Hard Bag Rattle
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I'm assuming that the bike is idling on its side stand and you hear a rattle in the bag area and when you unlatch the bag lid it goes away?
The lid is under pressure when properly latched, so it can't be the lid its self rattling. Did you look at the backside of the latch mechanism. Check the nut holding the key lock cylinder in place, that has a habit of coming loose. If it's loose, use some blue loc-tite on the threads.
Also, make sure the pins holding the bag to the bikes frame are tight. Other then those things, can't see a reason for a rattle.
Good luck....
The lid is under pressure when properly latched, so it can't be the lid its self rattling. Did you look at the backside of the latch mechanism. Check the nut holding the key lock cylinder in place, that has a habit of coming loose. If it's loose, use some blue loc-tite on the threads.
Also, make sure the pins holding the bag to the bikes frame are tight. Other then those things, can't see a reason for a rattle.
Good luck....
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I would check all of the fasteners. You need to take off one side of the tether to get at the ones that secure the hinges.
When by bike was fairly new I found a screw on the ground by the saddlebag so I re-torqued all of them, several were loose.
15k miles later I did it again and some were loose again.
When by bike was fairly new I found a screw on the ground by the saddlebag so I re-torqued all of them, several were loose.
15k miles later I did it again and some were loose again.