I just bought this bike, and the wife and I would like to take some short trips on it, so I am looking at the idea of putting on a set of bags. The problem is that I have been unable to locate any support brackets that fit this bike. It may be that brackets from other years/models may fit but I am unsure. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Hard or soft bags?

Most soft bags velcro short enough that they hang alright - I remember one fella had his hang too low and it damaged some of his clothes! The solution? A peice of plywood... another fella I know had a cager pull up next to him with a paper sign - "BAG FIRE!"

Anyhow - there are hard bags out there - rare to find them because the people that have them either use them or have them in storage and don't really have the motivation to sell them (myself).

Happy hunting - the soft bags work wonders

Woot.

I am looking at soft bags, but was unsure if there was a possibility for them to move around and get into moving parts (ie wheels, shock springs). It is wide open behind the shocks (as I am sure you know). I assume that it doesn't take much to keep the bags from involving moving parts, so I was wondering about fabricating some guards/supports on my own from small round rod to attach to a couple of points on the bike. I know that just sitting the bags would have no problem, but I would rather be safe than sorry on the road.

The soft bags I have seen are long enough, and stiff enough, that they don't bend into the tire. They will rub on the shock, which is ok because they are stiff enough not to get caught up in the spring.

They mount far enough forward that the rear wheel would be hard to reach - plus if you wanted you could tie the bottom corners down to the pillion peg, or just infront to the frame - that would keep them from sliding back or tipping back in towards the wheel.

If you are included to mount them to the bike - then consider mounting it across the licence plate bracket and then around to to the rear seat shock mount and down to the pillion peg in a triangle. That gives 3 solid mount points.

The final option is to get the hard bags ;)

Thanks for the info. I will get a set of bags and see how it goes.

Just note how close they hang to the mufflers. The fabrics that the bags are made from are heat resistant - however - your own clothes might not be. Make sure you shorten the straps enough to get them off the mufflers, and put some insulation between the clothes and the mufflers such as a piece of wood...

i got a set from ebay just recently. I made my own stays from rod gotten from the local ace hardware store. I took a map gas torch and heated it up and bent it to custom fit my bike, works like a store bought pieace.