Maybe this has been done many times before... but I honestly was thinking about how I could carry a bunch of stuff on the Savage yesterday... Then I walked by one of these and it just clicked!

You know those 5 gallon pickle buckets that everyone has laying around? It turns out those fit perfectly on the passenger pillion. It's as simple as finding a bucket, and I used one of those 1 foot long heavy duty rubber bungies to wrap around the bucket and fasten to each side of the backrest brace. It's very secure and no going anywhere. It also serves as a pretty nice backrest too, depending on your size. On the bucket I found there are some ridges that stick out near the top, right where my back rests... So I took a thin, small seat cushion and bungied it around the outside of the bucket facing foreward. Now I have a nice cushy backrest and very nice size storage bin that costed nothing! I was worried that stuff may fly out of the bucket, but to test that I put a few pieces of paper and my beloved baseball cap in the bucket with nothing holding them in. I drove home on some twisties and took the bike up to 80mph, and everything was in there just as I had left it! It may look crude, but who cares? It's very functional and can be taken off in under a second. My bucket is white, sbut I plan on spray painting it black to look a little better.

I hope I didn't steal anyone's idea, or beat the dead horse.. but I was pretty pround of myself when I thought it up all on my own! lol

I'll post pics asap!

Hey.....I think that's a pretty good idea!

Here's a pic! It doesn't look pretty at the moment, but I can actually put a ton of stuff in there. I fit a 12 pack and one bag of groceries in it last night no problem!

ALfromN.H.  FSO wrote on 08/03/08 at 07:49:22:


actually went this same route..
i walked into wal mart and seen they had that same bag you have pictured here for 11 bucks...
it was in grey and black and i thought hmmmmmm...

i brought it home and on the back i sewed a 4 inch piece of black vinyl into it..
and on the bottom fronts i sewed the little velco hooks into loops..
now i can tie it and bungee it to the back of the sissy bar ...
and yes it works great the little plastic cooler box inside keeps it standing straight up and i can load lots of things down in this,...

pics coming later.. gotta go to work..
peace
chai

BigDeal, discovering new ways to do stuff on this bike is one of my favorite parts of owning it.  In my exuberance, I will occasionally overlook something important.  I can see me, tooling along with my new five gallon buckettrunk, a large smile on my face, as the rain clouds build behind me.  You might want to throw a lid on there.  Be especially careful if you get on the bike after a rain and don't realize there are two inches of water sloshing around in the bottom.  That might screw with a guy's balance.

Looks like you've got the bug!  Keep playing with that bike, and soon you won't recognize it.  

back when i had a sp 600 duel sport....i found a fryer basket cleaned the h3ll outof it cut the handle off....an bungeed onto the back half of the seat an with all them holes you can do some real purty bungee cordin...

i went back tonight looking for another one same color but had no luck try again at another walmart tomorrow..

i was able to take the one i bought off the back and mount on the left side as same as saddle bag would hang.... i need another one for other side .. it works great and i have had a passenger on there and seems to be out of the passengers way as well.....

i think one great thing about this type cooler for thsi is the little velco flap door on top so you dont have to unzip it... just hope the velcro dont wear out...

GrateFuLDad wrote on 08/05/08 at 18:33:37:



I never thought of using them as saddlebags. Good idea. Make sure nothing can get caught up in the drive belt or spokes.