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FJR1300 Tankbag Install

My Tank bag electrification project, I have used cig lighter type adapter sockets for some years in my tank bag. I never liked the connections vibrating loose on the road. This time I am hard-wiring the various accesories into a buss-bar in the bottom of the bag, A solid system for trouble free audio on the road.
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Motorcycle Larry supplied the GPS mount for the Garmin on a RAM ball. You need a big 36mm socket to do the maintenance on your steering head anyway, so his big nut mount is cool.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/fjr1300tcnut.aspx">http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/fjr1300tcnut.aspx</a>
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Motorcycle Larry supplied the GPS mount for the Garmin on a RAM ball. You need a big 36mm socket to do the maintenance on your steering head anyway, so his big nut mount is cool.

http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/fjr1300tcnut.aspx

tankbag

  • The new Yamaha FJR1300AE with Nelson Rigg CL-450 tankbag attached<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.nelsonrigg.com/pages/Sport-Touring-Products/CL450-Big.htm">http://www.nelsonrigg.com/pages/Sport-Touring-Products/CL450-Big.htm</a>
  • I also installed Skyway Sliders to protect the plastic , should I drop the bike.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=7228">http://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=7228</a>
  • I added a Motorcycle Larry footpeg lowering kit, however the pegs scrape too much now and I may only use them on long road trips.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/Yamaha_index.aspx">http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/Yamaha_index.aspx</a>
  • The Cal-Sci XL windscreen added 4.5 inches to the height. Much quieter than stock. I am 6'1"<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/FJR1300prod.html">http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/FJR1300prod.html</a>
  • Front view. The Cal-Sci screen works well for me. It is a couple inches wider than stock also.
  • The bag comes with a rain cover too. The rain cover has a zipper to expand the cover to a taller size when you do the same to the bag. Slick. The cover is black, so you cannot read a map through it. I use the GPS for mapping, so that works for me.
  • Might as well show the other side. No clutch handle. This is the "AE" model with YCCS servo controlled shifting. It requires a trigger pull on the bar mounted switch to execute an upshift but the electric servo's and computer coordinate all the activity into a smooth solid gear change only when you order it.<br /> <br /> Check it out...<br /> <a href="http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/yccs.aspx">http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/yccs.aspx</a>
  • The curved profile of the bag fits the tank shape. The foam pad attached to the bag protects the paint and keeps the bag from slipping around. Nelson Rigg provides an exceptional value for under 90 bucks with this luggage. Shoulder straps are included to convert it into a backpack. They unclip and store inside.
  • I modified the rear bag attachment. I discarded the supplied loop strap and ran one long piece of webbing under the tank swivel bolt down under, brought both ends together and ran them both through the buckle. Four point connection now, Sorta.
  • The tank bag strap retainer. I borrowed it from my Eclipse tank tote bag.
  • I added a rubber strap to the front bag connection buckles to keep them from dropping fwd. when the bag is unbuckled.
  • Motorcycle Larry supplied the GPS mount for the Garmin on a RAM ball. You need a big 36mm socket to do the maintenance on your steering head anyway, so his big nut mount is cool.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/fjr1300tcnut.aspx">http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/fjr1300tcnut.aspx</a>
  • another view.
  • another shot of the rear bag attachment. Nelson Rigg could improve the bag with this rear strap attachment method. The stock strap has a loop sewn into one end to "larkshead" onto some point below the seat, passing a single strap up to the buckle.<br /> <br /> I considered a magnetic version of this bag, but I have had problems in the past with credit cards getting wiped out of order by coming too close to the powerful magnets. Now with lots of other magnetic media going into the bag for the Mp3, cell and camera, I am not taking any chances.
  • Here is my collection of components which need to come together in the bag for reliable 12 volt power and clear amplified audio output to my helmet equipped with Autocom speakers.
  • The major components of my system connected together. The Mix-It2 amplifier from IT Designs was my choice for a mixer. <br /> <a href="http://www.mixitproducts.com/mixit2.html">http://www.mixitproducts.com/mixit2.html</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> It has built in ground loop isolation. The Escort Radar detector and Garmin 276c GPS require such isolation circuitry. My Autocom system on the BMW R1150GS requires separate adapters for this function which adds greatly to the cost.
  • The "power" end of the various accessories and the Radio Shack barrier strips and jumpers I used to tie the wires together.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.radioshack.com/sm-8-position-dual-row-barrier-strips--pi-2103229.html">http://www.radioshack.com/sm-8-position-dual-row-barrier-strips--pi-2103229.html</a>
  • Cut up an old pizza box or other cardboard box, for a pattern to make the "Circuit Board" which will hold all the wiring and things together in the floor of the tankbag.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/corrugated-fiberboard">http://www.answers.com/topic/corrugated-fiberboard</a><br /> <br /> <br /> ....sorry I couldn't help it.
  • I took a duffel bag apart to obtain the plastic stiffener, which was sacrificed for the electric "Circuit Board"
  • Radio Shack barrier strips, one for positive 12volt power and one for negative ground, are modified with their jumper strip so that a power lead from the battery/relay to the end terminal feeds power to all accessories connected to the other terminals.
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