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Photo by Igor Djokovic, camping above San Juan river, Arizona USA

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Photo by Igor Djokovic,
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Had this made up at a local fabrication shop from my plywood templates. Well please with the results. Much better use of space than the default three square box setup

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Had this made up at a local fabrication shop from my plywood templates. Well please with the results. Much better use of space than the default three square box setup

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Keep going back to this message whenever I try and upload another pic. Bad connection here and by the time all the ads and those hilarious and really useful emoticons have loaded I have lost the will to live. Anyone wanting aluminium work doing in the midlands areas pm me
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Not sure what you have planned with that project ... but maybe weigh everything to get some idea what your On The Road weight might end up being. I see you've got racks under the "new construction". (????)

Why not just fling throw-over type soft bags onto those existing racks?

If you end up building hard boxes to go on there ... then your DR may become about as useful Off Road as your BMW.

I've been down this road before, having used a variety of Hard boxes and Soft bags on my DR650's on many USA and Mexico trips.

Once over loaded, the DR loses advantage off road. Badly. Do everything you can to take weight off the bike if off road is in the cards .... and of course, pack light. BUT ... if planning Paved Road Only rides, then no worries.

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Thought it through

I have a lightweight rack and pannier hoops from pro cycle underneath so this is a light gauge aluminium construction aimed at maximising th carrying space. Everything gets squashed in soft bags and the square ali cases get mashed in a spill plus they have that dead space between narrow top box and wide cases so I'm trying a third option. This setup will carry to slim but long side bags and the top tray will carry tent etc. The tray is welded so can be used as a bowl for washing me and pots (yes it will have a drain plug) Lift it off and it's a lift off seat/table. This way I have good carrying platform. Narrow and fairly crash proof and not much heavier than soft bags alone. I'll say how I get on as soon as its been tested.
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That's very clever with your top tray/sink/table multi use thingy! I like it! Great for camping. Try to avoid stacking gear up high on that tray. Can negatively affect handling on the light weight DR.

Looking forward to see how it all evolves ... then how it will (surly) change after
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