araspitfire
Registered user
Repeated from a post I made on ADVRider
Just got back from a 5500 mile trip from The Netherlands to Morocco and back... Rode some light offroad while there with Fanum and MikeP and others, so I feel confident that this thing works and is tough enough...
People there liked the box I whipped up to replace my rear seat, and bring the height of that area in line with my Givi adapter plate for the offroad bashing... (didn't want to risk breaking my Givi Maxxia as I needed it for the ride home)
As you can see I tried to maximise the area that I could use, without going beyond some basic construction techniques... I'd like to (if the interest was there) do another one out of fiberglass, with a mould, that would fill even more of the space...
As you can see below, I made it from wood glue, thin ply, and 1/4 round with a nailer... then put a layer of polyester and fiberglass on the outside for strength and weather proof ness... then I coated it with some cordura using contact cement for looks... The detail picture shows how I "lock" it... some panhead aviation screws go in the holes to blind nuts for a slightly hidden, 'tool required' removal of the lid... I only used them for the trip down...
Below are picture of my bike loaded for the trip down, Loaded while riding down there, and for the trip home.
Larger images can be found by following the links to smugmug.
Al...
Just got back from a 5500 mile trip from The Netherlands to Morocco and back... Rode some light offroad while there with Fanum and MikeP and others, so I feel confident that this thing works and is tough enough...
People there liked the box I whipped up to replace my rear seat, and bring the height of that area in line with my Givi adapter plate for the offroad bashing... (didn't want to risk breaking my Givi Maxxia as I needed it for the ride home)
As you can see I tried to maximise the area that I could use, without going beyond some basic construction techniques... I'd like to (if the interest was there) do another one out of fiberglass, with a mould, that would fill even more of the space...
As you can see below, I made it from wood glue, thin ply, and 1/4 round with a nailer... then put a layer of polyester and fiberglass on the outside for strength and weather proof ness... then I coated it with some cordura using contact cement for looks... The detail picture shows how I "lock" it... some panhead aviation screws go in the holes to blind nuts for a slightly hidden, 'tool required' removal of the lid... I only used them for the trip down...
Below are picture of my bike loaded for the trip down, Loaded while riding down there, and for the trip home.
Larger images can be found by following the links to smugmug.
Al...
