I made a big reply but hit the back button and lost it all, so I'm splitting it up some.
My goal was to get the bike ready for Buttlite6 presented by Teamstrange in Aug. I had tried to get custom tank & aux bags from customtankbags.com but she wasn't able to get them in time so I had to make make something work myself.
I got the idea of using Molle gear from a 2011 IBR rider and that was going to be all over my aux bag. I bought the Molle stuff before I found out I wouldn't be getting my bag so I bought a belt.
The left side has two insulated pouched to hold water bladders but I put insulated thermos in there filled with poweraid. 90 degree days and everything stayed relatively cool.
On the right side I used these bags to hold a roll of duct tape, shop rags, air compressor and tire plug repair stuff.
And of course a cockpit view of a borrowed Garmin 550 (only the mount in the pic), my 665, Escort Redline in a waterproof box. The warning light doesn't work very good so I'm working on an audio solution. I also put on a watch for different time zones.
This setup will be modified this spring as I've purchased a Garmin 2710 and I think I'll use either that or try and borrow the 550 again. (I also had a Nuvi as a spare in my saddlebag).
Here is the best pic I have of the bike during BL6. 5800 miles in 6 days, not sure how the extra 5 days will work out this year.
That is about it for last year's work, I put over 22k miles with 90% of this stuff on the bike last summer and everything seems to be holding up.
My plan when it warms up here (N. Iowa), probably a couple weeks:
-Check valve clearance
-coolant change
-brake fluid change
-new seat from Russel Day Long (sending it this week)
-Laminar Lip
-modify my cockpit setup, I want to build a self above my gauges.
Figure out what to put in my new tankbags.
I think I'll start a new thread with more details on the bags.
