A day or so ago i noticed a rattle coming from the right side of my Tow-Pac equipped Vulcan. I did a check and didn't find anything loose. The rattle was intermittant; but got steadily worse. Today when I returned home from a short ride; I went over things again; and this time found the culprit. A bolt hidden under the right side saddlebag was loose and probably 3 or 4 turns from coming off. This bolt was out of sight under the bag and is holding a bracket that goes out to the right wheel and fender. Don't think it would have caused an accident; but might have torn up a fender or let it rub the tire if it had come loose.
Everything snugged down now and once again I am happy thaat I routinely check things and never ignore new rattles.