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Gary N.

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Gary N.

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Well I've been out in the shop again. We're getting ready for our trip to Alaska and decided we needed a little more storage room on the bike. I made a receiver hitch and luggage rack and bolted on a 15 gallon Rubbermaid lockable plastic box. A couple of LED trailer lights completed the project. Not too pretty but functional.

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nice job, it looks good. :thumbsup2:

 

needs some chrome on the sides of the box, lol.:stirthepot:

 

i made a similar type of hitch and have a low profile cooler mounted. now i definetly have wine in the back end, now she wants me to figure out how to pump it up for refills.:think:

 

the extra space will come in handy for your trip, new shoes, purses, tops etc.:whistling:

 

cheers, Scott:beer:

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Looks great Gary, I was thinking the same for mine. Could you give us a shot showing us the bottom of the rack? I have some ideas but I like to see what others have done also.

 

Thanks,

 

Dan

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Gary a word of caution.

 

I bought a rack for extra stuff and the guy told me to keep the weight at 40lbs or less.

 

I found out in the first curve why, front end started to float, once out of that curve, re-arranged some items. When I got back home, weighed what I put on initially, only 50lbs, after the re-arrangement, 35lbs.

 

So be careful with the weight on the rack, not like a pulling a trailer. :)

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Gary a word of caution.

 

I bought a rack for extra stuff and the guy told me to keep the weight at 40lbs or less.

 

I found out in the first curve why, front end started to float, once out of that curve, re-arranged some items. When I got back home, weighed what I put on initially, only 50lbs, after the re-arrangement, 35lbs.

 

So be careful with the weight on the rack, not like a pulling a trailer. :)

 

Thanks George, I'll keep that it mind. Haven't tried it out yet but will soon. Have you installed levelling links? I wonder if that would make a difference? I run my back shock at the max which does raise the back of the bike a bit too. And I've been rebuilding the counter weight for the front seat.... :doh:

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Looks great Gary, I was thinking the same for mine. Could you give us a shot showing us the bottom of the rack? I have some ideas but I like to see what others have done also.

 

Thanks,

 

Dan

 

Dan,

To make it as light as possible all I did was make the 1 1/4" tube receiver longer and weld two pieces of 1" tubing onto it to bolt the box too.

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Thanks George, I'll keep that it mind. Haven't tried it out yet but will soon. Have you installed levelling links? I wonder if that would make a difference? I run my back shock at the max which does raise the back of the bike a bit too. And I've been rebuilding the counter weight for the front seat.... :doh:

 

 

No leveling links and I do run shock at 45 lbs. And I am with you on the counter weight :crying::crying:

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