Hard case Trunk

[He Man]

Anyone have a recommendation on a cheap trunk? I have a ventura rack with a passenger grab bar, was going to get some steel tubing from home depot, hit that pregnant dog up with some fire and bend it into a curve and weld it onto the bar.

this is the system i have


and im going to make it so i can put a base on it and try to install something like this... any opinions on this pack?

i found this guy on newenough.com

http://www.motorcyclegear.com/parts/luggage/tail_bags/emgo/portable_motorcycle_travel_trunk_tail_bag.html

[mookieo2]

Sears used to have a givi knock off case for about $35. Not sure if they still have it.

[He Man]

i remember dan bought one, but they dont seem to have it anymore.

[zooom]

I got one from JCWhitney that was a Givi Knockoff for about the same price( due to the latch seemingly like unobtanium for my Nonfango topcase on the Cagiva)....but I would get the Ventura Sport Rack and mount it and then mount the box to it....

edit:seems they went up in price a bit... -> http://www.jcwhitney.com/motorcycle/trunks/c14603j3s18.jcwx?filterid=u0

but you can buy just the sport rack by itself for your bike from Ventura -> http://www.ventura-mca.com/products/components/sport-rack.aspx and then lop off the grab bar portion and have a platform to mount the box to that raises it up over your tailight to make it still visable...

[Slide Panda]

Does it need to be enclosed or lockable?

If not... milk crate and bungee net is about as cheap as you get.

[He Man]

enclosed and lockable yes! milk crate is soochinese food delivery style!



there is NO way in hell im paying $80 for venturas sport rack!!!! thats ridiculous,

[zooom]

there is NO way in hell im paying $80 for venturas sport rack!!!! thats ridiculous,

search Ebay...

[Slide Panda]

enclosed and lockable yes! milk crate is soochinese food delivery style!

I'll not point out the obvious joke here...
But the milk crate isn't so uncommon in the ADV set.

[Buckethead]

But the milk crate isn't so uncommon in the ADV set.

Maybe. But this is a Monster forum. We have some dignity. 

[Buckethead]

Holy shit, that was hard to even POST with a straight face.

[Slide Panda]

Maybe. But this is a Monster forum. We have some dignity. 

Yeah, but remember some is anything but zero.... so that's a low barrier.

Though haven't heard of any bike peein' incidents in a while.

[He Man]

Luckily i dont represent the ducati monster forum, so i have no dignity! 
just bought some steel tubing, going to fire up the MAPP torch and start doing some shaping!

[He Man]

Picked up a piece of steel. just need to make some triangles to stiffen the joint up and wait for the hardcase to come in the mail so i can know where to put the cross bracing. then call it a day.

[zooom]

hom much of a load have you put on it for to see the amount of hold it has before it bends or snaps?

[stopintime]

Position it inward?