hey guys-
sorry for the delay. seems like there's not enough time in the day..

this if for a 05-06 636. 07 ??
where do i start?
i guess at the mounting points to the bike. i used two pieces of 1.5" X 3/16" mild steel flat stock. an 11" piece for the throttle side, and a 10" piec for the gearshift side. the passenger peg mounting holes are not uniform. they are offset to the gear **** side by about 7/8" off ctr. the holes are also two different distances apart. throttle side is about 3 1/16" ctr to ctr and the gearshift side is about 3 15/16" ctr to ctr. hold up you passenger peg brackets and take a look, you'll know what i'm talking about. so i drilled holes along th top edge of the flat stock and used the oem shoulder bolt to atach them.

i used 1/2" i.d. pipe for the "can holders". the front pipe goes through and through the inside of the can and is welded there as well as to the inside of the outer can wall. the rear pipe is just welded to the inside edge of the cans. (if it went through and through it would be really hard to get large items into the cans) my friend had this idea to make them stronger. he build things to withstand "forces we know nothing of" (an airplane technician term). i also ground half the pipe diameter out of the bottom of the flatstock to create pockets that the pipe would nestle into, then welded them.

the cans were originally 31.5 X 11 1/8 X 5 3/4 (with lids off) i got them from andy and bax military surplus (503.234.7538). i have no idea if they ship. they originally held two 120mm comp b m933 ????. i cut the trailing edge to 16.5 and the leading edge to 12.5". then, i cut a piece of 3/4 ply to fit recessed by a little inside the bottoms then ran four screws through the edge of the can and into the ply. (the best part of this is you can paint the plywood on the bottoms any color you like, and no one can see it unless your leaning into a corner) i siliconed them from the inside to keep elements out. rattle canned 'em flat black and done. (except for the lids... they say "cartridges for weapons" and i didn't want to paint over that!) .

i know this isn't a blueprint, but i struggle getting a drawing across via words.

the worst part of these is they weigh (guessing) about 25 pounds empty! the upside is they keep your sh*t bone dry and are virtually cruch proof. they are super easy to get the lids off and a simple weld job could give you flanges with holes to put 4 small padlocks on the latches. not to mention they look really cool (in my opinion). i have no idea on the cubic inches of capacity, but it has to be less than sup uni's saddle bags.

i laid my bike down doing about twenty about 5 weeks ago and had the ammo cans on. i don't know if you can notice from the photos but the throttle side is bent in a little. i was stocked though, 'cause the cans make contact with the rear swingarm. "forces we know nothing of" came in handy! now i'm thinking about bending the shift side in the same amount and adding some thin steel 45's to stiffen the whole rig. they're like huge frame sliders! (and yea, i'm fine, was geared up)

i'm no machinist, so the layout work was a pain. i disconnected the battery and used lots of wet blankets to protect the bike from slag. i basically tacked as i went, and solidified the whole thing once i was able to remove it from the bike. if any of you are serious about doing this project, and want some more tips, i could sketch out what i did, scan it, and send it to you.

one last thing- i read alot more than i post an wanted you guys to know that there is a TON of information and advice on here... thanks!


bike with cans-



the off cuts-



two more-

 

F*ck- how do you get picture to just pop up??????????????????????

 

You need to use the image button on the top of the reply window and then paste the link into the pop-up window that comes up.

Here is one:They look Bad-A$$

Also, I notice you use Photobucket (which I use and it is great). You can go to your album and select the pictures you want, and then go to the bottom of the page and click the "Generate HTML and IMG code" and copy the links under the "IMG images for message boards" title. Post those here for all the pictures to come up.

EDIT: Apparently that last part about Photobucket doesn't work here, you need to use the image button.

 

the off cuts-
on the bike-


one more-

 

nice i love the look man, you might want to put this in the DIY sectoion to for other non 6r riders

 

I like it, very nice whoop

 

the [IMG] tag has to be lower case for a lot of forums.

 

thanx for the write up whoop!

 

thanks guys!

i did post this on the DIY section... i'd love to see a dirtbike or cross over bike with the a similar set-up.

let me know if any of you think of any other great touring ideas.