Seems to be mixed opinions here guys. Am I really going to need a lot of tools as well as the welder? I don't have a garage to work in so I will be working under a car port on the floor - is that feasible? I reckon I could make my own bashplates (Transalps come with plastic ones), tool boxes, and racks and panniers. I'd have to do 2 of everything because my girlfriends TA will need it too. I have asked Ernie at Overland solutions for a quote for racks and panniers and I'm expecting something in the region of 600 to 700 quid for one bike so to get 2 bikes equipped with panniers and racks (£1300), bash plates (£100), and tool boxes (??), I'm probably talking close to £2000!! A.B if you could tell me the title of that fabricating book, I'll check it out. I tried finding out which colleges do welding but there don't seem to be any in my area. My other concern with giving the job to someone who doesn't normally make this sort of stuff is that I don't have a pattern to give them for racks or bash plates (I imagine panniers and tool boxes are fairly straight forward). Any comments?
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