On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 23:49 -0700, Rex Kerr wrote: > Tonight I started with the VO rack... what a pain in the rear! The > welded on tang that connects to the fender daruma didn't allow my > sidepull brakes to open enough to clear the 33.3 JB tires... so I had > to refashion it... bending it (without breaking the weld!) was a slow > and painful process...
Yes, you're meant to do that. > I finally found a shape that worked, but man, that took longer than > I'd expected to do the whole rack. It's a constructeur rack, and you are the constructeur. > Cutting everything and drilling the al fenders was a bit hairy, as I'm > always afraid of misdrilling the fender and having an unsightly hole! > I managed to drill the hole, but the screw didn't go all of the way > in... I put a washer in between the fender and the rack to take up the > extra space, but it rubbed on the tire... ugh... dremel out to grind > the screw shorter, and I'm on my way again.... I FINALLY managed to > get it on! It looks sharp, and the fender is much more solid now, but > what a PITA! Effort == results A rack like that is NOT "plug and play." Period. > After that was done I installed my new grid gray mudflaps, and > relocated my light from the mid-fork braze-on to the rack, and it > looks really sharp... Pictures will follow... probably > tomorrow... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
