anybody have any ides on attaching a cooler to the rack on top of the trunk?
besides bungy cords. just looking for ideas

 

Rather then a "hard" cooler (if that's what you had in mind) look at various brands of better made soft luggage (like T-Bags etc) as some of them have nice soft MC luggage lined and meant to be used as coolers. Those normally have attachment points and straps and make it easy to mount onto your rack.

 

Maybe something like this:



http://www.chromebrothers.com/index....goryID=87#nogo

 

Just get a T-bags roller deker, or deker supreme. They are bags for the luggages rack but come w/ a bag and insulation in them and they are made to double as a cooler. A nice bag for long trips also.

 

great ideas. i was actually looking into that rack.
but any quick ideas. little low on cash (gps blew and the dryer stopped working)and saving for a trip in 3 weeks. i normally put my soft sided cooler in the trunk for work. but with this trip i want to put one on top so i can have the trunk room.

 

I agree a soft luggage bag with the built in hooks would be good. Be careful of having too much weight in the cooler with the ice and beverages you could have too much and the tie down hooks might not hold.

 

That's an awesome rack...Add capacity but still keep your center of gravity low! Definitely something to look into! Thanx

Ride Safe, Mike

 

heres mine....cost maybe 40 bucks. wired w/ turn sig, covers the ones on the bike. hauls my 26 qrt. cooler.

 

Be careful about trailer hitch mounts if you are at all concerned about your warranty. I heard that having a hitch on the bike will void it.

 

I guess you got the license plate bracket with lights to go with it? Otherwise I guess a cooler or whatever would cover up the brake lights, turn signals and maybe even the license plate. Looks good, and no hitch required. Let me know how you like it and how hard it was to wire up the plate holder with the lights (if you got it).