Show me your Tail (bags)

[Kritou]

View attachment 849

A good bang for your buck …

 

[eastema]

This is a Milwaukee box, waterproof and lockable. It fits the rack well, mounted with the 4, 6mm threaded holes. It is from the packout line of boxes and is 10 in. Deep. Cost was 77 bucks.

 

[McRuss]

I have a folding crate on mine that the DPO installed. It says 'Honda' on it but looks like the 21x14 Big Ant. Anyone know what it is? I'm going to take a closer look at the way it is attached; has a rubber sheet between it and rack though. Also, I wonder about the RotoPax attached to the rear of the folding crate. Seems to me that full of gas it would put a bit of strain on the crate, especially on a rough trail (where mine is going soon....)

 

[Jferjr]

This is a 45l box. Drilled 2 holes and added some large washers to prevent scratching to the generous rack. Could of got the 60l model (maybe next one). Still have some room for a tent in the front of it.

 

[McRuss]

I have a folding crate on mine that the DPO installed. It says 'Honda' on it but looks like the 21x14 Big Ant.

OK, upon closer inspection, I think the 'Honda' decals were put on by the DPO. They have a cartoon character of a dachshund dog with wheels and says "Trail 125". I'm pretty sure the box is a Big Ant folder.

 

[dmonkey]

Sounds like those stickers might be from a UK Honda Dax 125 or a Chinese Icebear Champion 125 (modeled after the Honda Dax Trail CT70 but with a 125cc motor).

 

[Timmy6216]

So here's mah box. It's a harbor freight and I bolted it with the oem threaded holes. I oddly had the correct thread. I bungie my backpack to the top. The box holds my full size helmet, emergency roadside kit.

 

[Harv]

Daily Driver
Grocery Getter
Bangkok Delivery Dude

 

[Timmy6216]

View attachment 3423Daily Driver
View attachment 3424Grocery Getter
View attachment 3425Bangkok Delivery Dude

Hey my friend you inspired me to do something very similar but utilizing the Harbor Freight stack boxes!!!!

 

[SgtAlf]

So here's mah box. It's a harbor freight and I bolted it with the oem threaded holes. I oddly had the correct thread. I bungie my backpack to the top. The box holds my full size helmet, emergency roadside kit.

Is that the Bauer Large Modular toolbox?

​

 

[Timmy6216]

Is that the Bauer Large Modular toolbox?

​

Yep. I picked up the shorter box this evening, to make it the bottom (tools ) and the bigger box for my helmet

 

[Timmy6216]

Well I got the smaller box mounted and it has my tools air compressor tire patch kit all the stuff that I don't need every single day but I need to have on board. The top box is Cargo only at this point. Day to day it will be how I carry my backpack to and from work and where the helmet will be stored while at work and then when I decide I want to go out for just a cruise I'll pull the Box off and I'll run Necessities only. The Harbor Freight box is lend a lot of modularity and I am very impressed by the product.


And please don't be too OCD about the lines with my reflective tape I freehanded it and it's the best it's going to be. The tape itself is black during the day and at night as you see with the flash it lights up yellow. I certainly hope that I'm high visibility.

 

[p1eric]

Here's my tail setup. Craftsman Versastack box bolted to the rack to carry the essentials and a crate stacked on top for grocery runs. So far so good.

 

[AZ7000']

Well I got the smaller box mounted and it has my tools air compressor tire patch kit all the stuff that I don't need every single day but I need to have on board. The top box is Cargo only at this point. Day to day it will be how I carry my backpack to and from work and where the helmet will be stored while at work and then when I decide I want to go out for just a cruise I'll pull the Box off and I'll run Necessities only. The Harbor Freight box is lend a lot of modularity and I am very impressed by the product.


And please don't be too OCD about the lines with my reflective tape I freehanded it and it's the best it's going to be. The tape itself is black during the day and at night as you see with the flash it lights up yellow. I certainly hope that I'm high visibility.

Fwiw, not that I had to go to driving school or anything but on angled lines the down side is the side to pass on…

 

[evanposters]

Thanks to this entire thread for helping me figure out a crate situation! I'm not the most handy person so I appreciate this thread and hope that my summary will help others too:

