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Hey Chris - GOD has no time for Honda latches
Hey Chris - GOD has no time for Honda latches
I saw those too, and thought they would be the best match for a black NT.
Could you please take pictures when you're done? I'd like to see the depth they stick out on top...and also what it looks like on the inside.
I'm trying to be extremely careful when I open and close my pannier lids, but I can tell that latch system just isn't going to keep working forever.
Chris
If you haven't drilled yet.....the trick is to find a place where you can get to the back of the fixed portion of the case. I only found two spots where my fingers would fit.
Hey Wendell - thanx for the feedback. Charlie used the chrome latches and I assume you used the same ones. I may use those, but I kinda like the black of the one's Chris used as I have some deep scratches on the left pannier and I'm going the bed-liner route to paint them. The black would seem to look better, but the chrome will do too.I followed Charlie b's two latch system and placed them exactly where he placed his and they work great. I used the medium length rivets and they were just right. I found using the rivets were the easy and secure way to go. IMHO this was one of the best farkles added to the NT - it has taken out all worry with the side cases. I used the same latches as Charlie's and haven't noticed any problems with them here in rainy Florida. Wendell
My guess is divine intervention due to your many years of service!!! (c;Later I asked the church member if the pannier had been open when he passed me and he said that it had been and he just figured I wanted it open. The space inside the pannier is evidently very dead air.
Comanche, you should install a couple of the push rod releases that jmoore invented. They ALWAYS let you get your panniers open, and still stay locked with the original key setup.Okay - it finally happened. I've procrastinated on solving the "latch problem", and now I cannot open the right pannier unless I take off the seat and push the rod rearward. Grrrrr.
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Thanx - but no thanx. If I do that, I still have the problem of the plastic in the lids cracking around the screws that hold the catches. Yep - I could epoxy those, but the external latches seem much simpler - and frankly, having the ignition key the same as the pannier key is sometimes a bit of a pain.Comanche, you should install a couple of the push rod releases that jmoore invented. They ALWAYS let you get your panniers open, and still stay locked with the original key setup.