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Offline lrutt

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Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
« on: June 20, 2015, 04:47:06 PM »
I acquired a BMW from my dad and it just so happened to have what appears to be some very nice Dan Brown MG bags on it. I have all the brackets etc. But not real sure what they are worth. Can't find anything comparable on ebay. They are in pretty nice shape I believe.

Here are some pics I took. Any guidance on pricing these out would be appreciated.

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Re: Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2015, 05:20:53 PM »
IDK but those are Nice!
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Re: Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2015, 06:02:08 PM »
Just for info I asked on this forum about a pair of DB's for my eldorado and a member contacted me. He had a pretty nice pair with brackets and I happily bought them for $325.00 plus shipping. Turns out since I pay attention I read where Roadkill mentioned Grayhound bus for shipping on a large item. Nobody else bougt his bags due to high shipping, he was nice enough to work with me and turns out shipping across most of the country was $55.00.

I would be VERY Interested in the side rails and crash bars if you would like to sell them. After that they should fetch $350.00 to $400.00 in my opinion. But if you plan to keep the bike and tour on it you'll want to keep them. I love mine and added new latches and hinges (55.00 in parts) and they hold an enormous amount of stuff. I once fit four 10lb bags of ice in one bag to transport to my camping spot.
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Re: Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2015, 06:24:25 PM »
Looking at the back of them they don't quite look like mine. I think they were made to fit your model of BMW. They were molded to the bikes contours very well so that limits their figment a bit.
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Re: Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
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Re: Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2015, 09:30:27 PM »
 You are missing the brackets to mount the bags to the frame.  Here's a photo of what you need to fit them to an Ambo or Eldo.  The hinge is off the bags

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Re: Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2015, 09:38:17 PM »
Looking at the back of them they don't quite look like mine. I think they were made to fit your model of BMW. They were molded to the bikes contours very well so that limits their figment a bit.

Correct.  They are missing the dimples on the top of the lower bag where the bracket bolts to the loops frame.
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Re: Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2015, 10:20:01 PM »
Correct.  They are missing the dimples on the top of the lower bag where the bracket bolts to the loops frame.

Lots of contours on the back of Guzzi DBs. Tonti bags on the left and Loop bags on the right. Photo courtesy Charley Cole and Greg Bender.

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Re: Looking for some pricing guidance on some Dan Brown bags.
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2015, 06:31:35 AM »
ok, I thought I had understood that DB bags were for Guzzis. But it appears they were, could have been made tailored for other makes as well. so these must be BMW specific.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I really don't want them on the bike as I will not be touring with it. I'll check with the BMW crowd.
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