joeninety Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) I just thought I'd post some piccies of the modifications I made to my standard DC rack for the lighting board. As you can see from the photos the lights and number board are all attached perminately to the rack. The off-side light has the number board illuminator blanked off so there is no visable white light from that side. The near-side lamp nicely luminates the rectangular number board. To attach all of this I got two lengths of captive nut channel used with 19" rack (electrical rack cabinets that is) equipment tack welded to the rack and then everything just bolts straight to it. With regards to the electrics the near side has a plug that plugs into the car socket, this then goes to another socket attached to the rack and then splits off for the nearside lights. The off side rack has a plug which goes to the off-side lights and this plugs into the near-side rack socket. I used a cavavan type socket and plug for this to make it error proof. I think bringing the lights to pretty much the extremity of the rack is a good thing and I don't like number boards hung from bikes and also I'm not convinced how legal a short board strapped to the rack under the bike is... Edited December 3, 2013 by joeninety 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p@ul250 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 What a brilliant idea ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelly1 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 nice rack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty19 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 excellent id like mine like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob214 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 from the title i was half expecting a girl in a bikini with oversized um……….. anyway nice hauler rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tltel Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 looks good,DC might want to use that Idea, It does look neat. TLTEL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_lejeune Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 does it stay attached to the car like that all the time then or is it just a matter of being careful when taking it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeninety Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 does it stay attached to the car like that all the time then or is it just a matter of being careful when taking it off? It removes from the car like any other Dave Cooper rack and I'm not any more or less careful than when the number board was seperate and each of the two sections just hangs on a hook in my garage when not in use... Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducman Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Nice rak, and to secure your bike from dust,dirt and water you need a nice cover: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I had a girlfriend once with a modified rack, bit over the standard size, yet nice and firm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeninety Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Another small mod... A hole drilled in the top of rear wheel vertical support and hey presto a fishing umbrella slides straight in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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