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Review of Hawk Tail Bag ---- after a month of heavy duty use This is an honest review of Rynox's Hawk tail bag after a month long use on a solo ride I did covering the Spiti region recently. ( Disclosure : The guys at Rynox , after reading the details about my proposed ride to Spiti chose me as their Iron Rider of the month and sent me the tail-bag to be used and reviewed. ) I already had a pair of saddlebags and I was in need of a tail bag which will last through the rigour of the challenging ride ahead in a region where extreme cold weather conditions prevail at High altitudes. At first glance the bag looked sturdy and well designed. It was capacious with expandable main compartment as well as side pockets which came handy in packing those little extras you need to stuff somewhere. The total packing capacity when all the compartments are expanded is around 50 ltrs. The material of the bag was of high quality coated PVC fabric and reflective tapes were strat

Review of Via Terra Rapide Saddle bags I had recently been on a winter tour which I named as "Royal Rajasthan Ride" on my Apache RTR. I completed the solo biking tour of the state of Rajasthan in 50 days ex- Bangalore and covered a distance of around 8000 Kms. Around July. last year I had approached the Via Terra guys for sponsorship of biking gear for my "Chasing the Monsoon" ride in Chhattisgarh. But by the time they  contacted me and agreed to sponsor my ride I was already half-way through my Chhattisgarh trip. Hence I made sure I informed the Via Terra guys well in advance about my itinerary for the Rajasthan Ride. They shipped the gear promptly to Bangalore which included the Rapide Saddlebags, Non-magnetic DSLR tank bag and a prototype Tail bag. This article will restrict itself to the unbiased review of the Rapide saddle bags. First impressions: At first glance, what strikes one the most about the saddle gear is its stylis