Ogio 9800 Gear Bag Review - Dirt Bike Gear - Dirt Rider Magazine

Ogio
9800 Gear Bag

With a stout 9800 cubic inches of storage, this Ogio bag means business. From the SLED (Structural Load Equalizing Deck) hard plastic bottom to the oversize wheels, the 9800 was built for the rigorous dirt environment that we live and play in. Add in a retractable handle, side-entry tool gutter, padded helmet divider and reinforced grab handles, and you have a gear bag with more features than this issue of Dirt Rider.After riding a few times a week for six months, I put the 9800 through a pretty rigorous test. The room inside is more than enough for two sets of gear and one helmet, and the separated top compartment is the bomb for dirty boots. With a handle on nearly every side, this is one of the easiest gear bags to throw around, and the retractable pull ensures wheelie-bag-race victories come easily. The outer pocket is great for suntan lotion and extra tools, and the inner zip areas fit tear offs and stickers quite well.The zippers on the 9800 are built like nuclear-blast doors, and they continue to work well even after I snapped off a zip-handle when trying to close the overloaded bag. Other than this, the only thing that broke on the 9800 was the top grab handle, which was halfway ripped off by Holga the behemoth ticket agent in Munich, Germany. Speaking of ticket agents, this bag can be a bear to fly with, since the 15-pound empty weight is no help with those stringent FAA weight restrictions. Available in punk rock (shown), urban camo, berry, black and fire, this $189.99 gear bag is the crme de la crme as far as trick ways to transport gear. It may be heavy and a bit big, but the 9800 is also quite functional and will probably last well through the upcoming Apocalypse (you've been warned!). -Chris Denison