Here's where the tool bag needs to sit.

Takes half an hour or so of looking and thinking to come up with what seems to be a suitable, simple, good looking and effective solution. A bar will fit into a slot behind the footpeg and drop into a second fitting off the sissy bar mount. 100mm in front of the axle plate is a tab for a chain guard. A slotted piece will fit into this to stabilise the whole affair. One shoulder bolt at the sissy bar will retain the whole kit and kaboodle. We'll fabricate the whole assembly from 30x5 and 25x5 stainless...

Slotted spacer turned up on the lathe to fit behind the footpeg... the front mounting point...

Measuring and designing rear mounting. We'll use a longer sissy bar bolt with a threaded spacer. A shoulder bolt will screw into this and retain the frame...

Turning up the shoulder bolt out of 25mm stainless hex (same spanner size as axle nut). Shoulder is 14.5 mm and the thread is 3/8" UNF same as sissy bar bolt...

Spacer is turned up and put on the mill and slotted to fit a 5/8" AF spanner...

Measuring up for length of bolt; 10mm more than this to screw into the spacer...

Spacer and retaining assembly...

Lower bar in 30x5 stainless, front slot is made by drilling a 15mm hole and then cutting with a 1mm angle grinder blade. Rear slot here being marked out to fit shoulder bolt...

Ready to drill and cut. Frame will be pushed forwards into the front slot and then dropped over the shoulder bolt which is tightened and retains the frame...

Cut and fitted.

Rest of frame pieces have been cut and welded. Here top bar has been drilled and is being tapped to take the four bolts that will attach the bag. Two more holes are yet to be drilled and tapped to hold bottom of bag...

Frame mounted. Works perfectly and I think Rayne will be pleased. Tomorrow I will fab the third mount and then mount the bag. Rayne also wants to be able to mount a tool roll on top of the tool bag that can be quickly removed when opening the bag... Tomorrow...
