always have considered it a minor annoying problem that the dealer threaded the loops through the bags when they mounted them
idn't like the concept of having to unbolt the rails to take the bags off - and eventually i had bag sag
worse, it was messing with the lay of my panniers on top the bags

soooo ... the bag sag (combined with other factors) finally i got fed up enough and 'fixed' it


MATERIALS :

- Sheet metal
- tin snips
- magic marker
- duct tape
- 'p'clamps, washers, nut & bolts, etc ...
- willie and max compact slant saddlebags {studded}


zip ties through the loops would have been a good alternate - but i had an even better method in mind - sheet metal cut and formed into an insert - rubber coated 'p'clamps used to attach bags to guard bracket rails





















originally planned to insert the metal 'tall' side up for full bag depth coverage of the back half of the bag
but an accidential mis-insert of the 'wrong' one resulted in a short side up that covered most of the back
and let me put the lower forward mounting bolt through the metal also



allen head bolt + small washer + large fender washer + corrugated plastic bag stiffener + metal insert
/ back of bag /
large neoprene rubber washer + large fender washer + p-clamp + small washer + nylon insert lock nut
(4 sets per bag = 8 sets)

used a pair of zip ties through the yoke holes to secure the yoke flap to the bottom guard rail
down behind the back of the bags


















Bag-Mounted Tail/Brake Units

MATERIALS :

- pair of trailer/utility tail light units (left and right)
(left unit has lic plate illum window on bottom)
- black plastic tubing
- magic marker
- electrical tape
- wire, terminals, washers, nuts, etc ...


brake light units attached to back of bags - and is why i used the sheet metal inserts to also stiffen the rear as well as back side and bottom - put the mounting bolts through the back of the bag and secured them through the bag and metal insert to support their weight




















New Pannier Bags
















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