I made this rack for my bike. Really strong and will take a top box. Thought I would share the photos in case anyone else wants to make one....

Looks nice!! I like the way the curve at the back matches the shape of the tail piece. What are the bottom legs attached too?

Originally Posted by sean c.

Looks nice!! What are the bottom legs attached too?

+1 on that.
What did you start with? a rack off another bike, or an old gate?

Originally Posted by graeme.medley

+1 on that.
What did you start with? a rack off another bike, or an old gate?

The whole unit was made from scratch - raw 5/8 steel tubing. I custom bent the tubing to suit the bike. I would recommend 1/2 tubing as the 5/8 may be too heavy duty.

The bottom legs are bolted to the threaded nubs mounted on the bar near the signal lights. The rack was just resting on the bike for the photo but the top bolts will go into the same holes for the rear grab bars. They counter sink into the tubing to keep the top of the rack smooth.

I may think about doing up some crash guards too.

1/2" is good. I was making them for a while....can't find any old pictures though....

Good work! That looks much more substantial than the OEM accesory that Kawasaki offered. Is it flush to the top of the Corbin, or nestled below?

Originally Posted by Craig Jackman

Good work! That looks much more substantial than the OEM accesory that Kawasaki offered. Is it flush to the top of the Corbin, or nestled below?

Rack sits about 3/4 inch below the corbin or dead even with a stock seat.

looks excellent drax. nice work.

So how do you get those nice uniform bends in the tubing? Special tools? Heat?

Looks great; well done!!

Originally Posted by rx302

So how do you get those nice uniform bends in the tubing? Special tools? Heat?

I went to the home depot and bought a conduit bender for electrical work. I think it was $20. No heat required for this size of pipe. I just threw my 200lbs against it on the cement floor. Pretty easy -just a time investment. If you are thinking about doing it - go for it.

Nice. Now if only my Mig welder didnt suck....

Originally Posted by drax71

I went to the home depot and bought a conduit bender for electrical work. I think it was $20. No heat required for this size of pipe. I just threw my 200lbs against it on the cement floor. Pretty easy -just a time investment. If you are thinking about doing it - go for it.

Sweet! I was just looking at a conduit bender the other day wondering if it would bend 1/2" steel tubing!

So I think I misunderstood something. I went and bought 1/2" steel pipe. It's 1/2" ID and though it looked too thick when I went to pick it up, but I took it anyway and had to cut it in half to get it home. So I figured I would try and bend it anyway. Well, it was hard but believe it or not it bent, until the conduit bender broke. Anybody need some black steel pipe?

So, my question is, what sort of tubing did you guys use? Can you tell me where you bought it and what the description was, or perhaps the intended application for the tubing? ID and OD would help considerably. Thanks again! I have a month to complete this, and I've found access to a welder so I'm ready to go!

I didn't make one yet, although I intend to do so soon. I was under the impression that the tubing was the metal electrical conduit, the silver colored tubing for running wires through... Drax, Is this what you used?