GoRovers
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Has anyone had a luggage-holding bungee cord fail mid-ride?
Normally I don't need luggage on my NC700XD, but last weekend I needed some extra storage space for a longer ride. I used two heavy-duty (not regular) bungee cords to secure my old Cortech Sport tail bag to the rear seat. (See photos below.) That set-up worked fine. During fuel stops I simply released the forward bungee hook from the passenger peg hole (leaving the rear license frame-looped bungee in place), and raised the Cortech along with the rear seat. No problems.
This morning I Googled "using bungee cords on motorcycles" and read some stories about bungees breaking and pulling luggage into the rear wheel well, causing accidents. Yikes! So today I bought a 36" Husky heavy duty rubber strap from Home Depot. It replaces the forward bungee perfectly, with strong tension, and hopefully greater reliability.
Normally I don't need luggage on my NC700XD, but last weekend I needed some extra storage space for a longer ride. I used two heavy-duty (not regular) bungee cords to secure my old Cortech Sport tail bag to the rear seat. (See photos below.) That set-up worked fine. During fuel stops I simply released the forward bungee hook from the passenger peg hole (leaving the rear license frame-looped bungee in place), and raised the Cortech along with the rear seat. No problems.
This morning I Googled "using bungee cords on motorcycles" and read some stories about bungees breaking and pulling luggage into the rear wheel well, causing accidents. Yikes! So today I bought a 36" Husky heavy duty rubber strap from Home Depot. It replaces the forward bungee perfectly, with strong tension, and hopefully greater reliability.