Well Gents today I got in and put the Bagster Tank Cover (from
http://www.aussiebiker.com.au/ on my 1996 Honda ST1100, Thanks to some advice from Saaz, I worked out how to do it properly.
There are two rubber straps at the front of the bag that clip over the false tank edges just under the handle bars, that part is straight forward.
After that you need to take off the side covers, i found that if you run the straps through the heavy plated area shown in the photos below, it pulls the bag down well, and does not mean your putting excess stress on a weaker part of the bike.
After that, i put the shoe lace parts down on where it has the clips for tank bags firm not tight as their major role is to stop the cover slipping forward.
then it is clipping the sides back on, be gentle as the straps have to go between the bike and the covers. and it all looks rather good!
The Old Girl is looking rather good now, since i bought it at the start of the year i have put it through a major service, new tyres (from
http://www.jakewilson.com/), new screen (thank you Saaz), took of the Gearsack rack, and put on a Bestem Top Box (from
http://bestemusa.com/), added the Ram Mount for Iphone ( from
http://www.ram-mount.com.au/), put the 12V charger in the front compartment, and got lots of raised eyebrows from my other half with packages arriving for the bike!