Okay folks....stayed up late last night and got my kit installed. I worked a little bit more today to start "project cammo" with good results so far. I stopped on the way home last night and bought what I think will be perfect bags for the bike. I made a bracket myself to position the bag where it will cover the entire street side (in the US, anyway! Haha!) of the engine and most of the drive chain. You can see looking at the photo of the back of the bag it just has 2 hooks that it hangs from the 1/2" threaded rod that I used. I'm going to do more work to secure the bottom of the bag better. I posted a LOT of photos below. Ride impressions? Wow! Fun! Faster than I thought. I think cruising at 25 or possibly 30 is about it for me. No need to go faster, although I'm sure my bike will go faster. I got it up to 31 mph (see speedo photo) and it had a LOT left and it's not broken in yet. The bike will fly if you want it to. The next part of my project will be making a bracket on the curb (right) side of the bike that will allow the right side bag to mount AND protect the engine in the event that the bike tips over. I'm very pleased with my build results so far. I cruised around the neighborhood a bit, and ran up to the gas station and bought a gallon of milk to test my bag out - worked great! The owner of the gas station came out to check out the bike. Pretty cool stuff. Check out the photos below.....my new seat, pedals, and bar-end mirror will come in on Monday which will spruce up the look and the ride. OH, and as far as the Mitsu being a quiet engine, it IS....NICE! Not annoying at all. I would venture to guess that people driving with their windows up probably won't even hear it.
Warner
Here's the 15 photos that I took!
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB9.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB8.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB7.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB6.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB5.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB4.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB3.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB2.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB15.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB14.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB13.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB12.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB11.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB10.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB.jpg
Warner
Warner
Here's the 15 photos that I took!
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB9.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB8.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB7.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB6.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB5.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB4.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB3.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB2.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB15.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB14.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB13.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB12.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB11.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB10.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB.jpg
Warner
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