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04-08-2011, 10:57 PM | #1 |
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I know that Wampus' trunks are great, but I was wondering what else was available? Anything?
Has anyone made one that turned out well and is sturdy? Let see some pictures!
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Wompus makes the only ready-made platform for mounting a trunk on a Nomad, that I know of. Everything else is a custom one-off creation.
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04-09-2011, 04:29 AM | #3 |
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Reply I made my own it is really quite simple here is a picture of mine:
and here is a site that is very good I found after I made mine: http://home.insightbb.com/~kpmh.010/N-TourPak.htm
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04-09-2011, 06:57 AM | #4 |
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If I was to buy a rack I wouldn't use anything but a Wompus rack. If I was to make one myself Id use something like the one that Jim posted, which actually looks very similar to a Wompus. I guess there are only so many ways to make a rack that will look and work well.
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04-09-2011, 11:38 AM | #6 |
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I made my own out of 11 gauge steel with a 3/16" aluminum top plate. It's been carrying my HD King Tour Pac for 4 years.
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04-09-2011, 02:45 PM | #7 |
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You guys that made your own, what did you use to cut them out? I have access to a plasma cutter, but that would require a lot of clean up to get it looking nice. I'm also considering a jig saw...? Not to sure how that would hold up, but might be my best bet.
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If you have the plasma set right there should not be very much clean up I had mine cut at a shop with a laser, by the way I made mine out of 3/16" plate because I had it on hand.
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Here's a pic of CJ's mount he sent me. I like this as it uses the stock sissy bar mounts. CJ told me he used a short piece of pipe, slotted it and welding in a curved piece of flat bar, add some tabs for mounting the trunk and chrome. Wala.....
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Here is what I made for mine. Since I had the rack passenger rest Fire and Steel. I had the support plates. SO I made this from a piece of T6061 aluminum one piece that was bent into shape and the 2 ends were boxed and tig welded down 2 short seems by a local fabrication shop. It is sturdy!!! I can put a LOT of weight down on it and compress the shocks no movement. It attaches via the 2 mounting bolts that use to mount the backrest on. After I polished it a bit, but since no one sees it much didn't make it like a mirror, which I could have.
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I like Jim's result if you have access to those tools and it looks a bit like mine. Basically I made "models" out of laminate flooring to get the shape and mounting height right. a piece of 3/8" ply on top got that dialed in. Then I traced the final result onto the sheet steel and cut them out with a good skill saw with metal blades. To do that you clamp the steel plate to 1/2" plywood. I have sent out templates to a lot of folks with C50s, Yamahas and Nomads and have built quite a few this way.
The Wompus rack is the ultimate solution of you do not want to put effort into a DIY solution. However, I can e-mail you detailed instructions and pics if you want them and you can decide. I have done this for a quite a few folks on this forum and VolusiaRiders. IMHO, I would not attach a trunk rack to the existing sissy bar rack. I have personally seen cracked aluminum struts at the mounting holes when done that way.
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Cajunrider, sorry I said your pics came from CJ. Must be the hot sun on old bald head.
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Hey Jared,
I prefer the minimalist look, so I tried many different racks before I found one that is almost invisible and sturdy. I ended up with the rack that bolts to the back of the pillion mount and onto the license plate bracket. I bought the bracket on e-bay for a song, used a piece of .06 aluminum on top of the rack and the same on the inside of the trunk, and used 10-32 Pan head screws with some homemade saddle spacers and nylok nuts to keep it all together. I believe that I could pick the back of the bike off of the ground with this setup, very strong.
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