next up 🤞 Cheers Simon 🙂 Garry & Ruby

@simonchilli2088

7 ай бұрын

@@economicalrides Look forward to it Gary. What a patient dog Ruby is! My Dalmatians would've had no such patience in waiting for their sossiges.

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

@@simonchilli2088 😂 You're right Simon ! I think Ruby is steadily improving in that regard. I think it's because she knows that I need her to keep still in order to be able to film her. We've now done so many of these little "sossidge segments" that she appears to have understood what I need from her. She's clearly a clever girl. Either that or she is just trying to project the right image to her adoring fans on the old KZreads 😂🐕 Cheers to you and the crew Simon 👍🏻 Garry & Ruby ❤🐕

good bags, I own a pair that I used on my W800. Currently stuffed between some drawers 😂 -- Nice vid.

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Hi Ice, yes, I think you mentioned that in the chat on the live show, I think I caught that comment, although I missed a ton 😂 Really good bags. Fairly universal fit, thick material, well made, pretty humungous and nice and cheap. Cheap was important to me because if they are on the bike during the off-road season, they ARE going to be hitting the deck from time to time, so I don't see the point in having expensive, posher looking bags on there. These are just the ticket for now ! Cheers buddy 👍🏻 Garry & Ruby

Hi Garry, das sieht doch schon ganz gut aus. Bin gespannt ob sie sich Offroad auch bewähren.

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Hi Stephan, ja, ich denke sie werden ok sein. Sie werden sicherlich nicht lange so schön aussehen aber dafür habe ich sie ja gekauft. Ich haue lieber die €100-€125 Taschen gruselig als die €500 RE Alu Koffer 😝 Für den Sommer baue ich dann wieder auf die schicken Koffer um. Ich wollte sie einfach nur schonen wenn ich in der off-road Saison "Maleurs" habe 😬 Liebe Grüße aus Spanien, Garry & Ruby

Next stop, Erzberg Rodeo 2024!

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Plenty of crashing practice required before then I reckon 😂 Love to the crew, Garry & Ruby

The bags look good mate 🙂

@economicalrides

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Pete ! Somehow I haven't crashed them yet but when I do, I will be relieved that I only scuffed the bags rather than my expensive aluminium boxes !!! They actually look even better now that I have "unexpanded" them. They look quite slim and neat and didn't fall off when I took Norman up to 120 kph on the motorway either. Well chuffed ! They can stay on until the summer. Cheers Pete 👍🏻 Garry & Ruby

@HippoDrones

6 ай бұрын

@@economicalrides not falling off is a good result... for bags and people 😁

Looks like we have the same bags I did a video on also. Givi 40 Liter Easy Saddlebags And Review 41,000 miles a bit worn and faded but still getting stuffed to the brim and doing well.

@economicalrides

6 ай бұрын

HI MAMRE, didn't realise that. Must have missed that one ! 🤗 They are definitely a lot of bag for the money. Did a motorway test with them on Saturday and at 120 kph they were still rock solid. Given my off-road riding skills, I would expect my brand new Givi bags to be scuffed and worn a fair bit quicker than yours were 😂 Happy travels MAMRE 👍🏻 Garry & Ruby ❤🐕

@MeAndMyRoyalEnfield

6 ай бұрын

@@economicalrides I have dumped My Royal Enfield a few times, once in the middle of the road, and they kept me from getting any rash. I think you will like them. I use TubeBuddy (affiliate link) and after looking at that video again I'm doing an A/B test on a different title.

Beer one side, Ruby in the other....you can see shes gagging to get out on a ride. All you need is doggy goggs! Really nice bags and at a very good price. They will open new doors for you I think.

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

Hi Steve, I managed to watch the live last night and did leave a comment ( well actually THREE but YT decided to delete TWO of them for reasons unknown 🤬 ). Impressive how you kept a live show down to 45 minutes. You must tell me how it's done 😂 Yes. I think these bags were something like €115, possibly with a slight Black Week discount going on at the time. Certainly cheap, bigger than I was expecting and very nice quality. But I was looking for some soft bags to protect my aluminium cases, so I figured at that price I'd make them fit and work for me. I'm really happy with them. They are ideal for what I need and if they get too banged up, I can probably afford to buy another pair later on. I suppose the lack of a couple of normal shaped outside pockets would be a drawback for some but I use my tail pack for that small stuff anyway. So the panniers can just be big cavernous bags to take as much beer ( or sossidges ! ) as possible 😂 Ruby would love to come with me, she loves motorbikes. The trouble is, at nearly 17kg she really needs to ride in a sidecar. Please RE, bring out a factory sidecar outfit, pleeeeease ! 👍🏻🐕 Cheers Steve, much love from the two of us to all of you over there in Exmouth ❤ Garry & Ruby

like those bags. as Icedidi used them on his W800, i might look into them. or maybe he can take his drawers out of them and send me his! lol might have his gym socks in them...

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

"Take his drawers out of them.." 😂 I see a risk that they might get held at customs as a potential biohazard Blake 😉 If I were you, I'd just bite the bullet and buy some. Might be less malodorous. You will probably need some pannier racks for them, unless you have some already. Givi do make fitted ones for a lot of bikes but that would have been too much faff for me. I decided that they needed to work with the RE pannier racks, which they sort of do, so it's all good. As usual with this style of bag, you really need something behind them to stop them getting into the wheels etc. because they can flap about a fair bit if not securely tied down to something. These bags only have that bottle pocket at the front, after that just that internal cavernous area. Some people my miss a few side pockets for smaller items but not me, I use my tail pack for the smaller stuff. Beer and sossidge capacity were most important aspects to me and these bags deliver on that. I might have to move the beer to the side a bit to fit in a screwdriver and a hammer. I really shouldn't go out riding in remote areas without an adequate tool kit after all 😇 Cheers Blake. Let us know if you decide to get some 👍🏻🙂 Garry & Ruby

@BlakesPipes

7 ай бұрын

@@economicalrides this is why I have not yet purchased bags for it. I don't like the look and its a summer bike here in Virginia and I just wear a back pack. But I dislike wearing my leather jacket as the backpack doesn't fit well on me with the leather. I will keep thinking about it. I wanted a centerstand for it, but TAYM didn't send me his! Lol

@economicalrides

7 ай бұрын

@@BlakesPipes I really hate wearing a backpack, so much so that I decided to fit panniers to my Meteor, even though I prefer him without them. It's just so much more practical having storage on the bike and I really enjoy not having a bag hanging off my shoulders all of the time. A largish tail pack might be a viable option for your bike perhaps ? Or do you need more capacity ? Cheers Blake, Garry & Ruby

@BlakesPipes

7 ай бұрын

@@economicalrides I have a small tail bag but, I would love a pair of bags that compliments the bike. As I have the Concours for large capacity. I will see.