Baggage
Story of irony. I went for a ride to check on the rental price of a power washer in preparation for the graduation party thats in the works. When I got there an old timer came out and say what year is that. I tolled him it was a 68. he said he had a 69 and boy did he loose a lot of saddle bag lids on the highways. Fast forward to Saturday and I was again on a ride but this time I was in Ranco doing some house sitting duties when on the ride home low and behold a saddle bag lid fell off. This got em to thinking that I need to figure out a way keep them from hitting the ground. This is what I came up with.
Hopefully the pics are pretty self explanatory Basically I put swivel D rings (picture hanging hardware) on the bags to act as safety cables. For the cabling I used 550 Para cord that I got as replacement cord for my goalie pads. I also put new moldings on the inside of the lids. I have to say that one of the best tools during this whole process has been a putty knife. I have scraped more sealant, glue, melted foam… with that knife to mare an edge on it.