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Post by dcramer27 on Nov 24, 2011 20:41:48 GMT -5
I hadn't seen it before either but I dont like that small tire I have back there now but I already spent the money on it and I do enjoy knowing that I have a spare
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Post by jmkjr72 on Nov 24, 2011 20:55:24 GMT -5
on the vintage vespas some times they moved the tire from under the cowl to the leg shield area below the bars or they had racks on the rear some were like sissy bars with them mounted on them and others were just a double rack and the tire was between the 2 racks heck i have even seen one where it hung down the rear fender around the tail light
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Post by Rebel on Nov 24, 2011 22:55:30 GMT -5
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Post by dcramer27 on Nov 25, 2011 21:20:36 GMT -5
Nice find, that first pic is pretty much what my idea was
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Post by jmkjr72 on Nov 25, 2011 21:37:48 GMT -5
the question is going to be what you have for sturtcual steel in that area of the scoot the old scoots were solid steel so the mounting was no big deal also they used hubs front and rear so it was the same split rim front and rear
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Post by Rebel on Nov 25, 2011 22:32:03 GMT -5
I think your best bet will be to utilize your current luggage rack. bent the back part of it up like this You'll have to put something on there to hold the tire on. With this you still have some room to carry something too.d
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Post by dcramer27 on Nov 26, 2011 12:04:12 GMT -5
i think that design above may be just what i go with, possibly extend the rack a bit because that tubular chrome plated rack will only chip and flake if bent
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Post by Rebel on Nov 26, 2011 19:28:55 GMT -5
You are going to ruin the finish no matter how you do it. I'd cut it off and weld it into position, then figure out how to cover the finish damage. I have seen some fairly cheap electro-plating devices for a synthetic chrome finish. By cheap, I don't mean it is cheap ,just relative to a big system or having something plated at a shop. www.caswellplating.com/kits/copychrome.htm
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Post by jmkjr72 on Nov 26, 2011 20:35:25 GMT -5
yeah if you are going to weld on to it you need to strip the chrome off where you are welding i would personaly strip all the chrome off weld on what i want to then paint it with bedliner
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Post by dcramer27 on Nov 26, 2011 22:06:07 GMT -5
I was planning on scrapping the original rack and fabbing up a new one
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Post by Rebel on Nov 29, 2011 1:40:42 GMT -5
Fabrication looks easier than it is, have you done much?
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Post by dcramer27 on Nov 30, 2011 10:54:31 GMT -5
not much with tubular metal, but other forms of fabrication yes
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Post by Rebel on Nov 30, 2011 15:18:46 GMT -5
You'll need a pipe bender, to me those require special skills to use properly and get the bends just right so they match up, never learned how to do that myself.
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Post by dcramer27 on Nov 30, 2011 15:28:37 GMT -5
well in my head i see a rear rack that in contrast to the rest of the scoot has sharp lines as opposed to rounded
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Post by octopusjones on Nov 30, 2011 23:49:58 GMT -5
i may have missed the boat on this one, but if the body work is still busted, you could just get a new panel. one like that should be about 20 bux. i have the same issue on my scooter and i was thinking of fabricating them, but it's a pain, so im just going to graft on new ones. on the rack, fabbing is tough but rewarding, just try to get an idea of what your after, shape wise and draw it first, that helps me at least.
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