Premium Member keithu Posted July 1, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted July 1, 2015 Excellent DIY work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member sirepair Posted July 2, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted July 2, 2015 Nicely done! Would you be willing to sketch up the brackets with dimensions and provide them to others interested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themilkman Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Nicely done! Would you be willing to sketch up the brackets with dimensions and provide them to others interested? Yup! On vacation till the 22nd, when we get back i'll try to take some measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andmoon Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Nice! So the bags have no mounts holding the front side? Nothing to the passenger pegs or vicinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnie Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Idk why Seahorse sounds less manly than Pelican...but it kinda does lol. Guess it's better than ladybug or something Anyway..I couldn't justify spending the money on factory, FJR or Shad cases. I liked the look of the Pelicans and size of the 1520 case, but couldn't drop the coin on them either. After some research I discovered Seahorse cases and found only positive reviews. I ended up purchasing the 1520 equivalent case--the SE720 with locking tops($155 shipped from Carrycasesplus.com). They appear to be slightly lest robust, using thinner plastic, but you save a little weight over the Pelicans and they seem plenty strong for this purpose. I wanted to retain the factory upper mounts for a clean look when the bags were off so I had some thinking to do. So this is version #1.... Had all the metal laying around from other projects. Started with two of these.. After some measuring and time with a ziz wheel and grinder i got this.. Welded on some tubing to fit down in the factory mounts and bent up a L bracket to be tightened up to the factory lower lock. Then bolted them to the cases.. Decided for version #1 I'd try a lower brace off the factory tag mount. This isn't load bearing, just keeps the bags from swaying. Bolted for now, but I'll probably make it a quick clip if i keep it. You can see how the bottom L bracket gets tighten up from the bottom on the opposite case. The bracket from the side without the case...kinda just looks like a reflector bracket. This is easy to remove tho, just two 10mm bolts. Bottom of both the bracket and mounts. I cut a piece of rubber hose and wedged it up where the L bracket tights in. You can kinda see how the mounts catch the factory locations.. Top of mounts.. And some random shots with the bags mounted up.. I owe a thank you to themilkman for this post. It saved me hundreds of dollars. I will post some pictures of how I did my setup, at some point. Taking the setup on a 3 week cross country trip from PA to California and back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fddriver2 Posted June 26, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted June 26, 2017 I would be interested in learning how they have held up. And any changes made. The support bracket to the license plate turn signal ain't the strongest thing I've seen. Plus Yamaha used 3/8 plate steel for the lower support for a reason.... "It doesn't matter who walks in, you know the joke is still the same" Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnie Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I would be interested in learning how they have held up. And any changes made. The support bracket to the license plate turn signal ain't the strongest thing I've seen. Plus Yamaha used 3/8 plate steel for the lower support for a reason.... Well, I can't speak for the OP, but I did not have that lower support at all and the brackets held a lot of weight on my 3 week cross country and back trip...they held up with just attachment at the side of the seat and a tube connecting the boxes. I will post pictures of my setup on this thread soon. I was just really tied up before the trip with last minute preparations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fddriver2 Posted July 25, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted July 25, 2017 Looking forward to it. "It doesn't matter who walks in, you know the joke is still the same" Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octane25 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Can't see your pictures - it says please update your account to allow 3rd party posting. Really interested in seeing what you've built. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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