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Emerikol · 04-04-2017, 06:30 AM

SuburbanCowboy; I have a make-shift rack I mounted on the back of my Hawk.
http://chinariders.net/attachment.ph...1&d=1491301593
http://chinariders.net/attachment.ph...1&d=1491301593
No issues out of it, but I haven't really loaded it down, either. I can tell you it carries a loaf of bread and a half gallon of milk just fine. If I were going to do any serious distance riding, I would get a set of Nelson-Rigg dry bags and hang those off the rear. I have a set on my DR and they're the greatest thing going. I would stay away from hard cases since the bike is so light. The fear I have with light bikes and hard cases is that the bike won't just fall over and pin your foot, it will bounce a couple times before it comes to rest on your (now very mangled) foot. I've dumped my DR in some pretty nasty stuff and had the dry bags hit my foot, no worries, no injuries, no damage. Just my two cents' worth. Here's the link to the Nelson Rigg bags on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/SE-2050-BLK-W...=tusk+panniers
FWIW, I just noticed you can see the corner of the bags on my DR in the pictures. Let me know if you want some other pictures of them.

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Emerikol Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Carrollton, GA Posts: 1,465	SuburbanCowboy; I have a make-shift rack I mounted on the back of my Hawk. http://chinariders.net/attachment.ph...1&d=1491301593 http://chinariders.net/attachment.ph...1&d=1491301593 No issues out of it, but I haven't really loaded it down, either. I can tell you it carries a loaf of bread and a half gallon of milk just fine. If I were going to do any serious distance riding, I would get a set of Nelson-Rigg dry bags and hang those off the rear. I have a set on my DR and they're the greatest thing going. I would stay away from hard cases since the bike is so light. The fear I have with light bikes and hard cases is that the bike won't just fall over and pin your foot, it will bounce a couple times before it comes to rest on your (now very mangled) foot. I've dumped my DR in some pretty nasty stuff and had the dry bags hit my foot, no worries, no injuries, no damage. Just my two cents' worth. Here's the link to the Nelson Rigg bags on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/SE-2050-BLK-W...=tusk+panniers FWIW, I just noticed you can see the corner of the bags on my DR in the pictures. Let me know if you want some other pictures of them. Attached Images __________________ First Rule of Aviation: -Never Pass Up The Opportunity to Pee I was struggling to get my wife's attention; I sat down on the couch and looked comfortable. That did the trick! My wife says I only have two faults. I don't listen and something else... If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way I told you to... The Stable: 2005 Yamaha V-Star 650 - SOLD 2015 Suzuki DR 650 2015 RPS Hawk 250 - SOLD 2016 Ural Gear Up
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