Paladin. wrote on 02/02/08 at 15:34:03:


Actually it comes with both a shoulder carry strap and a handle to clip on the D rings on top!

It's well made and looks like it will hold up to the sort of abuse I will give it.

I love the look! It says "I have things and I'm going places"

So, you have them mounted to your swing arm....you may not want to put all your eggs in those crates, unlesse you want them scrambled. Or you could pour gin and vermouth in them, and have a nice, shaken, martini when you arive at the party

jkhulon73 wrote on 02/09/08 at 04:58:29:

Brilliant! On your way back, just add some water and 1/4  cup of laundry detergent and your clothes will be clean by the time you get back home

Seriously, I do like the mounting, and yes, there would be cargo type constraints (no eggs, fine china or explosives) - but fer sure  clothes, spares, bottled water, 10 lb bag  of Skittles.....

I'll be spending the day looking at my swing arm to see if I can duplicate your success. I also need a welder - I have a the tool known as a welder, but I suck at welding; the welder I need is some dude who actually knows what they're doing.

I noiced  in your photo there is no muffler, I imagine the  cans would block or bump the stock muffler - what do you do with exaust with this setup?

verslagen1 wrote on 02/09/08 at 08:32:46:


It's bolted through the holes for the passenger foot pegs that I'm still trying to sell   I used a 3/8 threaded rod, inserted in a pretty stout steel tube, with nuts and lock washers on each end. (Or it will rather, I've just got them half-@ssed right now since I need to take 'em off to paint)

The welding I wanted to do would have involved building a frame that would have mounted to the holes where the stock fender went.

I suppose I could just take it back to stock on the rear end and get some traditional saddle bags, but where's the fun in that?  

I was considering making it a hardtail and putting a sprung seat on it... But that's just a musing right now, no real consideration.

Just a note I recived an email from JCW. they have a good sized bag on sale about 20x14x? with a frame which they say folds unit comes with handles an wheels. It may fasten to sissybar. Mite be worth a look
Ride on
Viper

Having read this thread through, I was inspired.  Lacking Paladin's creative genius and ability to work with metal, I went with the cooler idea.  I went to Walmart and started looking around, and here's what I came up with:

   

5 gallon Igloo cooler...                  $18.88
Black Nylon stuff bag...                 $3.96
2 light duty lashing straps...           $6.62
Flat black spray paint for lid...       $0.96  (I hope this sticks, long-term)

It makes a great back rest, which has really helped me deal with the wind pressure on my chest.  I think I will stuff some kind of pad in the front, as the vibration through that hard plastic makes my back itch.  

Also, I took all the handles and cupholders and junk off the water cooler right there in the Walmart parking lot so I could bag it up and carry it home (take along a phillips).  They had a similar cooler with a screw-on lid, but the handles were molded into the shell.  The bag, when drawn tight, holds the lid on securely.

Thanks to all for the great idea.  I hope the photos will help alleviate any trepidation other newbies like me have about adding to their Savage.  It was easy, extremely inexpensive compared to factory-made motorcycle luggage that I looked at, and (I think) more versatile.  When removed from the bike and separated into its original components, I now have multiple useful items instead of one fancy trunk.  A laundry bag, water cooler, and tie-down straps.

That's enough out of me.


-Jason

that cooler idea is exactly what i was looking for. now i'm gonna have to run to wal mart. i wonder how to mount it without a backrest?