I finally got to tackle my my saddle bag supports. I used the thread in the tech section on making them. I bought some round and flat stock from Lowes, printed off the picture with measurements and got to work. One modification I wanted to make, was to allow them to be REMOVABLE. I don't need them everytime I go out, and do not care for the looks of them just hanging there not being used. First thing I did was look under the fender for mounting. My 2007 S40 does NOT have a rear mounting bolt on the side bars, there is simply a pin that is welded onto the stock side bar that goes through a hole with a grommet in the fender.



What to do? I got looking around and decided to use the mounting bolt towards the front to mount a small bracket that will stay on the bike. What to do about the rear? I made another small bracket that will mount using the same hole that the turn signal uses, which is mounted to the side bar. The screw is a bit too small, I'll have to find one a little longer.

I had some stainless bolts, picked up some wing nuts and lock washers.

First thing was to bend the round stock. One piece was just long enough with a little extra.





I welded 4 bolts, 2 to the rear mounting bracket on the bike, would have preferred on the support, the way I made it, there was a clearance issue. I don't want these to be very visible when the supports are off.  2 on the saddle bag support. I welded everything up, than painted them. Did a little 'tweaking' on them before paint. They are drying right now. I'll get some pics up later with them mounted on the bike. Not sure if I will get to them today or not.

Hyde got that correct.

My 07 uses the front and rear bolts on the rails...

I'll take a picture of my rails when I get home to give you an idea of how they look compared to the pre-05 models.

Just curious, whatever happened to the guy who was thinking of using file folder supports?

Perry - I'll try to document my supports today either over lunch or when I get off work.

Here's a shot I found on BikePics:



I'll get some actual shots of my bike along with some dimensions too.

edit - I see this pic was already posted above. Oops! :-P

edit 2 - It's my guess that the brackets from the Savage WOULD work on the S40. The sissybar and rails swap over, so why wouldn't these brackets swap too? The grommet in the fender can be removed. The bolt for the sissybar goes into there. I don't know how the original "non-sissybar" rails are for the Savage, but maybe a bolt went there too, which is how the got these original brackets to mount up.

At any rate... I'll get info up shortly.

I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same as the Savage kit... There are a few pictures I found over on BikePics.com of an S40 with the sissybar.

The brackets look exactly the same... The only differences I can find are the pad, being covered with the new material on the front, and the emblem on the back of the bar being a "Boulevard" instead of "Suzuki"...

I'd like to order one of the new ones, if I could find someone that had a set in stock. But, I've come up empty handed in my searches.

Great, thks a lot. What kind of muffler is that (on the black one)?

K

Alright... Sorry for the delay, just was busy yesterday and finally got around to getting these specs today while installing my Big Crank battery.

From the picture above, I'll try to give a basic idea of what's what...

The brackets come out from the fender 3", it's almost even with the rear springs.

These are all rough measurements, because I wasn't sure how to calculate in the bends. The front "bar" was 4.5", the bottom bar was 5.5" and the rear bar was 6". As stated, the front bar connects to the furthest forward bolt and the rear bar connects to the rear bolt of the S40 rails.

Hopefully that'll help. I know it's not the best, but it should give you a basic idea...

I decided to stick the Givi soft bags that I had on the Guzzi Nevada on Bull ( the Boulevard). They fit under the rear lights & are up against the shocks. The left side is kept out of the belt by the recently reinstalled belt guard. The bag means the helmet lock is nonfunctional, so I removed it & bent a piece of 1/8th piano wire in a z to fit in the front hole the lock was mounted in, so as to not mess up any threads, & formed a loop & stuck it under the lower nut at the front of the fender brace. Other bags may not be so easy, but now I have what I need to haul enough stuff from the grocery store the guzzler can stay home. Compared to the bike, even the Civic at 30 MPG is a guzzler.