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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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They were like railway tracks.. Lol. I took them off once home and now I use them as pry bars
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Use 15mm steel tube, readily available in different lengths on Ebay. Using 15mm means you can use a plumbers tube bender which are also pretty common.

I've just built a set of racks for a Honda CRF230. I first extended the subframe, welded that in place, welded some mounts to the subframe extension and on to the original subframe towards the swing arm pivot.

For the racks, we bought some old airhead loops, removed the unwanted bracketry and welded a series of 15mm diameter tubes to the racks with suitable mounts on the end to match the lugs on the frame, plus a cross brace at the rear.

Had the powder coated black for £20, will post pics soon.
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Made these racks recently for a Honda CRF230F in readiness for a six day trailride through northern Portugal.

I'd already extended the CRF subframe so that a toolkit could be safely carried (15mm tube bent, shoved in to the end of the stock subframe and then welded in place). On to the subframe extension I welded some 25mm x 6mm steel brackets in addition to a bracket on the stock subframe near the swing arm pivot. The racks themselves are an old pair of airhead rackets with ll of the brackets removed, I made my own to suit, welded them on, had the racks powdercoated and they worked well, strong enough to survive several falls.













Instead of full size panniers, we used Wolfman tank panniers as they're narrower but still large enough for the trip. I'm thinking of adding a Tooltube mount later in the year.

It's my partners bike, I was not responsible for the above crash, I slipped on loose rocks trying to recover the bike.
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It's my partners bike, I was not responsible for the above crash, I slipped on loose rocks trying to recover the bike.
Mmmmh, likely story.
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Mmmmh, likely story.
Cheers Chris, mended your DRZ crankcase yet?
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Cheers Chris, mended your DRZ crankcase yet?
Yep. Got away with just replacing the clutch cover.

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G'day Maria
I note you have a set of Andyz Bagz,exelent gear they are
You could go Andyz web site and check out just how simple throw over bag racks need to be.
We just did 8,000km in Vietnam with some flat bar(it was round on the detail drawing:confused1racks based on the style of Andyz.Not one problem.
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