Luggage Setup for Touring......

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Hello, there.
Here are some photos for My New Luggage Setup for Touring with FZ6.
And test riding at the windy deseart >>> came out good results and happy ^^;

Some photos taken at this weekend from the Earth's Lowest Place; Death Valley, whith this new setup to share with you.
Hot temperature; over 120, and Strong windy; (20-50 mph ??? felt like that)........
Planned camp. at the Death Valley, but failed ha ha ha,
TOO HOT(over 100 at night ??? can't believe it) and NO ONE AROUND at the camp. ground... sacred to camping alone,,,, ha ha.

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What are those racks you have fitted for the soft luggage? They look very good.
 

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Looks good.

Did you notice any problems having your sleeping bag and pad so close to the exhaust?

Hi, there.
Yes, I was little worried about it.
And checked time by time..
No problems at all, the muffler cover does not get hot enough to burn my luggages...^^
I could even touch by my bare hands after long hot riding.
 

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What are those racks you have fitted for the soft luggage? They look very good.

Hi, there.
You meant that saddle bag mounting (supporter)??
Then, that's the one I made by myself couple of weeks ago.
Here is the detailed photos about it.
http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-general-discussion/16899-diy-saddle-bag-mount-project.html

I replaced all the regular nuts to the Lock-Nuts which removes my worry about the lossing bolts-nuts after some riding...
Those photos' nuts are my original nuts; regular one, which would not hold very long time with engine vibrations??

Actually, this weekend riding includes testing my saddle bag mount strength; in FULL LOADING.

Anyway, thanks for your comments.
 

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Neat luggage set up your have there. Would you mind posting some pictures of just the rack. I have never seen anyone have there saddle bags mounted so low. Any clearance issues with the rack and the rear hugger.

-bryan
 

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Thanks for posting. Its given me some ideas, I think I might have a crack at something similar. :thumbup:
 

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Neat luggage set up your have there. Would you mind posting some pictures of just the rack. I have never seen anyone have there saddle bags mounted so low. Any clearance issues with the rack and the rear hugger.

-bryan

Hi, bmccrary...
I posted the link about the photos of mounting already... see couple of post above ha ha ha.
And here again..
Here is the forum thread about the mounting.
http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-general-discussion/16899-diy-saddle-bag-mount-project.html

And here is the my web photo album linke about Saddle Bag Mounting.
You may see couple of more photos.
Picasa Web Albums - BusyWeb - FZ6 Saddle Ba...

You could get some better idea about it, and sure you can have better than mine..
Mine is just a rough draft version., however as it worked so well for me, I made mind to keep it "as it is" for a while until I got major defect of it.. ha ha ha.

Thanks
 

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Hi, bmccrary...
I posted the link about the photos of mounting already... see couple of post above ha ha ha.
And here again..
Here is the forum thread about the mounting.
http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-general-discussion/16899-diy-saddle-bag-mount-project.html

And here is the my web photo album linke about Saddle Bag Mounting.
You may see couple of more photos.
Picasa Web Albums - BusyWeb - FZ6 Saddle Ba...

You could get some better idea about it, and sure you can have better than mine..
Mine is just a rough draft version., however as it worked so well for me, I made mind to keep it "as it is" for a while until I got major defect of it.. ha ha ha.

Thanks

Like the old saying goes, "if it aint broke..."

Thanks for sharing!

-bryan
 
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