What's on your "Garauld"?
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Dr. Rich
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nitelife
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I use a camping seat bag from Aerostitch and love it. Comes in three different sizes. I have the medium.
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0Face
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What size is your rack?
Seriously, I have the smaller rack and I'm just wondering how the medium camping bag would fit on it.
Oh god... Racks, bags on racks... It's not Friday is it?
I have the big rack...that's right, the big one.
For NAFO, I put the Nelson Riggs CL-150
For SFO I had my Nelson Riggs CL-800 (under the rain cover)
Very versatile rack and the bags are great. I don't think you can go wrong with anyone's recommendation of bag manufacturers. I love my NR bags; I've used the CL800 on flights and it's survived two airlines handling.
For NAFO, I put the Nelson Riggs CL-150
For SFO I had my Nelson Riggs CL-800 (under the rain cover)
Very versatile rack and the bags are great. I don't think you can go wrong with anyone's recommendation of bag manufacturers. I love my NR bags; I've used the CL800 on flights and it's survived two airlines handling.
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bluejag
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Cortech Sport tailbag, look's good ,expandable easy to remove.
nitelife
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I have the large rack. I think the bag would be a tad too large for the small rack, especially when expanded.What size is your rack?
Seriously, I have the smaller rack and I'm just wondering how the medium camping bag would fit on it.
Oh god... Racks, bags on racks... It's not Friday is it?
LDRydr
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Nelson-Rigg EXP-200 and love it. All compartments expand to twice their size.
Ok, here's what I've got.
08 FJR with NR 150 tail trunk. I had Garauld paint the tank collar to match and then painted some of the fairing bolts in black satin Krylon
the parts - NR tail trunk (with side 'wings' removed and sewn up neatly), 1/8" or so ABS plastic, 1/4-20 male knob to fit into to backrest hole, 1/4-20 male and female knobs to attach trunk to rack.
Garauld sport rack - with 4 small "tabs" welded in by Garauld, then I drilled the holes
plastic sheet on the rack - cut to fit flat on the rack, holes drilled to match up with holes in rack
Attachment method
1) remove top allen bolt from back of Garauld backrest
2) lay plastic sheet on luggage rack - plastic provides stiffness so the bag doesn't droop
3) put tail trunk on plastic sheet
4) run 2 male knobs through tail trunk (holes already made), through plastic sheet, through holes in metal tabs, attach 2 male knobs that are placed under the luggage rack
5) run 1 male knob through tail trunk (hole already made) into top hole in the backrest
Done.
I've only ridden a few miles so this isn't really tested. My only worry is that the female attachment knobs under the rack might vibrate off.
As I'd prefer to not run the backrest all the time, my next task is to combine the trunk and backrest into 1, so that I attach the backrest automatically when I attach the trunk. But I think that'd take mods to the rack.
08 FJR with NR 150 tail trunk. I had Garauld paint the tank collar to match and then painted some of the fairing bolts in black satin Krylon
the parts - NR tail trunk (with side 'wings' removed and sewn up neatly), 1/8" or so ABS plastic, 1/4-20 male knob to fit into to backrest hole, 1/4-20 male and female knobs to attach trunk to rack.
Garauld sport rack - with 4 small "tabs" welded in by Garauld, then I drilled the holes
plastic sheet on the rack - cut to fit flat on the rack, holes drilled to match up with holes in rack
Attachment method
1) remove top allen bolt from back of Garauld backrest
2) lay plastic sheet on luggage rack - plastic provides stiffness so the bag doesn't droop
3) put tail trunk on plastic sheet
4) run 2 male knobs through tail trunk (holes already made), through plastic sheet, through holes in metal tabs, attach 2 male knobs that are placed under the luggage rack
5) run 1 male knob through tail trunk (hole already made) into top hole in the backrest
Done.
I've only ridden a few miles so this isn't really tested. My only worry is that the female attachment knobs under the rack might vibrate off.
As I'd prefer to not run the backrest all the time, my next task is to combine the trunk and backrest into 1, so that I attach the backrest automatically when I attach the trunk. But I think that'd take mods to the rack.
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snikr
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You guys with the 06-08's have all the good toys :huh:
I ought the large bag and found it most comfortable mounting it longitudinally across the passenger seat and the Garauld rack. Worked well.What size is your rack?
Seriously, I have the smaller rack and I'm just wondering how the medium camping bag would fit on it.
Oh god... Racks, bags on racks... It's not Friday is it?
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