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Recently I've been getting invited to lots of places that require me to bring a lot of stuff.
And as has been mentioned before, it's very hard to find tail packs that fit on our lovely little bike.
So I guessed for just one time, I'd use a motorcycle backpack I got on sale, and just strap it down with whatever I had.
As luck as it, it fits really great, looks like it belongs and most importantly, it doesn't move about on the bike, success!
Here's a couple of pics to show how I did it:
The bag itself is a Hein Gericke Streetline rucksack I got on sale for £10, held on with an extra old belt I have.
The arm straps pass underneath the indicator mounts on my tail tidy. This is the main thing that would need to be corrected in future, I'm not certain there's really any strength in them.
The bag has a strap that goes across the chest to hold it on better, this and the belt pass underneath the tail and clip in behind the numberplate bracket beautifully.
It's really not an ideal fitment, but I'm going to have a go at improving it soon.
First port of call is to get another strap to make it a little more secure, then work out a better way to stop it moving sideways, rather than using the indicator mounts.
All in all, it's a great little bag for carrying light items. So far it's had sleeping bags, foam and a birthday present in.
It doesn't slide or move about much and it stays put at 70mph, but I'm not sure it's something I'd trust long term as is.
And as has been mentioned before, it's very hard to find tail packs that fit on our lovely little bike.
So I guessed for just one time, I'd use a motorcycle backpack I got on sale, and just strap it down with whatever I had.
As luck as it, it fits really great, looks like it belongs and most importantly, it doesn't move about on the bike, success!
Here's a couple of pics to show how I did it:

The bag itself is a Hein Gericke Streetline rucksack I got on sale for £10, held on with an extra old belt I have.

The arm straps pass underneath the indicator mounts on my tail tidy. This is the main thing that would need to be corrected in future, I'm not certain there's really any strength in them.

The bag has a strap that goes across the chest to hold it on better, this and the belt pass underneath the tail and clip in behind the numberplate bracket beautifully.
It's really not an ideal fitment, but I'm going to have a go at improving it soon.
First port of call is to get another strap to make it a little more secure, then work out a better way to stop it moving sideways, rather than using the indicator mounts.
All in all, it's a great little bag for carrying light items. So far it's had sleeping bags, foam and a birthday present in.
It doesn't slide or move about much and it stays put at 70mph, but I'm not sure it's something I'd trust long term as is.