CJ's new tourpak (updated 07/18)

[Cajunrider]

Darn Scott, it's hot in Chandler!!

[dhomoney]

102 here in OK. I am melting. :)

[cactusjack]

This weather station is a mile from my office.

Ray Road / SR_101, Chandler, Arizona (PWS)
Updated: 3 min 44 sec ago
Scattered Clouds
113.0 °F
Scattered Clouds
Humidity: 13%
Dew Point: 50 °F
Wind: 2.0 mph from the NNE
Wind Gust: 2.0 mph
Pressure: 29.72 in (Falling)
Heat Index: 110 °F
Visibility: 30.0 miles
UV: 9 out of 16
Clouds:
Scattered Clouds 20000 ft
(Above Ground Level)
Elevation: 1100 ft

I didn't ride today. It was already 95 degrees at 06:30 when I was leaving the house.

[dhomoney]

How are you guys getting the Weather Underground stuff in your sigs anyhow? I can't seem to get the code right.

[cactusjack]

Here's what mine looks like in the signature area of my user profile:

:IMG:http://weathersticker.wunderground.c...dler.gif:/IMG:

I used colons ":" instead of the left "[" and right "]" brackets to enclose the "img" and "/img" tags, otherwise you'd be seeing my weather banner, not the code.

[macmac]

Oh too bad, I mean what ashame the weather is too hot. It is in the mid 70's here today and not a cloud too be seen. This morning I rode out fer ammo as a red squirrel needs murderin'. Then I worked for a while and took a break fer another ride, and am considering a evening ride around the lake..

[ringadingh]

I have a red squirrell here to thats looking for some lead, Ive missed him 6-7 times so far and found that my sight was off. I was shooting 6" high at about 6-7 yards. I sighted it in good yesterday so I think his number is up next time he comes around.

[dogdoc]

Nothing tastier than pan fried squirrel. Unless its pan fried quail. thats my 2 fav's.

[ringadingh]

Originally Posted by Doc (Lonewolf)

Nothing tastier than pan fried squirrel. Unless its pan fried quail. thats my 2 fav's.

I can mail it to you once I get him if you want.

[Netnorske]

CJ,
Looks good bud...can't wait to see it painted! Now check into those Dekker Supreme T-bags. There are several different kinds on the market....just type in Dekker Supreme on ebay and see what you come up with.

Those bags are made for that large luggage rack and secure to the rack on all four corners! With that big trunk and the big bag on top, you will be able to ride all the way to the east coast for the next National Rally with no problem whatsoever!

Also go down tp the HD dealership and pick up a lid organizer. They may have differnt styles but they're all essentially the same thing....



For arguments sake....check this out. CJ says $760 for trunk and luggage rack, which he had to install. It's another $250 for the Wompus mounting rack and let's just say $300 if you had to have it professionally painted/pin-striped by someone else. Now you're in about $1300.00.

This is how I ended up with the Premeux trunk. I paid $1500.00 for the thing including shipping to my house in Washington state from Quebec, Canada! It came with a chrome mounting bracket, the luggage rack was pre-installed and was already painted with factory colors/pin-striping.

Sorry CJ, not trying to hijack the thread here....just pointing out that everyone cries about how spendy the Premeux Tour Pack is....but it's not that out of line with other large Tour Packs of that size, especially since you save all the additional steps! 20 minute bolt-on and off you go! They ain't cheap though and it's entirely possible I am still trying to justify my purchase in my own mind... ;)....but I do really like it... !

That said....any way you choose to go is a huge plus for long-hauling. You will really enjoy that thing CJ and I have no doubt that it will look great when it's all said and done! Now I have to think about getting me some of those side running lights. I put some stick on red reflectors on the sides of my Tour Pack, but I like the idea of the powered running lights! Nice work!

[schoeney]

CJ....don't take this the wrong way....nice looking trunk!

Quite large I must say....

[ballast]

Originally Posted by Blowndodge "Darksider"

that suckers HUGE!!!!!

I hear that alot

couldn't help myself ::)

[dhomoney]

Originally Posted by macmac

Oh too bad, I mean what ashame the weather is too hot. It is in the mid 70's here today and not a cloud too be seen. This morning I rode out fer ammo as a red squirrel needs murderin'. Then I worked for a while and took a break fer another ride, and am considering a evening ride around the lake..

ROFL. It is 2am here in OK and I just had to dispatch of an armadillo. It was taken care of with a 124gr +p+ Remington Golden Sabre from my Beretta Cx4 Storm carbine. Split his disgusting ass open. :)

[dhomoney]

Originally Posted by ballast

I hear that alot
)

You too??????? I thought I was the only one. :)

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by Netnorske

CJ,
Looks good bud...can't wait to see it painted! Now check into those Dekker Supreme T-bags. There are several different kinds on the market....just type in Dekker Supreme on ebay and see what you come up with.

Those bags are made for that large luggage rack and secure to the rack on all four corners! With that big trunk and the big bag on top, you will be able to ride all the way to the east coast for the next National Rally with no problem whatsoever!

Also go down tp the HD dealership and pick up a lid organizer. They may have differnt styles but they're all essentially the same thing....



For arguments sake....check this out. CJ says $760 for trunk and luggage rack, which he had to install. It's another $250 for the Wompus mounting rack and let's just say $300 if you had to have it professionally painted/pin-striped by someone else. Now you're in about $1300.00.

This is how I ended up with the Premeux trunk. I paid $1500.00 for the thing including shipping to my house in Washington state from Quebec, Canada! It came with a chrome mounting bracket, the luggage rack was pre-installed and was already painted with factory colors/pin-striping.

Sorry CJ, not trying to hijack the thread here....just pointing out that everyone cries about how spendy the Premeux Tour Pack is....but it's not that out of line with other large Tour Packs of that size, especially since you save all the additional steps! 20 minute bolt-on and off you go! They ain't cheap though and it's entirely possible I am still trying to justify my purchase in my own mind... ;)....but I do really like it... !

That said....any way you choose to go is a huge plus for long-hauling. You will really enjoy that thing CJ and I have no doubt that it will look great when it's all said and done! Now I have to think about getting me some of those side running lights. I put some stick on red reflectors on the sides of my Tour Pack, but I like the idea of the powered running lights! Nice work!

Thanks, Chris.

Yes, I plan to look into a lid organizer. I have a lot of loose stuff adrift in that cavernous tourpak right now.

I'm still waiting for more LEDs to show up, they should be here Thursday as should some dual intensity circuits I ordered. Hopefully, I can make them work as advertised. My plan is to have 2 vertically mounted, 4" red LEDs on each side of the rear of the box. the outer two will function as tail and turn signals, the inner 2 will function as tail and brake lights.

After reading your post, I will admit there is some merit in receiving your trunk fully assembled and mounted. I had to mount the backrest and the luggage rack (I bought from a third party) and the trunk to the Wompus rack. None of this stuff comes with templates or even directions and you have to drill into a very expensive piece of fiberglass and hope you get it right the first time. There are a lot of curves and no surface is flat, so measuring becomes a challenge.

Still, I enjoy the experience of assembling stuff myself. I might have enjoyed it more if the holes were pre-drilled.