Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => PRODUCT REVIEWS => Topic started by: texasbandit on June 03, 2006, 11:40:20 AM
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I've been doing high mile trips with soft luggage since 1992 and always felt a little unsure of leaving "valubles" in my tank bag or other soft luggage when I would make
stops for gas and food. The Suzuki tail rack has been made fun of because of its small (six-pack) size. However, when a friend from Ohio recently spent a few days
in Texas, I became curious about his trunk. He was running a combination of GIVI bags and an inexpensive JC Whitney trunk (that looks suspiciously like a
GIVI) on a home-made rack. When we pulled the bag off it looked like it would fit on the OEM rack. I sprung for the bag (on sale $79.95 with mounting bracket & free
shipping on anything over $75). It was a 15 minute job to mount and fits like it was made for the small OEM rack.
If you have a stock rack and don't want to $pend the big buck$ - this is a great option.
Have a look!
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j102/yellowfizzer/Banditisms/IM001148.jpg)
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j102/yellowfizzer/Banditisms/IM001149.jpg)
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j102/yellowfizzer/Banditisms/IM001152.jpg)
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j102/yellowfizzer/Banditisms/IM001150.jpg)
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I don't know about the 1G's little rack, but do NOT do this on a 2G with the Suzuki rack or any other that only mounts to the grab rail mounting points.
The rear subframe here on the 2G isn't strong enough to take more than ~10 lbs. and is known to crack if overloaded.
If the rack uses more mounting points than just the grab rail, you can actually carry something heavier than a six-pack.
Even though the 1G is different back here, I wouldn't be surprised if it has problems with something like this, too.
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I just got the same trunk a little over a week ago. I really like it. I was able to put a full duffle bag in it as well as the liner from my jacket and a couple of other small things for a Memorial Day weekend trip.