Rear Luggage Rack for XT 600 E

[Milinka]

Hello and Merry Christmas
I would like to buy Rear Luggage Rack for my XT 600 E (2001 year),but it is very hard to find it here in Serbia and also it is very expensive.
If anybody have used XT 600 Rack i would like to buy it.
Thank you
Best regards

[dallastx]

Hello, Milinka! Glad to hear XT also rules on the Balkan! For the luggage-rack try KEDO - Performance Products , they have the original Yamaha rack, but also the Hepco&Becker alternative. They can be ordered by internet, with quick delivery. They also have alu panniers. More expensive is Touratech AG but they also have stuff for the XT. Greetings, Hans van Langen.

[cyberzar]

I sold mine for 75 euro a few weeks ago... there is one on ebay right now, ends in one day... object number 310009320690.

From what seller says, his bike is 9 year old, so should be 1998. So it should be the proper model.

[Milinka]

Thanks for helping guys,but it is hard for us from Serbia to buy something on eBay,because our country is not listed in PayPal.Only way to send money from here is to wire money from my bank to seller bank,and most of them dont agree to give account number.
Also month salary is about 200 $ average here,so you can see how hard is to get luggage rack-not to mention how hard it was to buy my bike.You have to work half of your life here to buy bike.
So if any of you coming through my country-you are welcome to visit me and to ride bike with me.We have great off road lanes.Beautiful Fruska Gora-very wide,but not so high mountain (well,we call it mountain,but it is only 540 m high and 80 km wide-so it is just a big hill).
Here is link where you can see my bike and my family:

BikePics - milinka's 2001 Yamaha XT 600 Home Page on BikePics.Com

Best Regards and Merry Christmas to all of you.

[Martynbiker]

Originally Posted by Milinka

Also month salary is about 200 $ average here,so you can see how hard is to get luggage rack-not to mention how hard it was to buy my bike.You have to work half of your life here to buy bike.

Hiya Milinka, Firstly to the HUBB, I see you only have a few posts.

Have you thought of Making a rack? I welded one up out of steel box tube as I too have little Money, I asked at a gate manufacturer and they gave me enough Steel to make 3 racks for 6 Euros! I do have a MIG welder so I suppose am fortunate in that aspect.... the cost of the Ammo boxes was about 20 euros..... but I paid too much for them as they were brand new unissued ones. I could have got them for 4 euros each had I looked hard enough..

here is a picture of mine with 2 ammo boxes bolted onto it with self tapping "TEK" screws.


and from the back


and the side

[cyberzar]

just for curiosity, post this picture... if you need only the rear luggage rack, and you can weld, or have a friend that can do it, you can try to do something similar.. maybe take some copper tube to make a model\tests, and then use steel.

The side luggage frame is easy also, the problem is that side boxes are expensive... used Hepco boxes are about 300 euros. Or you can use ammoboxes, like martin says... that's a good hint. Depends for what you need them: everyday use? Long trip?