Looking for interest in custom made aluminum luggage for RX3

[Weldangrind]

Dan, is that your garage? If so, where did you get the silver insulation that's on the garage door?

[keithmaine]

Originally Posted by tinman tim

Thanx Spud. Been lurking here for awhile

Rack itself consists of three pieces. A large horizontal 'hoop', and two small 'prop' bars.
Panniers are 18x14x8

As shown above, they're mounted as far forward as possible which requires the stock crash bars to be removed.

Things are still in the proto-type stage for now, but i'm looking for interest/feedback to see if there's a market. As I did the same type set-up for the TW200 community, I'm kinda looking to do it for the Rx3.
That being said, I'm just a guy with a bunch of tools that likes to tinker in the garage.

Question I did have is, does anyone know the load capacity of the stock luggage?

Tim

My Tourfella luggage has a label that says 10Kg and the top box says 5Kg
sounds a little light. The Tusk on my friends KLR650 are the same for the panniers 10Kg each.

hope it helps good luck

[DanKearney]

Had I not already purchased the Tourfella panniers, I'd certainly be interested in a set-up that provides the same functionality as the Tourfellas, but at a lower price.

Cheers,

Dan K.

[keithmaine]

Originally Posted by AZRider

I like these panniers and would be in the market for a set. My question would be how many riders need that much capacity. Most seem to use the RX-3 for off-roading where weight is a factor. My use would be for back road touring and camping and for that they would be ideal.

The size is why I went with the Tourfellas, and for that reason I do a lot of motorcycle camping. This compact ADV Touring bike I believe will be just the ticket for all my up coming adventures.

[Rich+PRCBike]

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

Dan, is that your garage? If so, where did you get the silver insulation that's on the garage door?

I've seen this before, he attached expanded polystyrene boards with a reflective side inward. Really helps if you have a radiative heater in the garage, reflecting heat back at you.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_41505-46086-...sulation+board

[Danimal]

That is Tinman's garage.

[Weldangrind]

Originally Posted by Rich+PRCBike

I've seen this before, he attached expanded polystyrene boards with a reflective side inward. Really helps if you have a radiative heater in the garage, reflecting heat back at you.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_41505-46086-...sulation+board

Thanks!

[SpudRider]

Originally Posted by Rich+PRCBike

I've seen this before, he attached expanded polystyrene boards with a reflective side inward. Really helps if you have a radiative heater in the garage, reflecting heat back at you.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_41505-46086-...sulation+board

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

Thanks!

My brother has those panels on his garage door; they're great.

[AZRider]

Originally Posted by Danimal

They may be lighter than the stock plastic

Danimal, I don't disagree. I was pointing out that the increased capacity would allow for a greater weight to be loaded on the bike.

[MauiMikey]

Looks like some nice craftsmanship went into those panniers. Any thoughts to making a larger topcase as well? That would be of more interest to me than larger panniers.

[SpudRider]

A lot of us like the large, JC Whitney/Garage Pro Travel Trunks.









This travel trunk locks to the luggage rack with a metal mounting plate, and is easily removed when desired. Also, you can't beat the price. I paid $36, delivered, for my last travel trunk.

[mouradjan]

A friend has made a plastic welding for his RX3 top case.He said it cost him about 20 dollars .He says he did it for his helmet. As u know original case is too small for a helmet. I am not looking for a bigger case but may be this can give a good idea who are interested in.May be it will work better for side cases. I think it will look better.☺.

[rtking]

Originally Posted by mouradjan

A friend has made a plastic welding for his RX3 top case.He said it cost him about 20 dollars .He says he did it for his helmet. As u know original case is too small for a helmet. I am not looking for a bigger case but may be this can give a good idea who are interested in.May be it will work better for side cases. I think it will look better.☺.

Wow - that looks good! It keeps the original lines, but deep enough for a helmet and maybe jacket? I have to admit that I'm tempted to add a helmet lock somewhere on the bike because I can't put my helmet away. But either the plastic-welded box or Spud's JC Whitney box would work nicely.

[SpudRider]

That's a beautiful job. How much did it cost?

I do like the fact I can quickly remove the J.C. Whitney travel trunk whenever I please.

[tinman tim]

Originally Posted by RedHawk47

Tim,
It looks like you have all of the right tools for this project.
I would like a tool box like this that fits the Tourfella racks. It would need clearance for the pannier mounting system:
http://www.advdesigns.com/rurelotoforb1.html
Thanks,

If you can measure and sketch out what you want, I'm sure I can fab it up.