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New Reid Rack -- Discussion and Progress
Written by goldwingman40 on 10/25/2004 at 12:15 am


David,
The Givi rack covers up the lines of the bike and will not work with
the upper trunk spoiler. The bars are quite thick because of the
material they are made of. The Honda backrest breckets are not heavy
enough to carry the rack plus backrest, some have broken with just
the backrest, because of the design loading istwisting. Also not all
people have the Honda backrest so they would not have the mount. Bob
Viena built a mountout of 3/16" x 1 1/2" steel bar welded to mount
the Givi rack plate and to clear the spoiler fin. The rack plate
still blocks the lines of the bike because it is so solid because of
being made of reinforced plastic. Dan Birrell made a rack by cutting
brackets out of sheet steel and the rack out of 3/8" rod. It cleared
the spoiler fin and had a provision to mount a backrest. He used a
Utopia on his. The first one was longer than he liked because his
wife hit her foot when swinging it over the back getting on. He then
made a shorter one. The open structure with the rods does not hide
the lines of the bike. Something like this would be usable by a lot
more members.
Fred



--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "David Landsberger" <dlandsberger@m...>
wrote:
>
> Let me weigh in on this one since I'm the one that's attempting to
> make the rack with Leland. I guess my ability to produce highway
> peg brackets is now going to put me into the custom part
> manufacturing business -- something I will enjoy!
>
> I understand that mounting a rack to the seat bolts would make for
a
> more robust rack -- but I this rack is basically available from
Givi
> now - though I understand that it may/or may not, work with the
> backrest.
>
> The Reid design is easy to make, and fine for small loads. I am
> contemplating a new and improved "grid" for the platform, as well
as
> reinforced brackets that might be be stronger than the ones
currently
> made. In addition the rack we're designing will be made from
steel
> instead of aluminum, and coated with a glossy UV resistant coating
> that will look as good as the coating on the highway peg brackets
> (for those who got a set).
>
> I'm hoping to be able to make this rack for substantially under $75
> complete - which would be a good addition to any bike I would
> think. I have some prototype grids now, and hope to have a
> prototype rack within a week or two to post pictures on the site
for
> you to look at.
>
> Since my last ride was at best disappointing (see Philly Fall
> Ride/Bike Down post) at least I can do something fun by making this
> stuff.
>
> David