Build Your Own Motorcycle Luggage Rack

I ve read threads and links before about making your own hard panniers but nothing on fabricating a rack to hang them off.

Build your own motorcycle luggage rack.

I ve got the idea that mild steel is best to use as it s easy to weld if it gets broken and round section tube is better than square. This video shows you the dirty details of how i built the luggage cargo rack for my kawasaki ke175 dual sport motorcycle. Those are some of the reasons i made my own rack for my first travel bike an xt 500 below way back in 1982. Some beeswax or wood seal and a brush to apply it on.

First you need to measure the base of the duffel you are looking to support. Not so relevant for motorcycles that you can actually buy a rack for but. Motorcycle luggage rack step 1. May not make them for your bike may cost more than you d like are too wide are often too far back.

The problem with off the shelf pannier racks like the classic racktangle above left and right is that they.