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Photos - Cheap Givi mount/ luggage rack
Written by goldwingman40 on 7/7/2011 at 01:39 pm

Jerry, That is a lot of work and ruining expensive plastic for a clobered up
job. Why not just build the rack correctly so it carries the weight on the
passenger grip handle bolts that have the proper nuts welded into the main
frame?
Fred



--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry" <sanae.ej@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, I noted this is a danger of going down this route.
>
> I have brought up the top trunk frame from the lake house. I will post s pick
so you can see it would be easy to add some structural mounts to this frame to
the underside of the rear plastic tail. This would allow you to mate to the
tail safely.
>
> Jerry
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, Juan Antonio Goula <juang@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Jul 6, 2011, at 09:54 , Jerry wrote:
> >
> > > Brian,
> > >
> > > I think you might be the 1st to work something up that [sort of] ties to
the tail - it is not a solid tie, but takes advantage of that perch.
> > >
> > > I think you can tie into the upper trunk lid frame for a stronger
mechanical connection, but I like what you did, especially for the $'s.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Ok, here's the devil's advocate version? I'd be wary of cracking the duck
tail with vibration or bouncing up and down of the loaded bag, since it is not a
structural piece, merely a plastic shell. Could you slide a layer of thick
neoprene or some other shock absorption material to help prevent this?
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> >
> >
> > Juan Goula
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