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Message started by stinger on 11/04/06 at 02:30:48

Title: homemade supports
Post by stinger on 11/04/06 at 02:30:48

I cant seem to figure out to post pics in here. Not that I havent tried a zillion times. Or I would post some pics of my project. I went to Taps Plastics and bought 4 Lucite rods about 3 ft in length. They come in either square or round rods. I opted for the round ones. Took them home and heated them in the oven till they were pliable. About 3 minutes. You can them bend them to any shape you want. When the rods cool, they are very tough to break. I made my own saddle bag supports for less than $8. They are not as strong as steel, but plenty strong enough for supports. Pressed the rods flat on one end so they would fit under the seat and drilled a small hole thru both the fender(out of sight) and thru the rod end so I could mount to fender. Painted the rods chrome and they are every bit as good as any that I have store bought purchased for my other bikes. If you dont have one in your town, look them up on the web and they will mail them to you. They were a hell of alot easier to make then to figure out to post pics in here anyway!

Title: Re: homemade supports
Post by Steve530 on 11/04/06 at 09:19:01

Neat idea, Stinger. Not sure the plastic is strong enough, but the stock saddlebag supports are a bit of overkill.

As far as posting pics, you can get a free account on photobucket.com or bikepics.com. Then you upload the pics to that account. Next you cut the URL that points to that pic and paste it into the body of the message. Finally you make sure the text of the URL is bracketed by the tags [img][/img].