Bought myself a welder to make my own rack. Granted I’m fairly shocking at making neat welds (1st time welding) but the rack works well. Its for soft luggage only. Hard luggage is mounted to the rack whereas soft luggage drapes over the bike. I don’t want to scratch the paintwork and the pipes touch the bags which will melt them as I did on the old GSR.
So the rack only needs to make the bags clear those parts
PS, yes you can buy panniers for the King but I’ve removed the exhaust cage when I got the Yoshi’s so the mounting parts are all gone so no manufacturer rack will fit the bike anymore
I might get these some black colour with some hammerite or something but I first need to get some proper bolts and fixings before I actually use it. PS there are only 4 bolts for the entire system and all easy to get to. 5-10min fitting and the rack will only be used on weekends away…which I never do
The bags are really light and a lot of weight is taken up by the straps. I did think of that though and might fabricate another bar now that I know it fits properly.
i have some oxford bags and know they dont weigh alot but with vibrations and speed lol id hate for them to break when your on a trip then you can attach them to get home or they will melt XD
do you reckon you’ll be up for helping me build some hard case racks next year for my ntv XD
i spent alot of time in hospital lookup up on how people have made them and what needs to be done for strength, i even sore someone had made soft racks with a meter m8 threaded bar in some 8mm fule line then bent around looked really good =]
The bags just flop on. Didn’t know there was a right way forward
I’ve always had em on backwards. To be honest, I didn’t even take the bags out until I finished the rack. Even forgot how the bags looked haha.
Ross, you buy e metal and just pay me for the gas and welding wire and you’re welcome to DIY it yourself with a little of my uneducated guidance.
