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Title: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by seviersavage on 11/24/08 at 19:34:38 I couldn't find a rack that was large enough for the savage so I came up with this one. It is 8x11 and the uprights go into the side rails where the sissy bar was. http://w4.bikepics.com/pics/2008/11/24/bikepics-1491955-full.jpg And here is the twist, it extends to 8x17, and I also relocated my helment lock since my saddlebags made it useless where it was. http://w4.bikepics.com/pics/2008/11/24/bikepics-1491958-full.jpg Seviersavage |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by Paladin. on 11/24/08 at 19:50:54 Sweet. I wouldn't sell it for less than $200. $300 if you're not a member of this Forum. |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by serowbot on 11/24/08 at 20:48:58 Helmet lock...nice touch... |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by firetruckredbike on 11/25/08 at 03:49:48 VERY nice! Are you going to make more (hint)? Amy |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by seviersavage on 11/25/08 at 09:13:10 It would be easy enough to weld up a rack that clamped to the sissy bar but I wanted to lose mine so having the legs slide into the side rails seemed a reasonable option. But making it extend meant I had to create the flat tubing as sides. Thats a headache to weld up. If I had to subsist on dollars from my fabrication skills I'd starve. Seviersavage |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by odvelasc on 11/25/08 at 18:12:17 so is the sissybar is gone, where does the barrel bag hang from? |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by seviersavage on 11/25/08 at 18:19:50 Yep, Sissy bar is gone. Barrel bag? Luggage that straps to the sissy bar? Um don't know about that but I can carry a suitcase now ;D :D Seviersavage |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by Jay on 11/26/08 at 01:55:16 Looks great! Can you post a pic of it on the bike? |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by Kevininsc on 11/26/08 at 13:30:51 That looks really ingenious!! :D I would like to see pics of it on the bike!!, if you have any. :) |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by seviersavage on 11/26/08 at 15:19:45 O.K. so I just did install it. My thoughts are taking the fender side rails off would have been easier. But I did get it on. I covered the forward part with a foam insulation. I guess cause I think it looks better. And I'm sure I can come up with a real reason if I have to. http://w4.bikepics.com/pics/2008/11/26/bikepics-1493277-200.jpg http://w4.bikepics.com/pics/2008/11/26/bikepics-1493281-200.jpg |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by EssForty on 11/26/08 at 16:28:08 Have you estimated the weight it can handle fully extended? Seems like you might need an angled brace from the upright to the middle of the loading surface to stiffen it if you did try to put a large piece of luggage or a milk crate on the back. Certainly is a neat idea to have the extendable section. And I have the same issue with my helmet lock being under my OEM bags and being useless when I have both bags on. |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by seviersavage on 11/26/08 at 17:01:33 I wouldn't carry any real weight on it. But when it's collapsed I believe you could sit on it. I end up carrying flat boxes that don't weigh much so large footprint was more benificial to me. Besides too much weight way back there and I'd be poppin wheelies everywhere :o Seviersavage |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by EssForty on 11/26/08 at 17:57:08 Ha Ha. That thought occurred to me as well. A couple sacks of potatoes and you'd have a wheelie machine :-) |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by Paladin. on 11/26/08 at 19:11:29 5F5C49424F495E5B454040454D415F2C0 wrote:
http://paladin.savageriders.com/images/WheelieRollers.jpg Isn't that what the Wheelie Rollers are for? (Not to mention you'ld have sport bike riders trying to figure out how to do the same to their bikes.) |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by Jack_650 on 11/26/08 at 21:28:10 This puppy looks great. My only thoughts are that when you put something on there you're covering your back lights. At night not so bad, but in the day time the brake light becomes invisible. When I put the extra tour tank on the back of my 650 behind the sissy bar I got nervous enough to install a big oval LED tail/brake light up on the back of the tank. Those cell phoners don't see us from the front or sides so why make it easy for them to miss us from the back as well. A side point to think about. How cool would it be to replace the back pad with one of those? Then extend it back out a ways when you need the extra carrying room. Build a removable backrest onto the front of it and a removable seat pad for it if you want to carry a passenger. Just a couple of thoughts for when you go into production. Jack |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by Jay on 11/26/08 at 22:16:14 Great look. Thanks for the pic. |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by sluggo on 11/26/08 at 22:35:28 looks nice, but it would be the first thing i stripped when i make the machine into a bobber. powdercoat, or paint... |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by Paladin. on 11/27/08 at 11:45:56 7E55575F6B020104340 wrote:
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by troglobil on 11/27/08 at 14:37:29 Paladin, do you know off hand what kit you used for that? Bil |
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by Paladin. on 11/27/08 at 15:58:43 4B4D505853505D56533F0 wrote:
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Title: Re: homemade luggage rack with a twist Post by seviersavage on 11/27/08 at 18:37:39 I went out to look at it just now to make sure it did not cover the tail lights. The rack sits a good bit higher than the tail light so only if I had a soft package drooping down would the light get covered. But maybe a couple LED's on the rack would finish it off nicely. Seviersavage |
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