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I have a VIP trunk and looking for a mounting rack
Written by docpolycarp on 5/21/2011 at 02:27 am

Thanks Dick. In searching the archives about the Reid Rack, I saw some
reservations expressed about using the OEM backrest as an anchor point for a
luggage rack, but I had not seen anything about actual failure. I wonder if
there would be any way to reinforce the two welds, or transfer weight off them
to the frame under the trunk? The trunk "duckbill" doesn't seem to rest directly
on the frame tube underneath it, but I have not taken off that part of the trunk
lid to examine it.

Brian

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, richard macinnes <swiftly1@...> wrote:
>
> Just be careful! This idea puts the entire weight of the rack, box and
contents,
> and possibly a passenger leaning back, on the two welds joining the backrest
> vertical supports to the seat frame. We have had some fail.
>
> Dick MacInnes

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