Saddlebags

[Navigator]

That's where I've seen that fairing, on old police bikes....Well it sure looks great.

It seems that Lonnie is a master craftsman. If I tried to do that stuff, I am sure it would look like a disaster..

 

[Lonzol]

The only "Master" I've ever been called is a "Baiter". Fisherman you dirty minded fools! :lol:

 

[owl]

Thanks for that, Lonzol.

Don't really understand how, if you lose a hole cutting the Easybracket, you can drill another one.

Hoping your forthcoming picture will paint a thousand words.

Your rad surrounds are plastic?

Mine were metal, and I have had them powdercoated OK.

 

[Lonzol]

Owl,

The easy brackets come with four holes for mounting already in place. When you remove part of the bracket to make room for the protrusion mentioned above, one of the mounting holes is located on the piece you remove. I then drilled another mounting hole in the bracket so I could still use four bolts instead of three to mount the bracket to the bag. Pictures tomorrow.

My radiator shrouds are definetly plastic, if not they would be powdercoated now as yours are. My bike is a 2006 standard, I added the classic rails and floorboards.

Lonnie

 

[owl]

Ah! Now all is clear.

I was being a bit thick (a senior moment we call it over here), and was only thinking of the 2 holes that mount to the fender, not the 4 holes that mount to the pannier.

I have a 2005 standard, and the rad surrounds are definately metal.

 

[Lonzol]

Well at least you can spell "definately"! I got my bike used with only 2000 miles on it and the shrouds were "chrome". Perhaps they were aftermarket?

 

[xhdskip]

front pic

Lonzol, when you get around to them pics. How about one from the front. I'm interested in how that looks. thanks . skip

 

[Steve S]

Lonnie, what sort of modification did you have to make to the Easybrackets?

I have these already, and love the system.



Steve - I imported mine from here, couple of years ago. Don't know if you can get them in Europe now or not.

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Thanks Tom, ordered the Easybrackets from greatbikegear.com linked from easybrackets.com direct from the USA, the UK supplier does not stock them for the R3 so he was going to have to order them anyway and double the price as usual, in your opinion are they sturdy enough to support H/B hard cases?

 

[owl]

Definately, Steve. (I can spell that )

Strong enough to hold up bags made of cast iron. Really hefty piece of kit. I'm betting they'll be heavier than the pannier.

 

[Navigator]

Thanks for that, Lonzol.

Don't really understand how, if you lose a hole cutting the Easybracket, you can drill another one.

Hoping your forthcoming picture will paint a thousand words.

Your rad surrounds are plastic?

Mine were metal, and I have had them powdercoated OK.

This is interesting. I've not removed mine to closely examine them but the top pieces appear to be plastic and the sides metal...I'll take a closer look. Yours look good Owl. I definitely want to paint them black so my Rocket no longer looks like a radiator coming down the road followed by a bike..