Can you show a picture of the GPS mount? And what RAM components did you use?
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Streetfighter for a weekend tour
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I did a two day/overnight ride with a few friends. It ended up being about 450 miles, about 300 of which were twisties. The bike was flawless and other than a sore throttle wrist, I felt a lot better at the end than I expected. The seat was surprisingly comfortable too.
I thought you guys might be interested in how I attached the bags:
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Basically, I had a new Wolfman tank bag (my old magnetic one wouldn't work of course, and $500 for a Ducati one seemed excessive) and an RKA tail bag.
The tank bag I attached by running the front straps down through the U shaped indentations in the front of the tank, looping them around the frame members below the air intake covers. The rear straps required that I remove the seat and fish the straps down the inside of the plastic side panels and looped around the frame.
The tail bag I secured with a strap around the tail (I used a microfiber towel to prevent paint rubbing) and a pair of ROC-Straps to attach the front of the bag to the passenger pegs.
All in all, the setup worked really well and was very stable at (ahem) speed.
Oh, I also attached a Garmin GPS via a RAM mount to the stock mirror attachment.
I thought you guys might be interested in how I attached the bags:
Basically, I had a new Wolfman tank bag (my old magnetic one wouldn't work of course, and $500 for a Ducati one seemed excessive) and an RKA tail bag.
The tank bag I attached by running the front straps down through the U shaped indentations in the front of the tank, looping them around the frame members below the air intake covers. The rear straps required that I remove the seat and fish the straps down the inside of the plastic side panels and looped around the frame.
The tail bag I secured with a strap around the tail (I used a microfiber towel to prevent paint rubbing) and a pair of ROC-Straps to attach the front of the bag to the passenger pegs.
All in all, the setup worked really well and was very stable at (ahem) speed.
Oh, I also attached a Garmin GPS via a RAM mount to the stock mirror attachment.
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Nuts. I have taken the GPS off already, and flipped the mirror mount back over. But basically, I used the standard left side mirror mount, a bolt and a lock washer, plus these parts:
The mount for my Quest GPS
The ball attachment for the mount
The double-end ball attachment (the one I had was long, but a short one would work well too)
and finally the "Mini motorcycle mount base" that is secured to the mirror mount:
Thank you very much for posting these pics! A friend loaned me that identical tank bag but I haven't had the chance to fit it on the bike yet, now I know it will work just fine.
For the rear bag I've already test fitted the hyper bag and it fits perfectly on the rear seat.
Also looks like you are getting full range of use on your forks!
Btw nice choice in color, mirrors. termi's and fender eliminator - our bikes are outfitted pretty similarly
For the rear bag I've already test fitted the hyper bag and it fits perfectly on the rear seat.
Also looks like you are getting full range of use on your forks!
Btw nice choice in color, mirrors. termi's and fender eliminator - our bikes are outfitted pretty similarly
Well, to be fair, I haven't got a lot of experience on the 1100 monster - I'm comparing it to the older ones. But a friend who rode an 1100 says my bike is more comfortable. Basically he had issues with sliding into the tank on the Monster.
As for mileage, it seems to be getting around 40mpg - a bit more, or a bit less depending on riding style, road, etc. If you are on the freeway and kick it into top gear you'll get great mileage. On the kinds of roads we were doing, more like high 30s. One of the guys on the ride had limited range, so we usually filled up at about 100 miles, so I didn't really get to test the range, but I'm guessing you could do 120-140 miles comfortably.
Plus I've only got about 2K miles on it now, so I'd expect the MPG to improve a bit more over time.
The main thing on the tankbag is to make sure you don't have any buckles or straps that get in the way of steering. For example you don't want any buckles down in the two tank indentations, and you want to make sure the steering damper doesn't contact anything. On the back side, it ended up being nice that there were two straps vs. one as they attached to the frame nicely and didn't rub between me and the tank.Thank you very much for posting these pics! A friend loaned me that identical tank bag but I haven't had the chance to fit it on the bike yet, now I know it will work just fine.
For the rear bag I've already test fitted the hyper bag and it fits perfectly on the rear seat.
Also looks like you are getting full range of use on your forks!
Btw nice choice in color, mirrors. termi's and fender eliminator - our bikes are outfitted pretty similarly
And yeah, the forks got a good workout this trip.
One of my friends, after riding my bike for a short section, said when he got on the gas he was actually laughing in his helmet. Another time, the guys were giving me a bit of crap for not really opening it up, so the next time we got on an empty freeway, I did, just to amuse them. The comment later was that "it looked like the scene where the Millenium Falcon makes the jump to lightspeed".
Based on all that, plus the style of riding it tends to inspire, I may call this bike the PastaBusa.
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