Ammo Can Pannier Project

So this is the first major project with the Scramblers: The Ammo Can Panniers. The reasons for going with the ammo cans were obvious: they're tough, waterproof, and best of all, cheap! Also with minimal work they can be welded and drilled to mount up.So with a set of four cans purchased for $15 each on sale at the local farm/ranch store we set to work

First of all, the mounting strategy: We decided to mount a post onto the passenger footpeg mounting points, which would attach to the ammo can at the front bottom to provide a forward mounting point and torsional stabiltiy. The rear support would be mounted to the frame under the seat, and would attach to the ammo cans using a hockey puck as a mounting point.

Seems simple enough. Now for the execution part.

We spent most of a Saturday getting the pieces cut and welded. We used two sizes of steel pipe, sized so that one would slip into the other. The larger size we cut into 1 inch lengths and welded to the bottom front corner of the can, as shown in the images below. A chunk of angle iron was also used to strengthen the weld.




































The post was constructed of a length (7" for the left side, 9.5" for the right side to extend past the pipes) of the smaller pipe, with a plug and a grade 8 bolt welded in place, which was then attached to the bike on the passenger footpeg mount.























Just slip the rings over the tube, and there's the front mount.