Big luggage build

derf · 02-05-2010, 04:42 PM

Yeh i searched there too, and all I saw was folks talking about offroading a sport bike.

Long story short. Someone gave me a 4x8 piece of sheet steel today. I kinda drew up the dimensions I would build it, But I'm looking at the design, and trying to figure out if I would want one big bag, or 2 saddle bags and a tail bag. I was thinking of making it a 1 piece bag and having it sit on the subframe where my seat sits, and also clip in by the passenger pegs. I would want something that is a snap to take off without tools, but is fairly stable. My first thought was to build a frame with the angle iron I have laying around, but the more I thought about it, I dont want to go too heavy. I was thinking more along the lines of building the lower 1/2 the box out of angle, then sheeting the rest.

02-05-2010, 04:42 PM	#3
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Yeh i searched there too, and all I saw was folks talking about offroading a sport bike. Long story short. Someone gave me a 4x8 piece of sheet steel today. I kinda drew up the dimensions I would build it, But I'm looking at the design, and trying to figure out if I would want one big bag, or 2 saddle bags and a tail bag. I was thinking of making it a 1 piece bag and having it sit on the subframe where my seat sits, and also clip in by the passenger pegs. I would want something that is a snap to take off without tools, but is fairly stable. My first thought was to build a frame with the angle iron I have laying around, but the more I thought about it, I dont want to go too heavy. I was thinking more along the lines of building the lower 1/2 the box out of angle, then sheeting the rest. __________________ Last edited by derf; 02-05-2010 at 04:53 PM..