What are these ears on the frame for? There to far back to use for bungees.
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc460/whiterabbit30/DSC05160-001.jpg)
They make a great place to hook the back end of a bungee net.
Hepco & Becker has incorporated those ears as an attachment point for their pannier rack.
Quote from: Joe Sull on March 16, 2014, 01:41:32 PM
What are these ears on the frame for? There to far back to use for bungees.
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc460/whiterabbit30/DSC05160-001.jpg)
Indeed they are designed for Bungees. The 1200 has a double set.
(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/aviationfred/LEDTaillight_zpsb1b49037.jpg) (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/aviationfred/media/LEDTaillight_zpsb1b49037.jpg.html)
Fred
I use to bungee across the seat and those are to far back to do that. It's a good spot to bungee across a rack but if I had a rack, I wouldn't need the ears. I could just go around the rack. Thanks :hi:
Back in the day, the Yamaha accessory catalog had a tail bag made to sit on the rear cowl.
They were made by Eclipse on the same pattern as their own tail bag, but of heavier-duty materials.
My '89 has two bumpers permanently mounted to the top of the rear cowling that resemble the bumpers on each side of the main fairing, and allow for a soft tailbag to be mounted on top of the rear duck tail, and strapped down to those 'ears' . I used this setup before going with the hard bags. (http://fjowners.com/gallery/4/150_25_02_13_9_45_11.jpeg)