I finally sprung for some bags! I used the passenger peg brackets, some AL angle iron, and a couple of 3/16" stainless quick links to make some mounting points for the lower straps. On the Coyote, the rear straps anchor quite nicely to the rear grab bars. it's a much more solid mounting point than the fender.
Thanks! They were spendy, but it's top quality stuff. There's a surprising amount of room in that rear bag, too. It's almost too big for short trips. I might get the Mojavi later on for the shorter rides. But, for now, too big is better than too small.
Sweet setup there! She looks soo purdy I like your mounting points, gotta copy yours when I get my bags eventually.
I took them out and got them dirty today. My tank bag was pretty much empty, but I wanted it on there just for the test run. Nothing budged, nothing melted on the exhaust. I relocated the GL heat shields slightly, but so far the bag has not even come into contact with them. I'm not entirely sure if I even need them. I might leave them on there just to be safe. I bet once the bag is fully loaded and I'm hitting some bumps, it might bounce down onto the cans a little.
Man, getting all the weight of trail tools and spare tubes out of my camelbak was incredible. This will help BIG TIME on longer rides.
it will / does but also makes your bike handle a little worse with the extra poundage, it is always a trade off it seems.
Yep, that's the truth. The last long ride I did was about 600 miles round trip, over 3 days. The first and last day was all highway. I was hauling all my gear in a messenger bag on days 1 & 3. It was pretty lousy.
But if you do need to carry stuff the GL stuff is hard to beat and locates the stuff as low and central as possible.
For sure! These bags are the s**t. I'll get a MoJavi later on for day rides. I was riding around with a barely used Coyote and an empty tank bag over the weekend just to try them out.
Here we go on the TXC 511. The CTS frame hoops seem made for the rear mounts. Front snugs up nicely behind the steering stops Unfortunately my other new accessory (last pic) prevents me actually trying it on a ride.
JT Now that you have had the GL set up for a while how have they been?. I ab leaving on a 10 day ride soon and am seriously thinking about using the exact set up you have. My biggest concern is the stock can's and the heat they generate. What have your experiences been with that? Another thing is how do you carry a sleeping pad?
I still love them. Heat has not been an issue, just buy a second hot springs heat shield for the other can from them. I haven't had to carry camping equipment on mine yet. So far it's just been tools & clothes. That filled the Coyote up, but I tend to overpack. My tool kit could probably stand to be a little more minimal as well. I did strap a fuel bottle on outside of the bag, which worked well. Giant Loop also just released this: http://www.giantloopmoto.com/collections/giant-loop-gear-collection/products/coyote-dry-bag
Thanks JT, your setup looks terrific. Excuse my ignorance, but as I've never owned a tank bag before, what do you need to do when refueling, as it looks as though the bag covers the filler cap. Does it simply unclip? Thanks, Russ
I just love this setup. I keep coming back and looking at the picture of them on the bike. After a ton of online research I'm thinking of doing the exact same thing. The white bags are just killer. On the rare occasion where we have really long fueling intervals, like Death Valley out here, do you think there's a way to put a rotopax on a rear rack with the GL bag? Seems like it would kick the back end of the bag up too much, or move it too far forward and get into the seating area. I have two liter fuel bottles, might just have to get two more and call it good. That should give pretty close to 200 miles if I keep it mellow, like for lots of high speed cruising. BTW, does the new SC seat fix the hump in the seat right where you want to move back to sit comfortably on road? Here's Capt's bike with the touratech rack and a rotopax:
