That does look a useful and stylish artifact. My Dad always called them kit bags, what the army called them in WW2.

Beautiful luggage Stu. All my RAF kit was issued in two duffel kit bags (green canvas) back in 2002 and I still have them now. Duffel bags are so easy to carry around - hand strap for lighter loads, shoulder strap for heavier or just stick it on your shoulder! Just remember to pack what you need last in the bottom !!!!

Brilliant video as always Stuart and that’s an extremely nice looking, quality duffel bag from trip machine that will look good on the Himalayan as well 😃👍🏻

That is a very good piece of gear to have. Fantastic review and video Stuart.

When I first started to ride in 62 I used a 'skidlid type crash helmet and an Erwin flying jacked ( cost an arm and a leg nowadays) plus those bloody awful gauntlets that acted like funnels that were purchased from an Army and Navy supplies store. Later 'Derry boots' gave good waterproofing..far better that leather. nobody worried about crash protection....wasn't available anyway. Lunch bags were the really good quality canvas army satchel type bags. Lots of good 'stuff' from those stores ... a goldmine of gear in-fact. Bikes!, well, James, Francis Barnet, BSA bantums, Greeves even C11Gs. a neighbour used an American WW2 supplies Indian with sidecar...Then came the Japanese invasion....I can see it all now while I'm writing...

Very nice Stuart. You're a man of eclectic taste and of talent! Thank you for sharing your interests and your passion for all things nice but practical. Love your channel and your content! All the best to you Sir! -Steve-

Nice video Stuart! Love to see all trip machine objects that you have all together on the bike!

Purchased! It is a beautiful piece of luggage. Thanks for your hard work negotiating these discount codes. I am one for whom they are a bit of a lifeline. And I look forward to your videos all the time no matter the subject.

Well done Stuart. I began riding in mid 60s. Still pleanty of WD stuff around then. Used to get Mk 8 goggles for 12-6d while I favoured tank drivers goggles (2s) for just popping about, they had an amber tint that made it look sunny, even when it wasn`t.

Beautiful bag and a great video. Keep ém coming, sir!

Thanks for the great video Stuart. One of those will look great on the back of my RE Classic 500. I've really enjoyed your videos this year, looking forward to what cones next year. Have as merry a Christmas as you can!! Jamie in Perth Western Australia

Hi Stuart just received delivery of the touring pack with 2 side panniers & the duffle bag absolutely beautifully made. Keep up the great video's. I bought myself a RE Interceptor a few months ago & now planning a trip down the West Coast of Ireland from Westport where my grandparents were from. Back on board at 68 years love it. Cheers Michael

Very informative Stuart thank you ,I run a 2018 street scrambler and the high exhaust does make luggage tricky

Another very interesting video. Thanks Stuart 👍

Another fine piece of video production. Interesting correlation about the war effort and the motorcycle industry. I'd never realized the way it all came about. Well done professor. The Colonists.

Great video as usual Stuart, but in the end I decided on a Tripmachine Outlaw Saddlebag Tobacco purchase. Thank you for the discount code. Happy Holidays!

Ive just bought a T120 Stuart and I love your channel, I have returned to biking after 30 yrs!!!!!!

I remember my father’s USN WWII deck jacket - HD canvas outside and horsehide with fur on the inside.

Just bought the cherry colored duffel. Beautiful piece of luggage ~ all strapped down to my '86 Honda Rebel 450CMX. I found my own way to get the straps to securely fasten, not too tricky at all! High quality and meant to last a lifetime, not one doubt.Enough storage to fit my big JBL and clothes for the weekend. Your review cinched the deal ~ thank you, once again for the solid review and recommendation! Cheers from Litchfield Park, Arizona, where you can ride your motorcycle year round!

Very classy kit bag and your analogy of motorcycling post war is so correct it reminded of the company that used to advertise on the back of all the Pride and Clark where you could buy a sheepskin flying jacket for about £5 them were the days but i couldn’t even afford that then.

Nice one Stuart, great looking piece of kit....

Beautiful travel bag, especially with the waterproof cover, and how it fits over the bag. I never imagined that the proliferation in the use of motorcycles, had started after the 2nd war. In 1920 there were many motorcycle factories that failed with the great depression of 1929. In fact, the avalanche of equipment and vehicles that were available after the conflict, made commercialization cheaper for the less well-off strata of the population. I really enjoyed your report, Mr. Stuart!

Great looking bit of kit

Beautiful!

