custom tool wrap

[Pip]

Hi folks

I have been asked to make a tool wrap for a friend, for his new bike, which he gets for his birthday. I know this is probably overstepping the boundaries of politeness (but I am new to leatherwork, with very limited skills, but not new to the friendship and would really like to do it) what I am asking for is .......

Has anyone got a pattern for a cylindrical tool roll for said motorcycle (triumph America 861)?

Would some kind person let me have a copy?

Please

[wolvenstien]

Making the tool bag is simple.... the only thing is getting the straps correct for the mount... I suggest you wait until you can get measurements from his new Triumph.... Or go to the triumph site and search their pix for a food closeup to see how it would mount.... Are you intending for this to mount to the forks below the headlights?

From the looks of it, you would have to mount to the fork tubes above the stabilizer.

Also.... He might be getting the light bar attachment that would allow you to mount the bag to the light bar like I did on my Maggie...

Edited September 9, 2007 by wolvenstien

[Pip]

Yeah, mounting onto forks below the headlights, I quizzed him about the bike and he is getting from a local shop about forty miles away, so I have made an appointment with the guys there and am going to go and measure it up.

I didn't know about the light bar and didn't ask so i may have a second mounting position possibility hmmm.

Thanks for your help.

[Jordan]

The one I made was a 11" wide roll that over laps in the front, with 3 1/2" oval shaped gussets on the ends. Tops of the ovals fold into the bag. 1/2" straps thru slots in the back with buckles on the inside so as not to scratch anything.

Edited September 19, 2007 by Jordan

[Roger]

i haven't made a round bag yet but, generally the bag should be 11" wide

[Nixon66]

I was discussing a similar project with one of my biker bros this last weekend. He has a version that is rather nice except now that it is old and comfortably broke in his tools fall out. In talking looking at it we both realized it was because the ovals (in his case circles) at the end of the bag did not have "ears" that folded in over the tools and the result was a hole that the tools could fall out of.

I don't have a pattern, but I would absolutely not build one without the ears or flaps that could fold in over the tools.

[Pip]

thanks nixon, i figured that maybe the case so I have now included ears on mine.

[steveb]

advice: if you mount a toolbag under the "lower triple tree" you will wind up denting

your friends fender if the front end compresses

and he actually has tools, meaning some weight (and not his cellphone) in it.

Because my work winds up on bikes that get ridden long and hard, by guys who tend to be demanding (and much bigger than me)

I have to make stuff that will endure and is really designed with a high mileage, long time riders insight.

[Nixon66]

advice: if you mount a toolbag under the "lower triple tree" you will wind up denting

your friends fender if the front end compresses

and he actually has tools, meaning some weight (and not his cellphone) in it.

Because my work winds up on bikes that get ridden long and hard, by guys who tend to be demanding (and much bigger than me)

I have to make stuff that will endure and is really designed with a high mileage, long time riders insight.

Pip, Steve B is right. At the very least, with sag it will glaze the clear coat on the fender. Could even rub all the way through the paint over time. Denting is the worst case scenario but I have seen that happen too.

Steve, that is such a great idea for a tool bag. I think I might do a similar one for my electraglide.

[Pip]

steveb and Nixon 66 thanks for your help I think I know what you mean, alas I am just putting the finishing on. I am quite pleased as a first attempt but for some reason the project has become unbalanced/twisted slightly I decided on rivetting the seams (something I will never do again) I prefer stitching it is easier to fix. I need to sort the back I made a careless slip and it is now bugging me....

I will post a pic as soon as I get the camera sorted.