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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 26 May 2011 - 12:21 Post title : Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers | | | Problem - Dont like leatther panniers, not totally keen on hard panniers, but I have some soft panniers that swing about a bit at speed. (recommended speed of 60mph -- pah).
Solution - strenghten them up.
Result - 1000% better.
In a narsisco/birdy sort of way - this is how I did it.
All you need is ---
A mate that has a great fabrication shop that needs some bits cnc milling for his Jeep Wrangler .
A cnc mill to make parts for said mate.
A cnc lathe (manual is ok but not as much fun)
A manual mill
A cordless drill
A neumatic rivet gun (manual will do)
A kettle (some tea,sugar etc)
A bit of time.
Plasters (band aid)
Make parts for mates Jeep and take them to his w/shop. Say that 'there is no charge cos your a mate' And then ask if he can cut you some ali sheet. Take cut sheet parts to own w/shop and mill in some keyhole slots and some other cutouts.
Turn on cnc lathe and turn up some new stainless bobbins to take backrest and new ali plates. Fit these to bike.
Check ali side plates fit to new bobbins.
Sandwich the soft pannier backing with inner and outer plates using a hand drill to line inner and outer plate rivet holes and then fasten together with rivets.
 
Try for fit.
View of Inner plate.
Problem solved. Solid and easily removed .
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 26 May 2011 - 13:35 Post title : Re: Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers (Re: mat1600) | | | Nice work...brilliant job, mate! 
And it now looks like you can take along a bit more than your toothbrush and that one pair of crotchless panties you like so much 
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 26 May 2011 - 13:49 Post title : Re: Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | | As long as he still brings those....
Oh and nice job on the bags. looks good.
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| Linkdog | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,928 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 26 May 2011 - 22:06 Post title : Re: Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers (Re: Thatch) | | | You're one slick dude Matt, simply brilliant
| Never drink from a cow with one udder! 2010 1600 Blue&White ( of course ) Long TORS and HP filter.
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| feduke | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 26 May 2011 - 23:34 Post title : Re: Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers (Re: Linkdog) | | | Looks like a NASA job to me, except they'd get a couple million for it. Very nice.
| I'm a secondhand vegetarian. Cows eat grass. I eat cows.
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 27 May 2011 - 11:58 Post title : Re: Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers (Re: feduke) | | | very nice matt, good job
to improve - angle the slots against direction of travel instead of vertical.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 27 May 2011 - 12:05 Post title : Re: Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers (Re: zolti) | | |
zolti wrote:
very nice matt, good job
to improve - angle the slots against direction of travel instead of vertical. |
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With the amount of stuff that Mrs1600 takes - those fu3kers are going nowhere.
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 27 May 2011 - 21:35 Post title : Re: Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers (Re: mat1600) | | | That's funny. I've got one of those too. I had to talk her out of taking toilet paper to Europe, and we were staying at Brown's Hotel in London and the Plaza Athenee in Paris. Not like it was a camping trip. 
| I'm a secondhand vegetarian. Cows eat grass. I eat cows.
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| StormVince | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 29/05/2011 | | Posts | : | 3 | | Location | : | France |
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| | Posted : 02 Jun 2011 - 08:11 Post title : Re: Sle-eezy brackets for soft panniers (Re: mat1600) | | | Very nice peace of job, indeed !
Vince storm
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