Thanks for your replys. I am considering the tan leather saddlebags mainly for the look. They appear beautiful on a Bullet, especially with the tan solo seat like I have. My son just bought him some new saddlebags for his Suzuki SV650, and gave me back the Ortlieb Dry Bags I let him borrow. The Ortieb bags are great, waterproof and hold a ton of good stuff.
But they are ugly compared to the RE bags.
Even with the Ortieb bags I have always stored my stuff in a heavy duty trash bag within the bags. Did this even with Krauser hard bags I had on a BMW F650. Just extra protection. I will probably order the tan bags from CMW in a few weeks, maybe sooner if someone were to offer me a huge discount, say around 40% off.
Thanks again,
Terry