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I wasn't going to start a thread on this, but as a special request from my friend Roaddawg... there it is!
All nice and powder coated. It was suppose to be done by next Monday or Tuesday, but I had a surprise call this afternoon. So here's few pics.
The main pillar are made of 1.00" x .50" x .050" 4140 Chromoly. The 4 tabs that hook under the seat are 3/4" x 3/16" Steel and the saddlebags support are 3/8" bar that I bed by hand. I went a little over board for something that is rated for 22 lbs, but it's done. This rack as pass Marthy quality control (All of my 160 lbs on it!) the only thing that might give away is the frame flexing. Ah well, gotta start somewhere...
marthy do you have any pics of the trunk and what not a little farther away so you can see the whole bike and trunk and what not?
Not quite sure what you mean here...
just a little farther away... or a full side view... im interested in the whole trunk and saddlebag idea... but id like the way it looks on the bike from a distance
lol i dno how to explain my self :X
If you look at the beginning of the thread... my pics are over there. I made the new rack 1 1/2 longer compare to mine so the box doesn't sit on the handrail. But it all depend what size of trunk you want to use. The base plate doesn't have any holes. You can always align the box where ever you want then drill the holes to mount the base plate.
Hey Marthy good job as always. Thanks for posting all of this useful info.
I bet if you fill the trunk with bricks you could do some incredible wheel stands.
marthy, it seems all your other pics in this thread are missing, or there is something wrong with my browser but I'd like to see some of the pics of your newer setup, I saw the few on like page 4 or something but they were of the first one I think, I may have it wrong.
In any case I would like to see some more of them. Do those plates that are mounted in that pic come with the case or is that something you have to buy separate from the cases?
Yes, I'm that new to all this.... lol.
I was reading the other thread and it was mentioned that one of the guys noticed a 5mpg drop in mpg when using the givi side hard cases and that leads me to think that I would just want to go with the main top hard case. I would probably just bungee something over the back seat as well for extra storage, like my bag for classes. Right now I'm still at a toss up between the 6r and an nv700v or something like that. I don't want crazy big CC that I will never use or could accidentally use and get myself a nasty ticket for screwing around too much.
Cut, grind, bend, lots of measurement, weld... almost finish to mod my rack to fit the Givi side case E21.
Drop off my "modded" custom rack this morning for powder coat. Should get it back next week, or by Friday if lucky. Can't wait to ride with the whole kit!
Marthy, that rack looks pretty good.
I also like those bullet lights, What's the story on those? They look like they are rather exposed, do they put out a good amount of light or no? I like how you mounted them as well, looks like a good spot for them.
Thanks! I got a $40 FE from ebay (without signals) and I got those signals from.... (let me find out, cant remember) They are very bright. I run them as signal & running light. So they're always on and flash brighter when blinking. They blink fast because I didn't add the resistor, but I don't mind. I actually like that they blink fast.
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I got the small black ones.
what is an FE?
I like those little bullet lights, I might have get a set of those to expand the lighting or change it up on my next bike. I like the idea of keeping them as running lights. That will be much more beneficial for all around.
I still want to modify my front lights on my vn900b to be running lights as well, for some reason the backs are running lights but the front ones are not... kind of dumb if you ask me.
Fender Eliminator... They call those tear drop LED