Good metal bracket ideas wanted to mount 'Andy Strapz' bags
Picked up a cheap 2nd hand set today as I'm v keen to try soft bags for my next trip after lugging way too much stuff on my last one. I've got a DR650 now and I hear a lot of guys make up a metal bracket to stop the bags wearing or sitting on hot bits. If it's possible to wear a hole in them over 100kms of dirt riding when they're touching something like an exposed bolt, I think some careful planning will be required. Does anyone have any decent pics of how they have mounted theirs?
Saw these which actually might do the job:
eBay Motors: DR650 Side Luggage Racks, Rear Plastic Guards, DR 650 (item 170199853739 end time Mar-17-08 10:04:39 PDT)
I know there will be a few compromises in using soft bags over hard luggage. You can mount the straps (the ones between the bags) under the seat but how does this work in practice given you need to remove the side panels to get the seat off?? It might prevent some git lifting the bags from your bike but I suspect it could become a royal pain in the @ss every time you want to take the bags off.
Anyway, they're slightly lighter than my Jesse boxes so will do for now...I'm also thinking about fitting a lockable ammo box somewhere on the bike for things I'd rather not have nicked. My toolkit which recently mysteriously vanished for one!
Last edited by MikeS; 13 Mar 2008 at 06:05.
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