Poison Rally Weekend South Africa

[Athedra]

Me and the Wife are preparing for the yearly poison rally. Obviously we are going with Bones, so need to get the bags and cases going. What bags and cases would keep the nice XS look.

I looked at a 25litre rear box, but that will kill the bikes look even before I add it on.

Open for suggestions and possibly pictures.

Looked at vetters site, but don't see any cases or bags that jumps up

[dbeardslee]

You're probably going to have to move your rear turn signals back to accomodate the bags. Here's a pic of the brochure for the 81H Tourer. Note where the turn signals are located - not sure what size the bags are.

[dbeardslee]

Here's a good pic of the proper tail light setup. I don't know who's bike it is, but it sure is pretty.

[CatatonicBug]

If you're looking at turning your XS into a tourer, there are many options, but there are no "off-the-shelf" modern options. You will need to find a period-specific setup, with the proper mounting hardware. There are two main options, and several others. The Pacifico setup that came on the original '78 touring package, and the Vetter version. One thing to be aware of is the Vetter saddlebags tend to get in the way of the passenger footpegs. The trunk, however, makes for a nice passenger back-rest.

Neither of these options have been manufactured for about 30 years, but used pieces are readily available on e-bay.

[Crazcnuk]

"but there are no "off-the-shelf" modern options"

Closest is a complete Vetter tourpak set. They made hundreds of thousands of them and most used bike parts places have several laying around. Tough part is getting the mounts.

For our bikes it would be the Vetter Windjammer IV w/ lowers, tourpak bags and trunk. The Yamaha ones had square lights for the std, as did some of the Kawasaki sets. You can add case guards and running boards if you wish.

You can look at them on Ebay, just to get an idea what i am talking about:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VETTE...Q5fAccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VETTE...Q5fAccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Vette...Q5fAccessories

Windjammer SS and IV are virtually the same. You could use a Windjammer III, if you find a nice one, and then use your stock signal lights on it.

[Crazcnuk]

Here is a picture of the set from Vetter's website"

http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/Onl...ent_Parts.html

[Lamric]

You can use soft/throwover bags very easily. No need to move indicators.



These ones are made by Oxford and the model is Sovereign. They will also unzip and expand further out but I've never needed to do this.

[cywelchjr]

"but there are no "off-the-shelf" modern options"

Closest is a complete Vetter tourpak set. They made hundreds of thousands of them and most used bike parts places have several laying around. Tough part is getting the mounts.

Yep, especially since they didn't mark what the mounts were for. I have seen some NOS available on ebay though, but you have to catch them when they come on because they go fast.

Windjammer SS and IV are virtually the same. You could use a Windjammer III, if you find a nice one, and then use your stock signal lights on it.

Yep, that's why my spare fairing is. I have a IV on the bike and a III sitting in the carport as a spare. (or to go on a second bike if I find one)

[Athedra]

Found a rear top case that will do part of the trick.



Now just need panniers to go with it.

[bikerphil]

If you find some cases from another model bike, making your own custom brackets is not that big a deal if you are good with fabrication. I made custom bag mounts for my stock XS bags. I didn't like the look of all that framework around them. The trunk pictured above I see on scooters here in the US, but not on motorcycles.

[Crazcnuk]

For most bags, the actual frame is the same for most applications. The only thing that changes, usually, are little metal pieces that go from the mount frame to an appropriate place on the bike.

These can usually be fabricated in a few minutes. Sometimes it just means extending the piece an inch or two, or drilling an extra hole.