10 Affordable Farkles for Under $40
Upgrade your ride without downgrading your dough.
6. Large Ortlieb Additional Bag ($33.00)
Material: PU-coated Cordura
Volume: 3.5 Litres
Weight: 160 grams
Being on the road means stuffing every little thing you need to suit your journey into a set of panniers or soft bags. It can be a pain digging through your luggage thinking you’ve lost that small important thing, just to find it later when everything has been dumped onto the ground. If you want a place to put imperative compact goods that can be accessed quickly and stress-free, then consider adding the Ortlieb Additional Bag. The bag connects to the outside of your luggage so as not to take up room you need for other — maybe more necessary — belongings.
The Ortlieb Additional Bag is also easily detached, making it one of the best portable organizational tools to accompany your primary motorcycle luggage you can buy. Strap it to a duffle, dry bag, backpack, your waist or nearly anywhere. This compact bag is waterproof, durable, versatile and a practical way to carry important assets that would otherwise get lost in your luggage.
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This is not a simple bolt on item (Tusk 1 1/8″ handlebar). Even the photo shows you need something like the Roxx bar risers to make it bit as the stock mount is for 7/8″ bars. This fact was not mentioned in the article.
Of course the very next farkle in the article is the handlebar adapter.
This was a good read. Great job, ADVPulse, and thanks for posting this story.
Great tips guys! I have the Ortlieb bag and love it!
Come on, a picture of a KLR in an article about cheap mods and no mention of milk crates?
Shoot! That would have been killer add-on. Right after the bungee net.
[…] KLR650 test bike already had a set of oversized 1-1/8″ diameter handlebars which required us to use an oversized handlebar mounting kit to install the handguards. These […]
How did you put the bar ends back in that klr? Just did this mod on m y 2014 klr but don’t know how to put the bar ends back
Hi Miguel. Which mod? The Tusk Handlebars?
Coleman saddle pad is barely a half inch thick and pretty useless. I gave mine away for free after a 600 mile ride in which mine did ZIP ZILCH NADA for comfort. In fact, I rode through rain and it made my behind and inner thighs feel about 1000x’s worse than if I didn’t have it.
Everyone’s different, I guess: I’ve heard a few different guys praise the Coleman as a cheap, yet useful add-on that gave them some saddle relief.
[…] riding in. I also put a lot of work into “restoring” my KLR, and added some essential farkles (include better hand-guards, a dash, crash bars, auxiliary lights, and additional storage). I try […]