ZX12R Renntec rack

I can get one quite reasonably priced with fixings etc. What will fit on the
thing? Is there some kind of adaptor for Givi etc?

Cheers

Nige

 

You can bolt a Givi mounting plate to it for a topbox.

As to what will fit on it, that depends how determined you are. As I
was taking a pillion, I packed all my weekend gear including tent and
airbed into my 55-litre Oxford Paddock Sack [Warning! Not for motorcycle
use!] and strapped it to the Renntec rack on the back of the RF900
[Warning! Load not to exceed 2.5Kg!] and it did Pembrey and back, at
suitably stupid speeds. No problem.

 

Yep. We picked up a topbox and universal plate at one of the shows.
Something like this.
http://www.motorbikesandparts.co.uk...box-and-universal-plate-monolock-p-10476.html

Note the Monokey and Monolock systems have different universal plates.

 

If it's anything like mine you can bolt a Givi mounting plate *half* onto a
Rentec rack. I decided against it for two reasons;

a) it means any load in the topbox is even further away from the mounting
points thereby increasing the leverage on said points.

b) it looks naff (and in my mind, if it looks naff it probably is naff)

 

I remember that from my ZZR days, cheers

 

Yeah, they dont look very deep.

 

You can see the problem here;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28974049@N05/5751687712/in/photostream

 

Just asking to snap.

 

Naah. Tough as old boot. Bearing in mind the overhang, I'd be looking
at removing the 'grab rail' loop, so the plate would mount further
forward. It isn't like a pillion could fall off with a tobpox behind
their behind, is it?

 

Do renntec make any luggage?

I never carry passengers anyway. But i see what you mean.

 

Not as far as I know. Hang on, let me google it for you ...

... AHA!

http://www.renntec.co.uk/product864.html

YTC.

I've done some mileage with my Oxford tailpack strapped and bungeed to
my Renntec racks and never lost anything - this one, I believe, is about
the same size. Oxford do a 40-litre tailpack, but it isn't cheap.

Let the bitch get her own bike, eh?

 

Why thank you...

I must have spelt it wrong

I'll just get some hard luggage

She's not into bikes, thank ****.

 

I've lifted the back of a couple of my old bikes by the Renntec racks,
they're bloody strong and easily capable of taking loads far higher
than recommended

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

It does make a nice backrest, doesn't it?
<future dialog after 1000 miles on the road>
"Did you adjust this backrest, dear? It feels so much more comfy now
that I can lean back farther."

 

I know they're tough Lozzo - I lifted the Sprint by the rack a few times
while it was on the bike. In fact that's just about all I used it for -
that's why it's now on top of the wardrobe

 

I'm sure the rack I had for the Thunderace was longer than that.
Presumably it varies with the model.

 

It was longer

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/5752836404_f60055ee49_b.jpg

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Thank you. Pretty much 50% longer. Certainly enough for the universal
plate to sit comfortably.

 

Blimey, do you need to move the wardrobe that often?

 

Geronimo!