Build Your Own Motorcycle Luggage Rack

First you need to measure the base of the duffel you are looking to support.

Build your own motorcycle luggage rack.

May not make them for your bike may cost more than you d like are too wide are often too far back. I m wondering if anyone has any tips for designing and making one. Not so relevant for motorcycles that you can actually buy a rack for but. Motorcycle luggage rack step 1.

Those are some of the reasons i made my own rack for my first travel bike an xt 500 below way back in 1982. I ve got the idea that mild steel is best to use as it s easy to weld if it gets broken and round section tube is better than square. Some beeswax or wood seal and a brush to apply it on. The problem with off the shelf pannier racks like the classic racktangle above left and right is that they.

Gathering your tools and materials.