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Posted by gdrudd13
 - January 31, 2015, 18:21:53 PM

After seeing your bikes, I don't feel as bad about overpacking now. Of course taking a travel humidor on a motorcycle is probably a step more than a lot of people...

My saddlebags were sagging as well, but it was the inside wall (the one next to the fender) that wasn't staying flat. I ended up using a piece of thick kydex (the stuff holsters are made of) and bolted in to the bags with small SS bolts and the largest fender washers I could find for that size. The kydex is black so any scratches will also be black, and the kydex weighs next to nothing, and it won't rust and is chemical resistant. Just another option for people who just need to fix one side.

Posted by John Hopkins
 - January 31, 2015, 09:37:25 AM

I find the plastic storage boxes are best for stiffening leather bags, most cheap shops like harbour freight or maybe walmart sell them and if you can get the right size for your bags they keep everything dry and make the bags look great.

Something like this.

http://www.packingboxes.co.uk/3-5-litre-plastic-box-with-clip-on-lid/

John.

Posted by DC
 - January 28, 2015, 20:15:53 PM
Quote from: Troll on January 19, 2015, 20:07:57 PM

He could have used a little bigger set of bags, but his bike did just fine...did you see all the crap I had on mine?

Wow!  You can take everything with you! 
Posted by greenbarn
 - January 22, 2015, 17:07:26 PM

Hey, I would like that...  I have this thing for duffle bags and stuff.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - January 20, 2015, 21:52:38 PM

 But Troll's bike just looked so much neater because he had proper bags for his stuff, and he did not have a cardboard box strapped on top of all that stuff on the back, also remember my bike is a lot smaller then yours so it just looks like a large load......I am buying this for your birthday before Drift in

http://goal.thehockeyshop.com/vaughn-2200i-intermediate-goalie-wheel-bag.html

Posted by Bucko
 - January 20, 2015, 21:20:26 PM

Sweet looking bags!  Thanks for the pix Tr.

Posted by Troll
 - January 20, 2015, 20:11:49 PM

Nope...I used 3/4" wide flat steel and just at the ends...got a picture of it here, someplace.....that third picture is one done, the other not ....

Posted by Bucko
 - January 20, 2015, 18:45:56 PM

Did you end up using the brake line as an internal stiffener?  Pix?  :) :)

Posted by greenbarn
 - January 19, 2015, 20:30:10 PM

Yea, Ratman, Troll had WAY more stuff strapped to his bike....  Seems to me I've seen a certain Sunbeam Red 800 pretty packed too...

Posted by Troll
 - January 19, 2015, 20:07:57 PM

He could have used a little bigger set of bags, but his bike did just fine...did you see all the crap I had on mine?

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - January 19, 2015, 19:16:36 PM

 ???  you know after seeing the load that GB put on his poor machine after Drift In 14 perhaps you should offer him those bags so he can then not have to take that huge goalie bag to pack his extra stuff in......or perhaps this year he will get the Missus to drive down in the P/U and use the bed of the truck for his extra stuff.

Posted by Troll
 - January 19, 2015, 19:05:19 PM
Quote from: dfsinger on January 19, 2015, 18:55:07 PM

Do you still have the Osprey Saddlebags for the Drifter? Very Interested

You bet I do. I have completely refurbished them, made a light weight set of stiffeners for the inside, cleaned, and dyed them and have them mounted on my quick removal rack system. 4 chrome acorn nuts and the whole rear assembly lifts off, rack, bags, trunk, all at once. Here's a picture of the prototype setup. I've refined it since last Fall, and now the bags look like (almost) new.

Posted by dfsinger
 - January 19, 2015, 18:55:07 PM

Do you still have the Osprey Saddlebags for the Drifter? Very Interested

Posted by pcarrell
 - October 10, 2014, 16:30:49 PM
Quote from: greenbarn on October 09, 2014, 21:14:02 PM

It SHOULD work....  just get out the staple gun, and staple whatever-is-sagging to the board, and ...   no more sag....

YYYYEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!!!!  That sounds painful!

Oh wait......you meant on the bike.............never mind!  :-X

Posted by greenbarn
 - October 09, 2014, 21:14:02 PM

It SHOULD work....  just get out the staple gun, and staple whatever-is-sagging to the board, and ...   no more sag....

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