I've been looking at sissy bars and luggage racks, as well as cheap univeral fitting luggage trunks. I really need a luggage rack to prepare for my long trips. I need lockable hard cases for my bike, both saddle bags and trunk. When traveling alone on long trips I need all the help I can keeping people out of a tourists tour packs. I will most likely modify the locks that come on these cases and add dead bolts with reinforcement plates, as well as an extra lining of fiberglass to the inside for rigidity and security. The idea is to keep my gear stowed away in locked, hard, reinforced cases. Not stowed on top of my seats and racks where any idiot with a knife is welcome to it!
My question is: What luggage racks will mount without a sissy bar? I need a way to secure these cheap ABS plastic trunks off ebay to my bike. They say "will attach to a luggage rack on your bike, or any flat surface". I was considering the trunks with pads built in. Do these universal trunks normally fit with sissy bars? I'm kind of confused, haven't been around many bikes and need some suggestions on this matter. I mean obviously the trunks with built in pads wouldn't be used with a sissy bar too! However, is this possible on the 1300C? So confused need some ideas here.
My goal is to secure all my camping gear and helmet inside my packs with my road side assistance kit and tools, etc etc. I have a lot of very small and light camping gear from my backpacking days so don't worry about if it will fit or not, I've got that figured out (boyscout here). If I can get by on next to nothing in the woods for 2 weeks straight I think I can handle civilization out of a bike. I really just need some ideas on how all this mounting hardware works (or doesn't) and if the ABS bags/trunks on ebay are worth a damn. Thanks for any input on this matter.
These types of trunks and bags are the ones in question. http://stores.ebay.com/Deals4Hobbies...QQftidZ2QQtZkm
I saw the paladin luggage rack and sissy bar can be used independently via the mounting brackets. Are most sissy bars like this or do most luggage racks require a sissy bar to mount a luggage rack?
Just for the record, these are for traveling. Not for style. We all know a bike w/out bags is the sexiest beast.
My question is: What luggage racks will mount without a sissy bar? I need a way to secure these cheap ABS plastic trunks off ebay to my bike. They say "will attach to a luggage rack on your bike, or any flat surface". I was considering the trunks with pads built in. Do these universal trunks normally fit with sissy bars? I'm kind of confused, haven't been around many bikes and need some suggestions on this matter. I mean obviously the trunks with built in pads wouldn't be used with a sissy bar too! However, is this possible on the 1300C? So confused need some ideas here.
My goal is to secure all my camping gear and helmet inside my packs with my road side assistance kit and tools, etc etc. I have a lot of very small and light camping gear from my backpacking days so don't worry about if it will fit or not, I've got that figured out (boyscout here). If I can get by on next to nothing in the woods for 2 weeks straight I think I can handle civilization out of a bike. I really just need some ideas on how all this mounting hardware works (or doesn't) and if the ABS bags/trunks on ebay are worth a damn. Thanks for any input on this matter.
These types of trunks and bags are the ones in question. http://stores.ebay.com/Deals4Hobbies...QQftidZ2QQtZkm
I saw the paladin luggage rack and sissy bar can be used independently via the mounting brackets. Are most sissy bars like this or do most luggage racks require a sissy bar to mount a luggage rack?
Just for the record, these are for traveling. Not for style. We all know a bike w/out bags is the sexiest beast.
