home made rear racks

**Norman** · #1 05-28-2009, 06:02 PM

made from 5/16" dia. rod.

have the taillight on the end of this rack

square tubing rack on my rat bike slick paint isn't it very careful not to get over spray and one nice solid color blue, black, rust, silver what ever way laying around at the time

Now I need to make a saddle basket out of coat hanger wire?!

**Norman** · #2 05-28-2009, 06:07 PM

close up of the mount on the front
black bike part of the mount is welded to the frame

rat bike the mount is removeable

what you can do with the skulls paint them, glue it on the throttle. He looks happy to me.

Retmachinist · #3 05-28-2009, 08:02 PM

Speaking of home made rear racks, here are a few of mine. Actually the real small one is just a battery carrier.

John

**Norman** · #4 05-28-2009, 09:03 PM

Very nice!!! Wow They beat the heck out of mine.

But do you have the skull anywhere? I think I see a taillight on the first nice. Took some work for you to make them, mine were hammer built.
Norman

deacon · #5 05-28-2009, 10:39 PM

and yours beats mine norman. Mine is just a couple of those channels with holes in them and some drop rods. Ugly as can be but they work for batteries so I'm okay with them.

Cabinfever1977 · #6 05-29-2009, 12:02 AM

i mounted small black plastic waste paper baskets to each side of my rear rack to used as saddle bags.everything on my bike is black so they blend in real nice.

lordoflightaz · #7 05-29-2009, 10:34 AM

I used a Rubbermaid mail box holder and some aluminum "L" stock.

I have revised it a couple of times, I made a pannier out of a computer laptop bag which really worked good. I am in the middle of the next revision which have bolt on saddle boxes that I need to find a way to lock up.

**Norman** · #8 05-29-2009, 01:41 PM

Great ideas guys! I like the home made and cheap approach but I really like the one's done fancy.
I have to settle for the cheap and ugly but beauty is in the eye's of the beholder.

Cabinfever1977 · #9 05-29-2009, 11:19 PM

well i needed something cheap and the front basket i use to have didnt work well with all that weight up front,i like the rear baskets more stable and holds more because theres two baskets.
plus the front basket was in the way of my headlight.
i still need to find a place on the bike for my battery.

lordoflightaz · #10 05-30-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Norman

Great ideas guys! I like the home made and cheap approach but I really like the one's done fancy.
I have to settle for the cheap and ugly but beauty is in the eye's of the beholder.

I am working on cheap and fancy LOL. I got some big electrical junction boxes at a garage sale $.25 each, some clearance and marker lights, solar panels to charge a Ryobi 18v battery. Hopefully, I will get some pics of it this week.