I think you can buy the same rack I have from XR STuff in the UK - but brace yourself for the price...
Alternatively you could always order on-line... XRs Only ship to the UK, but you are likely to be hit a touch for duty when it arrives...
The rack itself bolts to the seat bolts plus had two brackets that connect under the rear mudguard to the back of the aluminium subframe via two M6 bolts. I ended up snapping one of those after about 5000 miles of boinging around in the desert, so tapped them out to M8 and they've been fine since.
As long as you don't load it up silly, you should be ok - I use a Touratech Top box now (did have an expanding tailpack initally), plus a drybag bungeed on the seat behind me. As long as you stick to around 15-20Kg, it ought to be ok for general (off-road) travel riding - just don't try any jumps!
As a thought, you may find you have to remove the rear mudguard support frame if yours is a Euro spec bike - the US bikes don't have the subframe extension piece under the rear light, it's just a plain (motocross style) mudguard.
Works for me anyway...
xxx
ps. thank you for the kind words re. TBM - if anyone hasn't seen it, the story is in the April, May & June issues xx
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