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Great independent thinking!
Nobody will mistake that for a sissy bar  ;)
Is it rebar?

Your spare gas can is excellent too.
Did you weld up the mount also?

I have been thinking of doing something similar on my 1500, but not for gas.
I am thinking of getting two gas cans (5 gallon) and cutting the top off, putting hinges and a latch on the top, to make my own custom panniers. 
I would use dry bags inside rather than trying to seal the top.
I think I would have to take a section out of the height of the gas cans but I don't have the dimensions to know for sure.

My bike has leather panniers (saddle bags) and they are ok but...

They don't hold much and I am styling my bike with this barn find history:

WWII GI who had kept the dream of buying a bike and riding over the horizon if/when he made it home.
He had just enough money to buy a new left over 1945 base model with no chrome or extras.
He then bought army surplus items cheap to outfit it for extended travel.

Just another winter project idea I am kicking around.
Along with painting the rims, making a new exhaust system, and batwing fairing...

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Posted by CDNRatMan

- August 05, 2015, 10:46:44 AM

That will work, and big enough to sleep on if needed......lol...

Posted by Bobster

- August 05, 2015, 10:01:35 AM

Put together a "rucksack-rack" of some scrap iron. I'm quite pleased with it, very easy to attach to the bike and to strap things on to. Also serves as a backrest! Painted with Hammerite.

Bobster

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