First off I'm used to having storage on my bike, not Goldwing storage but my last bike was a KLR650 with a Stanley FatMax toolbox bolted to the rear rack so less than two hours after bringing my Superhawk home I started thinking about storage and went from soft lunchboxes as saddlebags to spiderweb strapped bags on the tank and then this idea popped into my head...

What you'll need ...
- A fanny pack you can modify (so don't borrow one from someone, unless they owe you a few bucks)
- 4 large flat washers
- 2 small washers
- 2 screws that will fit into the mounting holes on the seat for the rear seat cover.

Now lets begin with a before picture.



Now the mounting holes where we'll mount the fanny pack which will from now forwards be referred to as a tail pack to avoid the mental image of an old bingo granny with a flamingo pink visor that the phrase "fanny pack" conjurers up. Got that in your head now? Good! Use that as your motivation and transform that granny pack into a tail pack!



Here's a closer look.



Now for the prep work you'll need to center the pack on the seat and figure out where to punch some holes in the strap or in my case the side pockets on the "tail pack".





Now that that's done lets look at the hardware needed and see how it comes together, the pictures should be self explanatory.














Tada! Now you might have to make a slight modification to the bike for the seat to close. The screw heads might contact the metal loops under the seat and they might need to be bent or tapped back a bit. After you're sure you got everything right you can trim the straps on the "tail pack".



I haven't found any harm in doing so but if anyone knows otherwise please let me know. Now here it is on the bike.



Even better is if the "tail pack" is expandable like so.



Overall it cost me nothing since I had everything on hand. But figure a few bucks for the hardware and I remember picking this pack up at the Salvation Army for less than $3 so it's quite cheap! I was able to fit a 7" tablet, 16oz travel mug, leather gloves, rag, face mask, multitool and a couple other small odds and ends in there.

 

The only "issue" I see is that there is supposed to be a set of hooks that mount in those holes which engage those metal hooks you pushed out of the way.

They make it harder for the seat to come off if the latch happens to fail for some reason and I kind of like that.

 

Agreed, but I've got a Corbin saddle too and they come without those hooks. They have rubber stoppers on the bottom of the seat pan that contact the subframe to keep the seat off of the bodywork, so in our case, those hooks aren't needed unless a return to the stock seat is in our futures. Its not for me. At all... I like this idea, for quick trips... It should hold my camera and a lens or two, some batteries. Nice!