Hi Stuart, nice vid as usual. I've been buying items from them and following watching the Trip Machine site for a long time now. Since they notify previous buyers of new stuff, I knew of this kit bag which has been out for a while and I considered it, as it would suit both my Enfield Trials and my Triumph Speedmaster. Although it looks very nice, the downside with all kit bags of this design is the end opening which makes it awkward to get stuff out that's packed at the bottom if you need to. Much more practical is the same shape but with a full lengthwise zip which greatly facilitates access to all the contents. I'd probably get one if TM made it in their usual nice leather style. regards

Hello Stu. Once again another fine video. You have turned me on to TripMachine and Goldtop, both of which I now love. I was going to pass on the duffle, however your demo has convinced me otherwise, it looks very functional. Cool closure method which is better than a long zipper or a drawstring and unique from a roll up one. Merry Christmas to all from the States.

It does look good on the Interceptor. I received mt first Trip Machine purchase , the large tank bag from the last video review they do make quality goods. I too have Motone's capstands on my interceptor and your right why not use them thats what they're for. This bag would good for a overnight trip and keep the classic feel of the bike. Cheers Mate

I have this and the Roll top pannier bags, and the duffle is by far my favorite for appearance and color. I purchased mine in the same tobacco brown and the color of the duffle is more true than the panniers. I will have to again thank you for your highlights of Trip Machine and RE as I have purchased both based on your reviews and highlights. Many thanks for a great channel!

I’m waiting for my Interceptor 650 to be released. I really appreciate the content you post. New subscriber here. Thanks!

Another great video Stuart. I wish I'd seen this 10 days ago as I just bought a big ol' plasicky bag for two thirds the price and although it holds twice as much it has no style whatsoever. That top fastening is first class so I might get one anyway.

Excellent bag. have been looking for something like this, not too big but bigger than a tail pack.

Nice looking and it looks well made.

Gentlemanly and stylish - as most military inspired (not to mention the rarer and rarer genuine surplus) motorcycle gear is. Price is reasonable as you say, and color range a plus.

You vid remunds me. My dad was decades in the armey. Then british rail. I was in the local station every saturday with him as a we boy looking at what was left of the old steam trains. And the site of grey men in knee lenth x armey trench coats and crumpled old bags just like that one. Je Stuart another trip down memery lane for me.. thanks..

Awesome .. I’m a die hard Indian follower of your channel. An interceptor owner.. always look forward for your next video. Thank you sir

thank you so much for an informative video!

Ahhhhh. It's been awhile since you've done one of these. I still have a sour taste in my mouth about the T-120 gearbox issues but will tackle that issue later on. this saddle bag looks amazing.

Very nice piece of equipment 👍

Classy bike, classy bag & classy man💥

Looks great! The size would work very well for a weekend trip! Can the toggle location be changed to the lower opening flap? Water always runs downhill, and I was thinking the top flap over the lower would shed water past the opening. Maybe folding the right side third and finishing up with the left would shed anything to the rear. Again the duffel looks amazing, thank you for bringing another item to the channel.

Great review Stuart and a beautiful piece of bike luggage. My only slight concern would be water ingress on the opening and I think an internal waterproof bag would have been a useful design feature. That said, the outer cover looks like it works as it should. However, it turns a fantastic looking piece of kit into a brown plastic bag - dam you English weather😉

Nice bag...but I got a Lomo Duffle bag that you suggested in one of your other videos as being a good bet too...my Lomo panniers are also brilliant..thank you for informing me of those! Bye Stuart 🙂

Awesome bag!

It looks really useful and great quality, the only problem I can see is the strap end creates an enveloped end that might catch the water, still looks pretty cool though

Waterproof bag inside of the duffle would make it double waterproof

Love military inspired gear for motorbikes.

Nice one uncle Stu. The bag is beautifully made one like that would look great on the back of my classic 500. Unfortunate I think it's too late to write to Santa 🎅!!!! Ride safe and be careful. Ron.

Looks nice, but the first inner flap is the wrong way around. The top should be over the bottom so water doesn't funnel into the bag if your slow to add the waterproof cover.

QUALITY! Nuff Said👍🏻

Nice. I love leather gear that's well made.

Very useful 👍

Muy bueno!!! Se ve de buena calidad!!!👌

Looks good quality.

Interesting to understand how it really started.

Huge like !! The way you've put it in the video by saying 'passionate enough of motorcycle travel in style' just sold me the bag. Appreciate your video.

A very decent bit of kit Stuart. However with a tail tidy on my T100 I’m not sure it would work and be secure enough? I have recently had Motone pannier rails fitted and will at some point invest in some Lomo bags

Big bag. Run i might get one for my T120.

Does water channel inside the bag on the open end through the arrangement of the closure flaps? If the closure ring was on the bottom flap and the top closed onto it would just channel away from the bag?

Lovely video...... & also nice Wrist watch it is Which watch it is.....

Lovely bag uncle Stu ,a bit of a faff to do up though. Tell me is it cold up North your always wearing thick jumpers ,{just a observation} still in me Tshirt down south but it is unusually mild . Go steady.

