Aluminum Luggage

You asked, we listened, and as will always be the case, we put your needs first.   Yep, we’re announcing pricing for our optional CSC Cyclone Tourfella aluminum bags with this blog!

With the engineering, marketing, and manufacturing gurus at Zongshen last week

You know, if you were buying a set of lockable aluminum luggage for a BMW GS1200A, the BMW luggage would cost almost as much as a new CSC Cyclone motorcycle.   If you bought this luggage from one of the aftermarket suppliers of adventure bike accessories (other than CSC, that is), you’d pay between $1500 and $2200.

You can guess where we’re going with this announcement, folks.   We’re not going to do that to you.   Our price to you for all three pieces of luggage (with key locks, mounting brackets, and all hardware) is a flat $849.95.   There are no extras other than shipping , and we’ll keep that reasonable.   Like everything else associated with the CSC Cyclone, this is a heck of a deal.

We’ll have another post giving all the technical details on the new Tourfella aluminum luggage (capacities, dimensions, etc.), but we wanted to get the price and a few photos to you first.    Take a look at these, my fellow CSC Cyclone buddies…

The top case

Yep, it takes a full-face helmet!  And check out the bungee attach points on the bag lids!

The side bags are quick-detachable via two large handwheels, and all three bags are key lockable

See what we mean?  Easy on, and easy off!

And the $849.95 price includes all mounting bracketry and hardware!

I knew you’d ask, so here’s a closeup of the waterproof lid-to-case interface!

We’re going to be placing our first order for the new Tourfella CSC Cyclone bags in the next couple of weeks, so if you want a set, please give us a call soon.   Well, soon enough…we won’t be in the plant tomorrow because it’s New Year’s Day!   We’ll be getting these exciting new Tourfella luggage sets with the first shipment of bikes, so if you want to get your oar in the water, please let us know!

And before we wrap this blog up, here are a few questions I know you’ll ask:

What are the dimensions and capacities?   Like I said earlier, we’ll post that.   Truth is, I left this info at the plant earlier today and I don’t have it in front of me as I write this blog.

Are these larger than the stock resin luggage?   The answer is yes.   Just look at the photos above.

Can I order these instead of the stock resin luggage?   Unfortunately, the answer is no.   To keep the price of the RX-3 low and bring the best possible deal to you, we’ve standardized our production configuration.   If we were mixing and matching optional equipment on the assembly line, it would slow the process and increase the price.  My guess is that if you put your stock Cyclone luggage on E-bay, it would go quickly (we’re already getting inquiries from the KLR community on those bags).   Or, you could keep the stock bags.   Whatever.   But we’re doing like Henry Ford did on the Model T to keep the price down (other than the color options):  We’re offering one standard motorcycle configuration.

When I travel the world with my CSC Cyclone, can I paint a map and write all the places I’ve been on the luggage? 

A shot of my good buddy Reinhard’s bike in Turkey 20 years ago…we want you to do the same thing with your CSC Cyclone!

We want you to do that, and when you do, send the photos to me so I can post them on the blog!

That’s it for now, folks.   You might be thinking this will be the last blog of 2014, but you’d be wrong.   Don’t stray too far from your computer!   More good CSC Cyclone news coming your way this evening!