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$5.00 Rack
11/13/10 at 11:58:30

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2 90 degree supports, 2 hose clamps, flat black paint two bolts, some kind of rack from a 60s vintage refrigerator. Ugly part is hidden by tool bag. Holds about 6 lbs. I have fooled with this for 30 minutes. I give up. Hope you can see the simplicity. Have other pics, but can only load one at at a time. I'll make a deal with the Newbies. I'll make fun of you for not knowing where the sparkplug is, and you can make fun of me not knowing how to work a computer. Deal?

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2001 Black, Spitfire windshield, Headlight upgrade, Sissy rack, Tool bag, Fork bag, Harley muffler, Memory foam seat, Crash bars. Hwy pegs, Raptor.

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #1 - 11/13/10 at 12:30:22 Here is a pic of the rack before I bent the supports up to make them level. I also prefer a smaller heat shield on the Harley Muffs. This one came from JC Whitney for about $20. Thanks to Yonuh for the instructions on posting pics. Boofer
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BC-Savage YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 25	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #2 - 11/15/10 at 16:18:04 hey boofer; That chrome cover @ the header to muffler looks great! can you link to the details on that? thanks
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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #3 - 11/15/10 at 16:59:19 Rack from a refrigerator huh? Will it keep a six pac cool on a long trip? Phelonius other than in winter
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buttgoat1 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1042	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #4 - 11/15/10 at 17:04:44 "Other than winter" that reminds me, a few years back I was in an auto parts store. A guy came in to buy some freon couse it was blowing warm air, and asked where to put it in. The counter guy went outside and popped his hood. The car did not have AC, but the guy said "It blew cold air in February"....
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #5 - 11/15/10 at 19:13:41 a 5 dollar rack? Theres a bad joke in there somewhere..
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kel30734 Senior Member Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 486 Calhoun, GA Gender:	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #6 - 11/16/10 at 06:16:06 Try this one on for size 1/4" aluminum Tread plate bolted to the frame It will hold asmuch beer as you can stack on it plus camping gear.... Call it the dragon beer truck
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Reply #7 - 11/16/10 at 14:05:14

BC-Savage wrote on 11/15/10 at 16:18:04:

hey boofer; That chrome cover @ the header to muffler looks great! can you link to the details on that?
thanks

JC Whitney, six or seven inches long. $20 I ordered too small not thinking of Harley muff being larger than 1 3/4'. Hate to say it, but it's wired on with stainless wire from back side. I didn't like the small muff with large OEM shield. Muffler came from a Softail or Night Train. Cheap is great, but cheap and easy is wonderful!

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #8 - 11/16/10 at 14:09:24 kel, You could haul a Honda Ruckus on that rack in case you have a flat.
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Reply #9 - 11/16/10 at 21:55:35

kel30734 wrote on 11/16/10 at 06:16:06:

Try this one on for size
1/4" aluminum Tread plate bolted to the frame
http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/02/09/bikepics-1565909-800.jpg

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/07/16/bikepics-1727871-full.jpg

It will hold asmuch beer as you can stack on it plus camping gear....
Call it the dragon beer truck

Those corners look like theyd peel skin.

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Re: $5.00 Rack
Reply #10 - 11/17/10 at 06:05:57

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/16/10 at 21:55:35:

kel30734 wrote on 11/16/10 at 06:16:06:

Try this one on for size
1/4" aluminum Tread plate bolted to the frame
http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/02/09/bikepics-1565909-800.jpg

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/07/16/bikepics-1727871-full.jpg

It will hold asmuch beer as you can stack on it plus camping gear....
Call it the dragon beer truck

Those corners look like theyd peel skin.

I did grind the edges and round the corners
The first Pic was a mock up to check fit.
you know how it is Lefthanded guy using rt handed power tools ..... gotta put it togeather and look at it several times
I have autocad drawings of the layout of the side rails if any one wants them. The top plate is 1'x1' I used a peice of ceramic tile laying about as a templtate

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Re: $5.00 Rack
Reply #11 - 11/20/10 at 21:32:16

Boofer wrote on 11/13/10 at 11:58:30:

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2 90 degree supports, 2 hose clamps, flat black paint two bolts, some kind of rack from a 60s vintage refrigerator. Ugly part is hidden by tool bag. Holds about 6 lbs. I have fooled with this for 30 minutes. I give up. Hope you can see the simplicity. Have other pics, but can only load one at at a time. I'll make a deal with the Newbies. I'll make fun of you for not knowing where the sparkplug is, and you can make fun of me not knowing how to work a computer. Deal?

Boof,

Looks pretty functional.....I like it!

If it were me, I'd put two hose clamps on each side and get in the habit of checking them regularly, as I've seen those things crack.

Rectangular "u-bolts" would work even better there, if you can find some.

IHTH!

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #12 - 11/21/10 at 10:11:45 Digger, I forgot to mention that the tool bag is also tied to the sissy bar by the strap that came with it. It has attachments on the back. It can only go a little ways toward the side. But I get your point. I just like using up all the crap I have lying around from years of bringing home junk.
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buttgoat1 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1042	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #13 - 11/22/10 at 14:59:41 no such thing as "crap" its material in transition........
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: $5.00 Rack Reply #14 - 11/22/10 at 16:49:50 I cant stand it. I cant stand it not one more Second. I just Have to say it. I had a girlfriend who had about a $5.00 rack when I was a kid...
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