| Author | Message | ||
     Tipsymcstagger |
Don't know if you guys have seen this. I've ordered a couple of them (only $5 each) but haven't had a chance yet to figure out where to mount them. I'm hoping to fit them to the inside of the luggage racks. If that doesn't work, I'll see if I can fit one under the rear rack. Tipsy | ||
| Stevem123 |
Those are pretty cool! I have seen similar tubes for keeping welding rods dry but they don't have the mounting tabs. BC Steve | ||
| Froggy |
More crap for me to bolt on! Awesome  | ||
| Seanp |
I ordered four of them a few days ago and they should arrive today. I'll probably mount two inside the luggage racks on the Uly, for tools. I also got a couple for my KLX to store MSR fuel bottles in. The 1.9 gallon tank worries me sometimes, so it's good to have another 20 miles worth of gas that I can bring with me. And you thought the Uly had a small range... | ||
| Pso |
Neat idea. As folks mount them how about pics. I would get several to free up more luggage space. | ||
| Gwis2 |
Cariboucases.com offers a little pelican case and they mount it to the inside of the side luggage...   | ||
| Gwis2 |
Gtmoto.com offers a tool tube that looks to be made out of aluminum...  | ||
| Tipsymcstagger |
Gtmoto.com offers a tool tube that looks to be made out of aluminum... Yep...and at $140, you can buy one of those or 28 of these.  Tipsy | ||
| Seanp |
I took a bunch of pics but I've tried three times to get them the right size, and the right dimensions, so that the forum will accept them, and it's just a huge pain in the ass.  I put them on my website. Anyway, I used hose clamps, attached to the saddlebag frame on the inside. I mounted one on the front of the frame, one on the rear crossbar. The bag still fits even with the tool tube, the rear tire does come close to hitting the tube (even with my 210 pounds hanging off the passenger handles) and the tube can still be opened with the bag on. | ||
| Gotj |
Seanp, VERY nice and clean. Thanks for the pics. | ||
| Seanp |
Oh, here are a couple of other tidbits. I used brake cleaner to take the yellow printing off the canisters. It came off really easy. Also, there is a small hole near the top of each canister, on the side with the mounts. I used Goop to seal the holes. Just thought you might want to know to have those things handy when you install... | ||
| Midnightrider |
tractor supply company carries these as well (although the store I checked had none in stock they are available through the catalog) | ||
| Midnightrider |
Thinking about installing it here - with U bolts over the hardbag braces ( just zipped tied in the photo) What I like about this place is that the the tube just fits and you would have to remove a bag to unscrew the cap (keeping honest folks honest). I'm thinking about clearance. The rear shock would never sink that low, would it?  | ||
| Hoon |
I'd say it will- especially two-up. | ||
| Tginnh |
Seanp - thanks for the photos and the mounting idea. I finally got around to mounting mine today using your idea with a few mods. I used a piece of aluminum flat stock to span the mounting holes in the front of the tube. I also made some rubber washers and put those between the tube and the mounting bar. I wasn't satisfied with the sag in the tube once I loaded it with my tools. So, I took it off for the ump-teenth time and drilled a couple more holes in it and used a zip tie to sinch it up. It's a solid fit now and provides the clearance I was looking for by the saddle bag latch. Also, I munched out a bunch of the plastic around the rear mounting hole as it was interfering with the saddle bag mount. I have the Buell toolkit and am able to stuff it in the tube by removing the large wrenches (which I now stow under my seat). Great farkle. Thanks to all for the ideas.   | ||
| Fubar |
After looking at (and trying) most of the options on this post I decided to use a 3" X 1/8" piece of aluminum to mount to the bottom of the bags. I just didn't think the conduit clamps would hold up and didn't like the idea of dropping one of these next to a spinning wheel. I do like the zip-tie back-up above, but was till not comfortable. The bar bridged to the ridges on the bottom of the bag and the tube mounted to the bar on the small end, and all the way thru to the bag on the large (3 hole) side. All with stainless screws and nyloc nuts. Very happy with the result. | ||
| Snoman |
Midnightrider - have you or anyone else successfully mounted a tube in the position you show (across the bike, inside the side racks)? I like this location, but have the same concern with the rear wheel potentially hitting it when it bottoms out. Doesn't seem like it would travel that far, but I'm not sure. |
