I've been kicking around the idea of tool tubes for awhile and a recent ride with soft bags had me thinking of a DIY saggy bag solution.
I ordered a set of these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TT4M685/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
...and with the addition of some M6 stainless hardware, No. 4 rubber stoppers, and some fender washers, came up with this:
They're mounted to the fore and aft-most mounting points for hard luggage. In between bike and tube are the rubber stoppers. I cut them down a little to the right length and then drilled a 1/4 inch hole in the center of them.
All in all, I'm happy with the way it turned out, and it was about $40 total. They look very clean to me. The pre-drilled mounting holes in the tubes were just about exactly the right spacing. The front most mounting hole is ovular to begin with and all I had to do to make the hole spacing work was round file out the rear mounting hole to be a little ovular. The pre drilled holes in the tool tubes are maybe about 1/4 inch to far apart. Making that work was easy peasy.
We'll see how tight things stay. The rubber stoppers are smashed pretty good, and I put a little blue locktite on the hardware during reassembly. I went for about 200 miles this morning, and upon returning, nothing has loosened at all. So far, so good, but I'll keep an eye on them. If the hardware does develop a tendency to loosen with the rubber stopper as backing, I'm thinking a couple cut rings of PVC conduit as backing for a 'hard up' fit.
I haven't ridden with the bags on, but a fitment test gives me a good feeling. I think this will work out well for keeping the bags from sagging into the exhaust and so forth.
I ordered a set of these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TT4M685/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
...and with the addition of some M6 stainless hardware, No. 4 rubber stoppers, and some fender washers, came up with this:
They're mounted to the fore and aft-most mounting points for hard luggage. In between bike and tube are the rubber stoppers. I cut them down a little to the right length and then drilled a 1/4 inch hole in the center of them.
All in all, I'm happy with the way it turned out, and it was about $40 total. They look very clean to me. The pre-drilled mounting holes in the tubes were just about exactly the right spacing. The front most mounting hole is ovular to begin with and all I had to do to make the hole spacing work was round file out the rear mounting hole to be a little ovular. The pre drilled holes in the tool tubes are maybe about 1/4 inch to far apart. Making that work was easy peasy.
We'll see how tight things stay. The rubber stoppers are smashed pretty good, and I put a little blue locktite on the hardware during reassembly. I went for about 200 miles this morning, and upon returning, nothing has loosened at all. So far, so good, but I'll keep an eye on them. If the hardware does develop a tendency to loosen with the rubber stopper as backing, I'm thinking a couple cut rings of PVC conduit as backing for a 'hard up' fit.
I haven't ridden with the bags on, but a fitment test gives me a good feeling. I think this will work out well for keeping the bags from sagging into the exhaust and so forth.