Showing posts with label saddle bags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saddle bags. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Ready for the Long Haul

The Guzzi is ready for a long trip, which I haven't planned yet.  (But I'm ready.)

I got a set of Hebco-Becker bags with mounts intended for an EV.  I had to make a bracket on each side to correct the mounting points for my Aluminum, but they still worked out rather well.  I still need to provide a third mounting point to give the mounts rigidity in the horizontal plane.  I plan to pass a strut behind and attached to the license plate bracket and onto the mounting clasp latchplate.  That should give the extra side-to-side rigidity required.

The bags didn't come with the colored plates which bolt to the outsides of the bag.  I just filled the holes with RTV for the present time.

No more slipping out between the XS650 and the car now.

Next could be a hydraulic clutch???