Ammo Can Saddle Bags

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Ammo Can Saddlebags on a Cx500 standard

(Drewbees Mod).

They are the 20mm cans from a local surplus shop and cost under 20$ each. I dropped another approx. 20$ on some angle steel for the bracket system and misc. nuts & bolts for fastening. Took a few evenings after work of cutting, welding, grinding etc. and presto, they are solidly mounted and work great.

They are about 16"L x 12"D x 8"W so over 3000 cu of storage total. Maybe a bit too large for some peoples taste but they suit my needs well.

Still need to prime/paint the bracket (black) and the boxes to match the tank.

The side shot shows the angle steel bracket I made, it's attachment points on two locations along the rear of the bike (note bolts/washers that do go thru the ammo can) and the diagonal piece of flat steel from front bottom corner of the bracket to the rear foot peg. Oh and I cut/ground some of the support piece on the side of each box so it fit tight into the rectangular bracket.

The top shot shows the overall spacing of things. I added some short lengths of square tube steel as spacers on the forward mounts to allow the seat to come off/go on easily, otherwise the setup made it hard to remove the seat.

The rear shot again shows the old handlebar turned into support bracket. This is a must have for cans of this size, without it they sagged and rattled and would have fatigued and broken the attachment points apart before long. I chose to bolt this part on rather than weld it in solid to facilitate the removal of the whole thing on occasion.

(Gmans CX650 Ammo Can Mod)

Ammo Can Saddlebags

Ammo Can Saddlebags on a Cx500 standard

First is Drewbees mod.

Here's my version, just recently added. They are the 20mm cans from a local surplus shop and cost under 20$ each. I dropped another approx. 20$ on some angle steel for the bracket system and misc. nuts & bolts for fastening. Took a few evenings after work of cutting, welding, grinding etc. and presto, they are solidly mounted and work great. They are about 16"L x 12"D x 8"W so over 3000 cu of storage total. Maybe a bit too large for some peoples taste but they suit my needs well.

Still need to prime/paint the bracket (black) and the boxes to match the tank. So whattya think?

The side shot shows the angle steel bracket I made, it's attachment points on two locations along the rear of the bike (note bolts/washers that do go thru the ammo can) and the diagonal piece of flat steel from front bottom corner of the bracket to the rear foot peg. Oh and I cut/ground some of the support piece on the side of each box so it fit tight into the rectangular bracket.

The top shot shows the overall spacing of things. I added some short lengths of square tube steel as spacers on the forward mounts to allow the seat to come off/go on easily, otherwise the setup made it hard to remove the seat.

The rear shot again shows the old handlebar turned into support bracket. This is a must have for cans of this size, without it they sagged and rattled and would have fatigued and broken the attachment points apart before long. I chose to bolt this part on rather than weld it in solid to facilitate the removal of the whole thing on occasion.

Gman's Cx650 with ammo cans.

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