Posted by "R W B "...
I made my own stiffeners from 8th inch Plexiglas from Ace Hardware. I drilled holes and mounted them to my old Naugahyde bags with Stainless button heads on the outside (looks kinda like studs) and aluminum nuts on the inside. (aluminum is much lighter in weight).
I also put some clear silicone on the sheets before mounting. It's a little tricky to drill the Naugahyde and get all the holes right (a sharp punch is necessary first) but it came out pretty good for about $10 worth of Plexiglas and $25 worth of SS Bolts and Alum nuts (it took a lot of bolts). I don't have a really good picture of the finished bags but the second bike from the front on left is the finished project.
I first mount them from the outside while drilling the rest of the holes.
You can't really tell it in the photo but these are old throw over bags, I removed the throw over harness and mounted them to the fender brackets with aluminum angle, and a flat strap inside the bags.
I made my own stiffeners from 8th inch Plexiglas from Ace Hardware. I drilled holes and mounted them to my old Naugahyde bags with Stainless button heads on the outside (looks kinda like studs) and aluminum nuts on the inside. (aluminum is much lighter in weight).
I also put some clear silicone on the sheets before mounting. It's a little tricky to drill the Naugahyde and get all the holes right (a sharp punch is necessary first) but it came out pretty good for about $10 worth of Plexiglas and $25 worth of SS Bolts and Alum nuts (it took a lot of bolts). I don't have a really good picture of the finished bags but the second bike from the front on left is the finished project.
I first mount them from the outside while drilling the rest of the holes.
You can't really tell it in the photo but these are old throw over bags, I removed the throw over harness and mounted them to the fender brackets with aluminum angle, and a flat strap inside the bags.