Fri, 30 Jul 1999 18:17:04 +0200 - Message No. 6115
From: Philip.Herzog@gmx.de (Philip Herzog)

Subject: 86cm


So this is it. 

Filally I found time to put the thing together - a self-built carrier
for two aluminum cases for my RD04. 

Aim was to built a _narrow_ carrier. So there were major modifications
to do:

* The rear side panels had to go.
* The exhaust pipe was in the way, so I modified it to go under the
case.
* The liquid coolant bottle had to go, a new place to be found.

Next step was to measure the bike and build a rack very close to the
rear swingarm (which is asymetric due to the drive chain), with only
about 2cm space on each side.

* a new right rear panel was made from 3mm PVC
* the liquid coolant bottle moved to the left and hat a protection
built from the same 3mm PVC

The result looks a bit strange, a very narrow rear with the exhaust
pipe running low. The total width of the thing is 86cm with a 35l and
a 38l aluminium box.

Cost is about EUR 100 plus boxes - but a _lot_ of work.

As soon as I'm back from holiday I'll put pictures on the web.

-   Philip
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