Ya cool Stu'

Beautiful bag. I’d need a drink after getting it on the bike or off the bike. God forbid i need to get something out of it. I need a nap after watching.

Very true about the good prices on war surplus bikes. I've just had a look at a 1946 copy of The Motorcycle and they had an advert for ex Canadian and USAAF Harley Davidsons for £95 or about £2800 today. Brit bikes would be even cheaper.

Looks the part, they seem to be covering all bases 😀

Nice review :o)

looks perfect. To bad the fold seems to be the wrong way around so that any rain cached in the closing flap will flow into the bag. if the ring was on the bottom flap and not the top flap it would have been better since the water can just flow thou the folds and of the bag with gravity. If it is unclear what i am referring to then go to 10:20 and think waterflow and what gravity would do to a larger amount of water like a short, sudden and intense downpour.

Think all us gentlemen of a certain age started of with military surplus. Still swear by a lot of it with my Norwegian tops, long johns and para boots, hard to beat for warmth on a winter ride and far cheaper than all the techno wizardry that becomes unfashionable next year! It's still some of the best kit you can get in my opinion, designed to be robust in all conditions and ideal if you don't mind not looking like the latest fashion model in a glossy magazine.

Does trip machine's kits fit on any bike ? ( Royal Enfield classic 500, Himalayan, meteor 350 ?)

While watching the video noticed that your interceptor is fitted with Hitchcock's silencer, when can we have the exhaust note.

Seems cool but I'm gonna use the army duffel bag. It may not bay water proof but it's free :D

Odd you mention hipsters. I've only recently learned that I've been a hipster my whole life, and never knew it. I was wearing flannel, and Redwing shoes/boots my entire life, riding Triumphs since the early 80's, and I haven't been clean-shaven since early June of 1992 (my last day of military service). The difference is, I make it all look good. lol

I always wondered why green bikes are unlucky in America. An old biker told me it's because, veterans returning back from the war seen their friends taken out buy snipers on OD Green Harley-Davidson. That's why when they bought a surplus bike, first thing they would do it's to paint the fuel tank.

What a nice kitbag!! OK, Stuart...I subscribed your channel due to my interest in Triumph motorcycles. However, after all the talks of gearbox issues and lack of customer service I made a decision to have a look at other brands, coz I really wanted a new bike for next year. Well, ...this wednesday I picked up a new Yamaha Tracer 900 and I love it!!! Triumph's are lovly bikes, but I really need something under me that I can rely on! :-). One more thing, the dealer where I got my Yamaha also sells Triumphs. They are kept in a livingroom style secluded area not for the common man it looks, and that just pisses me off big time... Prestige bikes only for people who can afford to have them living their life in the repairshop. Sorry Stuart for being a bit negative, but again, Triumph bike have the best looks but.... I will keep on following your channel even do I'm not riding a Triumph, coz I love your videos, humor, sarcasm and all the nice acessories you rewiev... Best Regards // Tom-Sweden (Hope you understand my not so good writing :-)

Arrival by motorcycle or not I would not be ashamed to arrive at a nice destination with that slung over my shoulder! I am going to look at that. It is Christmas after all! Thanks.

Hi Stuart, can you please confirm the 15% discount with tripmachine is indeed active/working? It isn’t accepting it for my order...

I have bought a saddlebag and a tank bag from Tripmachine. Both during the introductory price/ pre-order period. I do like their functionality and they look great on my W650. Motorcycle luggage is unfortunately expensive. However duffel bags usually are the most affordable options. Although I think this duffel bag from Tripmachine looks great, it is a bit overpriced.

Just mentioned in the live chat the Beeline sat nav a small round unit that wouldn't be quite as conspicuous on the interceptor as your Tom Tom.....have you considered it at all ? Presuming that you'd seen it that is !

Lovely Duffle Bag. Stylish and looks well made. Great Review, as always. Import Duty? You cannot be serious. We have done import duties for centuries. People think it’s your fault. Wombats.

I’ve always liked this stuff, but I’m not sure why. Speaking as a person born just after WW II, I’d suggest the further away from ‘45 we wandered the less we appropriated military gear for pragmatic reasons and the more it became driven by hipster fashionista. In America, for a shorter time, a similar phenomenon occurred after Vietnam. It would be fascinating to know more about this spoils-of-war aesthetic, why it lingers, and what it says about us and our tribal culture.

When are you gonna make a video on meteor 350.

In Australia. Just cracked a beer and watching the cricket

Prefer the R9Kustoms bags, more practical.

Which Price

Bloody hell! That's proper kit not farting around with expensive holding frames. On my shopping list now.

4 Dislikes already! I wonder if those trolls realise that far from harming the video they are actually driving it up in the ratings 1 dislike = 2 likes Ha Ha!

I adoreTrip Machine luggages but not very practical with a pillion.......