• I went with the BigAnt medium-sized crate, which I found on Amazon for about $40. I could not find it anywhere else at that time in either black or red, and blue seemed too blue for me. I just used a larger drill bit to expand a few holes in the bottom for the bolts to go through.
• I was going to use an old license plate as a washer but didn't like how the embossed letters may have presented some difficulty, then thought of looking at Goodwill for a stupid metal decorative sign. I got very lucky and found a license-plate-sized decorative sign in black that was flat and a bit thicker than a license plate. the front said something about "We love our dog", but it has paw print cutouts that actually seem kinda cool and in the subtle cub theme. To drill the holes in [as close as I could get to] the right places, I just poked holes in a piece of paper on the rack, then did my best.
• In between the crate and the sign I used some of that rubber cabinet liner, since I had some on-hand and it seemed like it might reduce noise if the crate ever rattled around. Definitely not necessary but it wasn't difficult. I cut holes around where the bolts would go through.
• I saw that the threads already on the rack are M6x1 on this forum, but wasn't convinced and didn't want to ruin the threads by forcing it. There was a lot of paint in the threads that made it seem like they were much smaller, but once I cleaned that out I can confirm that they are M6x1. I used some hex socket head bolts that had a thinner, tapered head.
• The crate is mounted long-ways on the rack so when it is in crate-form, it does come up to my back. I am a smaller guy so its not much of an issue but I would definitely recommend giving yourself some extra space by mounting it short-ways, or sliding it back a bit when mounting if you're concerned about being squished.
• I picked up a $6 bungee cargo net that was labelled as 12'x12'. It works great if all I've got to take with me is my ball cap, or if I've picked up groceries that might want to fly out of the crate. I can tell it is already going a bit weak, but I also kinda expect to have to replace that since it'll be exposed to a lot of sunshine and weather.

Next project will be to make and attach a small bracket to easily take my skateboard along, and figure out a way to safely transport my trombone on the back. Probably not the most likely of things to move with this bike, but things I need to move regardless!

 

[oldskool]

Thanks to this entire thread for helping me figure out a crate situation! I'm not the most handy person so I appreciate this thread and hope that my summary will help others too:

• I went with the BigAnt medium-sized crate, which I found on Amazon for about $40. I could not find it anywhere else at that time in either black or red, and blue seemed too blue for me.
• I was going to use an old license plate as a washer but didn't like how the embossed letters may have presented some difficulty, then thought of looking at Goodwill for a stupid metal decorative sign. I got very lucky and found a license-plate-sized decorative sign in black that was flat and a bit thicker than a license plate. the front said something about "We love our dog", but it has paw print cutouts that actually seem kinda cool and in the subtle cub theme.
• In between the crate and the sign I used some of that rubber cabinet liner, since I had some on-hand and it seemed like it might reduce noise if the crate ever rattled around. Definitely not necessary but it wasn't difficult.
• I saw that the threads already on the rack are M6x1 on this forum, but wasn't convinced and didn't want to ruin the threads by forcing it. There was a lot of paint in the threads that made it seem like they were much smaller, but once I cleaned that out I can confirm that they are M6x1. I used some hex socket head bolts that had a thinner, tapered head.
• The crate is mounted long-ways on the rack so when it is in crate-form, it does come up to my back. I am a smaller guy so its not much of an issue but I would definitely recommend giving yourself some extra space by mounting it short-ways, or sliding it back a bit when mounting to give yourself some space.

Next project will be to make and attach a small bracket to easily take my skateboard along, and figure out a way to safely transport my trombone on the back. Probably not the most likely of things to move with this bike, but things I need to move regardless!

I have the med big ant also but mounted sideways about 4" back from the handle, it overhangs 2" on the sides. Tool cabinet liner under the crate as well but I put a large zip tie at each corner of the bike rack, very solid. The med Big ant will hold a 12 pack of beer along with enough groceries for 5 or six days, very useful.

 

[Gomango]

I just got my Trail about a week ago but I plan on doing some overnight trips and am going to use a side mount luggage carrier and a Pelican ammo case that opens from the top. Some of the KLR 650 are using those

 

[Wisco125]

MotolordD rear box from Beezdeals. Specific to the Trail. Bottom is reverse mold of rear rack. Mounts with 4 bottom screws into existing threaded rear rack holes. Way lighter than I expected. Basically waterproof with foam gasket and lockable. Not military grade by any means, but holds my work bag on the way to work and helmet while working. Plan on getting a 2nd for '23 model yet to be delivered. Kinda pricey with shipping, but happy to support a Thai business catering to Trail needs.

 

[Jensen]

I decided to re-use an old Jesse Luggage top case off of my GS. It has many miles/smiles on it and all the stickers to prove it! Now I just need to figure out how to mount the box to an old cargo plate I have. I'm thinking about using spacers or some type of rubber membrane to protect the rack paint.

Just a thought but the OEM seat ‘s rubber isolators might do the trick. Then you’d have some spares out back! lol

 

[meuhey]

Went for a henlybegins 44L can expand to 60L really love the OD & tactical feel of it very quick to hook/unhook from the carrier