saddel bags
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:44 am
If I Buy the saddel bags offered by Kawasaki do I have to install a
metal support frame to the sides of my bike?
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On Aug 8, 2007, at 9:43 AM, kuppy7441 wrote: > If I Buy the saddel bags offered by Kawasaki do I have to install a > metal support frame to the sides of my bike? > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
On Aug 8, 2007, at 9:43 AM, kuppy7441 wrote: > If I Buy the saddel bags offered by Kawasaki do I have to install a > metal support frame to the sides of my bike? > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
On 8/8/07, LD wrote: > > I respectfully disagree with Criswell... > It depends on how you load the bags. > I have the Kawi bags and just pack my rain suit and > other light items on the muffler side. No melting > issues in 3 long weekend trips this summer. For what > it's worth, I have a Corbin flat saddle and I had to > sew in a modification similar to the one Captain Bob > recomended to me via the forum earlier this year. > Also, I've read that if you are packing the muffler > side bag heavy, it helps to stick a squashed beer can > under the side panel. I may try this if I ever see a > squashed beer can. > > __________________________________________________________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user > panel and lay it on us. > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Excellent suggestion rev. A silver Sharpie works great on dark surfaces. My wife told me so. Fred,,,,,whose only got half the brains.....> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "blocloc" wrote: > > > > Ah, found it--72FP for the OEM. Otta work on Freds. Thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Now, > Take a black or red "Sharpie' and write the torque on the swing-arm > near the c/s sprocket. You will have it next time you need it. My > bike has torque values, mm wrench sizes, etc, written all over it, to > include the last oil/filter change on the clutch housing. > Q. How does it look? > A. Who cares its a KLR. > > Life is to short to remember the minutia. Look it up once and > Sharpie/write it on the bike. shrug. Be really gungy and make stencils > or paper-tape specs so it looks prissy. cough. > > revmaaatin. >
On Aug 8, 2007, at 8:13 PM, Willy J wrote: > No. You dont. > > > I got a bracket that is sold on e-bay that attaches to the muffler. > Its pushes the bag away from the muffler and works just fine. $15 > w/ shipping instead of 50+ for fabrication. > > I have been using my bags to put all sorts of things in from school > books to boots/cloths and groceries ( Milk on the left, Hot stuff > on the right ) > > No burns on my bags. Stock Kawi ones too. > > Ronald Criswell wrote: > Yep or you will melt the muffler side bag and your plastic on that > side. > > Criswell > On Aug 8, 2007, at 9:43 AM, kuppy7441 wrote: > > > If I Buy the saddel bags offered by Kawasaki do I have to install a > > metal support frame to the sides of my bike? > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > --------------------------------- > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]