Ammo Can Pannier Build

[philipbarrett]

Sounds crazy but have you tried plugging it into a Mac? They will recognize a PC formatted drive and IME are more tolerant of missing data than PCs. Disk Utility which is bundled with every make has a repair feature that is pretty effective too.

I've also used Disc Warrior (http://www.alsoft.com/diskwarrior/) to resuscitate what appeared to be a completely dead drive.

 

[xcgates]

I'd find a friendly geek to see what they can do... I'd help, but I'm a few miles away.

Sure wouldn't be the first time I've taken a crack at everything from a hard drive to flash memory.

 

[ninthlord]

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[YoDoc]

I love military looking bikes. I would give my Concours, my VW, and a chunk of change for one of those military diesel KLR650's.

 

[ninthlord]

I saw a military diesel Harley a few weeks ago at the dealership in Bedford. WFC, it had a Rotax engine and front saddle tanks. I may have a picture in my phone....

 

[YoDoc]

I saw a military diesel Harley a few weeks ago at the dealership in Bedford. WFC, it had a Rotax engine and front saddle tanks. I may have a picture in my phone....

I've seen pictures of those. 2005 I think was the year they made them. Harley offered a few to dealers @ around $10k to sell for whatever, but almost nobody wanted one. I'd take one if I had the monies!

 

[philipbarrett]

Chatted with the owner of this Afrika Corps bike outside a cafe in Venice Beach this summer.

 

[RedPill]

There was supposed to be a picture in that post..

So it's set up to shoot to the rear? Run away!

 

[YoDoc]

So it's set up to shoot to the rear? Run away!

That's the way they did it.

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[Squeaky]

How did you set up the external lock? I very much like the ability to remove boxes without diving into them for locking pins, and have been thinking on and off about something like a DR650.

Sourced a pair of keyed-alike sliding door locks from the hardware store. Removed the top attachment pieces from the Givi rack and attached steel L-shaped pieces with a hole drilled for the lock plunger. In these pics I used a different material for the attachment point, I later upgraded to steel when one of them broke.

Box can't go up because of the piece attached to the back that hits up against the bar of the rack, can't go down because of the lock and the bottom attachment points, and can't swing out because of the lock plunger.

Lock popped "up" in the unlocked position on the side of the case. The green thing is a piece of a cutting board used to space it out from the case to align it.

Still unlocked, but you can see the bottom mounting points and the u-channel attached to get it into position and keep it from bouncing/pushing up when locked. I hook the bottom on first then pivot the whole case up to lock it in place.

Bottom is on, swung up to "almost" in position

Get it in place, then push the lock down with your thumb. I also love that you don't need a key to put them on, just to take them off.

On and locked (side view)

 

[philipbarrett]

Wish I'd thought of that! I must of spent hours at the store looking at locks too. It would be really simple to machine the pre-existing Givi mounts with a drill press too.

 

[xcgates]

Consider your idea copied and stolen for future reference, Squeaky.

 

[RedPill]

Great way of mounting those cases, Squeaky. You're ingenious.