Front Rack for XT600E
 

Is anyone interested in buying one for their bike on a co-operative buy. If I can get 10 orders it gives us a chance of getting them built.
Please e-mail me on andy[at]joatmoa.co.uk

Interested. Will it fit a 2003 XT600E and what sort of price are we looking at?

Matt :)

Thanks for the heads up on Ricky Cross, i had heard he was almost impossible to contact.

I will put the word out on our forum with a link to this thread. :thumbup1:

Mezo.

Email sent. I'm in! Thanks Andy.

yeh i could be up for one aswell

cheers

Dave

I doubt he or anyone could hold a patent for such a thing.....

Form follows function.............

Oops, just realised I was meant to email...

:oops2:

Front Rack
 

I contacted the people who make the Renntec Racks (Technical Tubes - Main Menu) who are in Three Legged Cross, Dorset. This was the reply I received today..
Andrew.
You did get the email address right,
but as I'm sure you can appreciate these
things do take time.

The cost of developing and fitting a rack to your bike
will be approximately £ 850.00p + VAT.

We shall require the bike for about 7 - 10 working days.

As per your last email we have a photo of the rack,
so if you have an old rack that will be helpful.

Regards

This would only be sensible if 20 people wanted racks as the £1020 inc VAT is only the set-up fee.
I am now looking locally to see if I can design and fabricate ONE locally. If it's successful I will get back on here with photos.

Please note that the replies above do not tally with the e-mails I received.

(short) email sent, basically saying yeh i'd have one.

Sadly this is very true, same thing happened to a friend of mine, and if this guy's reputation here in Italy is anything to go by, it's a wonder he's not behind bars already.
Avoid Rikycross like the plague. :thumbdown:

I've got one which is exactly like that. I can take pictures and measure it in case it if helps to make the development cheaper.

If there is such an interest, I might also start my 1st ever Ebay auction (only bought, never sold things).:mchappy:

HI Guys whats the latest?
 

I'll wing you a mail, i'm interested in one, pending the cost/

So around 10 hours work for development... that only makes sense if you are making quite a few. Otherwise you could just use those 10 hours to build ONE rack...

My personal preference for a headlight protector is a sheet of perspex - stops all the small stones that can chip a headlight. Must be easily removable for easy washing in a creek, say 3x 6M caphead screws. Those wielded on metal grids can be hard to clean behind and let smaller stones right through.

I quite agree
 

I just wanted a rack to carry stuff on, the headlamp protector was a bonus.
Like yourself i prefer a lexan poly headlamp shield,much better.
If i had the bending equip im sure i could knock some up.

3 tabs on that rack would mount a flat bit of lexan .. no bending required. Just cut it out, drill 3 holes and jobs done. Much simpler than that metal mesh.