raesewell Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 As some of you may know I recently bought a really good value and nifty little tail bag from Sportsbikeshop.The only bugbear was attaching and hiding the straps, so I wanted a solution to attach it to the Givi rack without the straps. This is what I came up with.The yellow dot you can see is the hole I drilled where the knock through is for the Givi electrics with the nuberplate making it look yellowhttp://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_092242_zpsg2hklple.jpgI made a hardboard template http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_092357_zps1kctsyen.jpgFrom that hardboard template I created an Acetate plate to accept the bag base.http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_092437_zpsspgtcxcx.jpgHere are the componentshttp://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_092555_zpsaxnc8z8y.jpgI just happened to have an M6 knob in my goody drawerhttp://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_092617_zpst4kslmds.jpgAfter a bit of drilling and counterboringhttp://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_092651_zpsan2hkjrb.jpgThe knob fits discretely under the rack. I made a spacer so that I could use a longer bolt so the knob didn’t go too far into the rack and make it awkward to do up.http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_093153_zpsd04vmbeb.jpgBag base bolted to the Acetate base.http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_093206_zpshjzqmgl3.jpgA couple of pictures of the finished job.http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_093423_zpsag7glwdj.jpghttp://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a540/raesewell1/FJR/20170603_093433_zpsexh3jjwa.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megawatt Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Top mod mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megawatt Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 How do you create an acetate plate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raesewell Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 I had a large sheet of black acetate in the garage, I cut a piece off on the table saw, bandsawed it to the rough shape and then routed it with a flush trim bit on the router table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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