Vetter trunk latch

[Incubus]

Since I had a perfectly good Vetter trunk just sitting in the shed, and a perfectly good XS11 with Vetter bags on it, I decided to turn my ride into a full bagger. I painted up the side panels and top to match Incubus' already awesome colors, and got it all cleaned up and ready to mount. Then I got to the latch.

For some reason that has been lost in my demented past, when I removed this trunk from its last posting I thought it would be a good idea to remove the latch and take it apart. This I did with impressive effectiveness. Now I have a bunch of parts and not idea one about how they all fit together or, perhaps more importantly, how they ever held a trunk closed. From what I can see, it cannot work anymore than a bumblebee can fly (according to the laws of aerodynamics, anyway).

It occurred to me, though, that perhaps someone has a working Vetter trunk latch and could maybe shoot me a picture of how all of these seemingly unrelated parts fit together.

I am thinking it must involve magic, somehow.

TIA.

Patrick

[Incubus]

Never mind. Figured it out. The problem was I had a big gnarly black piece that was in with the latch parts and it did not seem to go with anything. That was cuz it didn't go with anything. I seem to remember puzzling over that thing last time and deciding it wandered in from another latch somewhere.

I don't know if it's right, but it works...

P

[cywelchjr]

Never mind. Figured it out. The problem was I had a big gnarly black piece that was in with the latch parts and it did not seem to go with anything. That was cuz it didn't go with anything. I seem to remember puzzling over that thing last time and deciding it wandered in from another latch somewhere.

I don't know if it's right, but it works...

P

Ok, I was about to go out and take a pic of mine and post it but if you got it working I won't bother. If you find you need a pic of any part of that though, let me know, I have that whole setup working on there and have put over 30,000 miles on the bike with it on there.

[Incubus]

Thanks, Cy. I've had the Vetter saddlebags on for several months and I love the cargo capacity it gives me. I could probably go without the trunk, but I already had it and SWMBO likes the idea of a real backrest for when we ride two up. I also kinda like the idea of being able to pack almost all of my worldly goods onto the bike and ride off into the sunset, if I feel so inclined....

Patrick

[cywelchjr]

Thanks, Cy. I've had the Vetter saddlebags on for several months and I love the cargo capacity it gives me. I could probably go without the trunk, but I already had it and SWMBO likes the idea of a real backrest for when we ride two up. I also kinda like the idea of being able to pack almost all of my worldly goods onto the bike and ride off into the sunset, if I feel so inclined....

Patrick

Yeah, I like that I can get almost $200 of groceries into the trunk and bags with a little bit of work (or maybe I don't like it, depending on how you look at it ). But yes, I like the storage space and the ability to carry a LOT of stuff, with it protected from the elements.