carrying large items on a bike

[Phil]

Your bag looks quite big. I strap a 60 litre kit bag to my bike using the luggage straps of the type mentioned in the thread. I put a piece of plywood in the bottom of the bag so its a stable platform and doesn't distort in shape when I strap it down. My Fazer8 has grab rails which the bag sits on which helps a lot. I put a bungee on the back of the bag to the rear mudguard to stop it sliding forward. I have to have a goosestep style action over the seat to get on as the bags too bike to swing a leg over.





Old photo.
So glad I put a decent looking end can on the bike, that's hideous.