Saddlebag Pricing

[Leerwerker]

I have been asked to make a set of custyom made tooled saddle bags. I have not done it before and do not have any idea of what the going rate is.

Can you please tell me what you charge to make saddle bags? I just need to know where I am aiming at.

[Jordan]

Massed produced store bought bags go for 3 to 6 hundred in this area, most are run of the mill and not made very well, the higher priced usually have a logo and metal accents. So a set of handmade custom bags should bring a much better price. I have not had much success selling the bags I made, as it seems that a purchaser of an expensive new bike wants to buy the cheapest accessories they can. I found this true with holsters too. They spend over a grand on a pistol and put it on their belt in the cheapest holster they can find.

[greg gomersall]

I assume that because you posted this under saddle and tack accessories that you meant true saddle bags and not biker bags. For a plain set of 8" x 8" saddle pockets i charge $200.00. These are constructed from skirting leather and have acordian gussts. The last set of full carved ones I did were last spring and they were $575.00 Greg

[Randy Cornelius]

My base price is $250.00 for plain with Wickett & Craig or Herman Oak leather.

Randy

[mulefool]

I charge $245.00 for approximately 11" by 11" bags of Hermann Oak skirting with an accordian gusset. Any stamping or tooling would be extra depending on time. Sounds like we're all kind of close in price. Chris