Well, I've got some extra room now....

[Snaggletooth]

About a month ago dusty1300 offered up a couple of hardcase trunk bags for sale. He had a nice Castle that was good sized and I took it off his hands. I had a soft trunk bag for a few years and it was not very big and a pain when it was empty.

 

His Castle was designed for a sissy bar type mount so I was able to use the frame of that to attach my smaller soft bag to the rear of the Castle. The weight of the soft bag lays on the passenger backrest so it supports itself pretty well. And I can simply tip my backrest forward to still open the trunk for access without removing anything. Still have room under the soft bag for my small bedroll.

 

Still need to make a set of straps to tie it all on so I won't need the bungies but winter is coming and I have time to mess with it.

 

But I took it out for a ride tonight and it sits well and stable.

 

So thanks Tom for letting go of the Castle. Makes my traveling a little easier.

 

Mike

[FuzzyRSTD]

Nice.... Good set up my friend.

 

Fuzzy

[Marcarl]

You might want to discover how much load weight you could or should add to that trunk. Some of us have had the bottom of the trunk split out. Don't know exactly why that would happen but weight might have a play in it.

[Snaggletooth]

Pretty much ahead of the game on that issue Marcarl. The PO had dealt with some minor cracks in the bottom of the lower case and reinforced the bottom with 1/4 sheet plastic epoxied to the outside of the bottom. When I did the interior trunk liner I cleaned the inside of the case and laid in a layer of epoxy to cover the bottom. It's pretty tough at this point. I've seen no sign of cracking since then.

 

At far as the top of the trunk, I made 1/4 inch support brackets out of aluminum to build up the area where the trunk rack mounts with 1 1/8 chrome washer and rubber bib washers on the top outside.

 

On that note I have no plans for loading heavy in the trunk or bags at all. It's the light stuff, rain gear, half cover, change of clothes and the bulky stuff for the bags. None the less I will be keeping an eye on it. I have no plans for losing pieces on the road. LOL!

 

Mike