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drbike
| | | | Fiftygrit
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Wed May 13, 2015 10:48 am | |
| Looks good, my rotopax is in about the same spot, make sure when your rear suspension is totally compressed it doesnt hit your chain guard, mine was real close. cheer`s | |
| | | drbike
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Wed May 13, 2015 2:07 pm | |
| Hey Fiftygrit we are nearly neighbours. Go figure. I am in Houston. I think it will be ok, I will post a rear shot of the alignment, I tried to keep it outside of the chain guard, I did a 30 km ride around the back roads here while it was still in the duct tape, tack weld stage and it came home where it was put. The question is will it survive a sleep on the trail and not get too pushed in. I was actually thinking of putting a cross bar from one side to the other. Might make it worse in a crash. Its hard to photograph the 3D location on the bike, even harder to check out the location when riding | |
| | | beer goggle
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Wed May 13, 2015 3:56 pm | |
| Very nice! Did you bring the left side out further to fit the rotopax or to keep it symmetric to the other side, or both? How/where did you make the joint on the exhaust side? Grateful if you could post some closer, more detailed shots of the joints. Thanks | |
| | | Fiftygrit
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Wed May 13, 2015 4:45 pm | |
| Small world drbike, ya well i thought mine was out far enough and the other night trying to follow my son through some ditches on an old logging road it hit my chain guard and the chain broke the end off, I may make one out of aluminum, I also bent the rotopax bracket out a bit, cheer`s | |
| | | drbike
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Wed May 13, 2015 11:17 pm | |
| - beer goggle wrote:
- Very nice! Did you bring the left side out further to fit the rotopax or to keep it symmetric to the other side, or both?
How/where did you make the joint on the exhaust side? Grateful if you could post some closer, more detailed shots of the joints. Thanks Regarding the joint on the exhaust side and rearward was the first piece I bolted to the bike, I used 1/4 inch flat bar, I fitted the piece drilled and tapped it to take a M8 bolt, I was thinking I would back it up with a nut as well. I used the hole just behind the exhaust attachment. It seems like that to get a bolt on there I will need to modify the exhaust bracket a bit, nothing a grinder won't fix. The other option would be to make a small bushing or perhaps a stack of washers to clear the exhaust bracket. The front attachment was off the passenger peg mount, to clear an existing bolt I doubled up the bar and gave it a bit of a tack The left side and right side is nearly symmetrical the rotopax on the left is sort of where the muffler is on the right. It is actually about a 1/2 inch further away from centre. The mounts for the tail rack are outside the frame on the left and inside the frame on the right. On the top I did as is the norm and drilled through the fender and attached to the same nuts as the tail light, I uses small galvanized 3/8 connectors as bushings. I made these with the thought in mind that shit happens....so any combination of these racks work. This might have some real world value if they get bent beyond use. It seems like getting a decent photo on the cell is harder than making the rack LOL | |
| | | Fiftygrit
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Wed May 13, 2015 11:26 pm | |
| You folks in Houston are tough, no shoes and socks, what you think summer is here hahaha | |
| | | rarepartbuilder
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Thu May 14, 2015 6:27 am | |
| looks very good. A removable cross piece might come in handy... if the bike takes a nap straightening out a bent rack might weaken it... and they all like to nap sooner or later. Thanks for posting up your skills /ingenuity !
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| | | drbike
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Thu May 14, 2015 12:49 pm | |
| - Fiftygrit wrote:
- You folks in Houston are tough, no shoes and socks, what you think summer is here hahaha
Yup girl kids are like that, hurts like hell to get out of bed at noon but can walk on gravel. | |
| | | beer goggle
| Subject: Re: Custom Racks DIY Thu May 14, 2015 4:26 pm | |
| Thanks drbike, you've given me some useful ideas. Cheers | |
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