I'm looking for plans to make an aluminum rear rack to replace the weak plastic piece that comes from the factory. There was a guy quite a while ago that posted his setup, now I can't find it. He built it out of flat and angle aluminum and it could be done with the most common tools like a drill and a saw. His looked pretty perfect when he was done. Anybody know the post or member, please let me know.
Home made rear rack
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Ramseybella
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I made one after the plastic POS shattered and sent my top case flying down a forestry road.
rider33
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I don't know about the home brew (tho I'd like to see it) but this is the one I am closing in on:
http://www.happy-trail.com/Yamaha/Super-Tenere-Tail-Plate.aspx
It seems well integrated, reasonably priced & if their crash bars are any indicator plenty stout.
http://www.happy-trail.com/Yamaha/Super-Tenere-Tail-Plate.aspx
It seems well integrated, reasonably priced & if their crash bars are any indicator plenty stout.
rider33
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'nice, very nice. Did you use a router to cut the tie-down slots?Ramseybella said:
Ramseybella
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No the hard way..rider33 said:
drilled holes then hand jig saw and file.
It would have been simpler to get a hold of a friend of mine with his milling machine and done it right.
But this was a home made project, the large platform was made out of a nice piece of Stop sign ( like the photo) from a local scrap recycle yard $1.00 a pound at 6 pounds.
I did have to take it to a machine shop and have them bend the ends as this was some serious hard grade Aluminum, that was $10.00.
With hardware, Material and machine shop fee came out to around $20.00 to do.
It was simple to design with a small amount of cutting material off, other than the tie-down slots.
I haven't bothered to use the small top case since I mounted this platform, it has become more useful than the case.
Handles a load I have tied down a pair of 80 pound JBL speakers to this thing from a thrift store.
My 90 L OB duffle bag as you can see.
Taken it up into the woods and loaded it down with fire wood and a cargo net.
Taking delivery boxes to FedEx.
If I need to store extra stuff that does not fit in side bags I can tie-down another small Duffle.
I have stuck Diamond pattern rubber skid pads on the top after these photos had been taken like the ones on my gas tank in the last photos so stuff wouldn't slide around.
Been all over the place with this platform..
rider33
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'damn, that must have taken a while. 'Looks really good. I think I am going to go with the HT base rack & then fabricate something larger to attach to it for trips. I'd like to avoid the panniers if I can (width/side wind) and did pretty well with just a big seat bag out to the left coast last summer. A bigger platform for trips would be handy. 'Love the stop sign bit, if you have not owned a KLR you are destined to some day...Ramseybella said:No the hard way..
drilled holes then hand jig saw and file...
Not sure exactly what you are looking for, but I modded an AltRider rear rack with flat and angle aluminum to accept the OEM quick release topbox. Thread is linked below.Spaggy said:
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=16498.msg253809#msg253809
rider33
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ya know, this mounted on top of the Smaller Happy trail rack for trips might do the trick as well:
http://www.aerostich.com/fastrack.html
http://www.aerostich.com/fastrack.html
Don in Lodi
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All that and it's still mounted to the plastic rack base. The rack itself disintegrates but the base holds up, strange.
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RCinNC
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Hi Spaggy...I think I'm the guy you're talking about. Here's a link to my photo album that shows the construction of the luggage rack: http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?action=media;sa=album;in=80Spaggy said:
This is the thread that describes the construction of the luggage rack: http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=13527.0
This link is to my photo album that shows the very simple but durable top case quick release system I made to go with the homemade rack. It would work on most flat bottomed top cases.
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?action=media;sa=album;in=76;nw;start=0
This is the thread that describes the construction of the top case quick release: http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=13555.0
One thing the photos don't show is that, after I had the rack on the bike for a bit, I added a screw towards the rear of the rack that threads down into the plastic piece that supported the factory rack. It made it more secure in the rear.
Everything in the project was done with hand tools; I don't even own a drill press. All the slots and cutouts were made by drilling holes and then joining them with either a coping saw (a woodcutting blade actually works pretty good on aluminum) or my scroll saw. The angles are joined to the top plate with machine screws (no welding). All the shaping and finishing work was done with hand files and sandpaper.
I may still have the templates I used to make the luggage rack laying around somewhere, although the design did get altered a bit during construction.
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dandil726
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here is the one I made.
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patrickg450
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nice work