 Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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Anyone set up the luggage rack without the backrest? I did that on my wife's bike (to mount a top box) and wondering if it was safe to do that since there is a gap between the bracket that attaches to the bike and the luggage rack where the back rest went. It's tight, so I don't think it's going anywhere, but wondering if there is a spacer or something I need to get?
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Re: Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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Greenhorn
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I used spacers and it works fine with my topbox.
Zen would ride a Triumph
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Re: Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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I've used it without the backrest for the last 2 years on touring trips and had no problems
CHAOS, MAYHEM, DISORDER ................................ my work here is done
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Fe Butt
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I used spacers and it works fine with my topbox.
I think spacers would be a good idea so you can bolt it up tight.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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 I used 10mmx20mm stainless bar,
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Re: Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Y'all realize that when Triumph sells the luggage rack without the sissy bar it's the exact same parts but they include four spacers, right?
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Re: Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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Re: Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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Fe Butt
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exact same is a redundancy.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Re: Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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The "y'all" should have been your first clue.
And also? Shaddap. You have no idea how many spelling and grammatical error I let slide by. You want me to start pointing them out?
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I'm going to have to see if I can find a part number for those.
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Re: Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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With my first tall sissybar I found some 3/8" rectangular spacers and drilled holes in the centers. Ran the luggage rack for a while without the backrest. I'll see if I can dig them up and shoot a pic.
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The "y'all" should have been your first clue.
And also? Shaddap. You have no idea how many spelling and grammatical error I let slide by. You want me to start pointing them out?
No, 'cause I know I'm bad!  Exact same gets to me from my grandfather used to drum it into my head since it is so commonly used. Not so much on here but when highly educated people do on TV it really drives me nuts. That isn't to say there are not both smart and educated people on here too, I know there are , and smarter than I.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Goods because "Grammar Police"is not the job I signed up for, but at least the pay sucks. 
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Exact same gets to me from my grandfather used to drum it into my head since it is so commonly used. Not so much on here but when highly educated people do on TV it really drives me nuts. That isn't to say there are not both smart and educated people on here too, I know there are , and smarter than I.
It should be exactly the same in order for it to be grammatically correct. In this case the word is a modifier that stresses the identical comparison of one item with another. Alternately, one could say precisely the same in order to demonstrate the condition.
Note also that educated and smart aren't necessarily things that go hand-in-hand. 
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FriarJohn, do you organize any rides through the wilds of Montana?
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Re: Luggage Rack Witout Backrest
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Nothing official. I've been known to recommend routes to people. Just ask moe how good I am at that.  What did you have in mind?
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exact same is a redundancy.
Is that like "same but different"?
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It should be exactly the same in order for it to be grammatically correct. In this case the word is a modifier that stresses the identical comparison of one item with another. Alternately, one could say precisely the same in order to demonstrate the condition.
Note also that educated and smart aren't necessarily things that go hand-in-hand.
I'm getting a headache! 
The only way I got by grammar school was to choose the flagrantly wrong answers! 
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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