Is it gonna work?
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Is it gonna work?
Greetings to all sporty owners from Twin Cities!
I consider myself a newbie to Harley bikes - even though I've owned a Buell for several years (you can tell from my name). After out of riding for almost a year (laid off in 2008 and had to sell my Buell, and finally get back to work couple months ago), I bought a 08 nighster couple days ago, and really love it!
Now here is the question: I use the bike for daily commute and joy ride during the weekend, so I want some capacity to carry jacket/gym wears and small stuffs, but don't want any saddle bags or racks. Here is what I am thinking: use bungee cords/cargo net to attach the backpack to the rear fender. I ordered the fender bib from the dealership to protect the fender paint, now I need to figure out how/where to attach the bungee cord to the bike.
So I plan to buy the Allen Studs (with threads on both ends of the stud) to replace the bolts for the fender struts; then to buy the bungee nuts from the dealership - size 3/8 16 and 3/8 24 to screw on the Allen Studs. therefore, I will have four attach points for the bungee cords.
Is it going to work?
what size (length and diameter) of the Allen Studs I need to buy?
from where I can get them?
Thanks for reading!
I consider myself a newbie to Harley bikes - even though I've owned a Buell for several years (you can tell from my name). After out of riding for almost a year (laid off in 2008 and had to sell my Buell, and finally get back to work couple months ago), I bought a 08 nighster couple days ago, and really love it!
Now here is the question: I use the bike for daily commute and joy ride during the weekend, so I want some capacity to carry jacket/gym wears and small stuffs, but don't want any saddle bags or racks. Here is what I am thinking: use bungee cords/cargo net to attach the backpack to the rear fender. I ordered the fender bib from the dealership to protect the fender paint, now I need to figure out how/where to attach the bungee cord to the bike.
So I plan to buy the Allen Studs (with threads on both ends of the stud) to replace the bolts for the fender struts; then to buy the bungee nuts from the dealership - size 3/8 16 and 3/8 24 to screw on the Allen Studs. therefore, I will have four attach points for the bungee cords.
Is it going to work?
what size (length and diameter) of the Allen Studs I need to buy?
from where I can get them?
Thanks for reading!
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I'm not familiar with the fender bib. I don't like strappng something directly over the paint. I guess the bib is designed to prevent rubbing against the paint?
Before I installed the luggage rack I used a backpack. It worked but sometimes it would wear me out due to the weight combined with catching wind.
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