I got myself some tool tubes and used the long weekend and my father in law's assistance to mount them on the Tenere. There's a perfect space on the inside of my SW Motech Quick-lock pannier rack, underneath the exhaust.

The idea is to reuse one of the bolts of the pannier rack to fixate the bottom of the tool tube and make up an additional mounting plate that attaches to the rack to fixate the top.

So I started off with a cardboard template:


The shape follows the bottom rear corner of the rack nicely. Holes for mounting the plate were carefully measured to be drilled out.

So we made 2 aluminium versions, one for either side


and mounted them on the inside of the rack.


Then fitted the tool tube itself.


Rear view:


Both side done:


There's just enough room to get the caps off the tool tubes. Although it is tight on the rhs. The pannier rack pulls the tail piece slightly to that side on my bike.

I just need to shorten the bolts I used to mount the tube to the plate. Now they are a but inconvenient when getting the cap on and off.

Anyway, it worked nicely and looks good as well imho.