Do not overload your racka!

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  1. freewheelburner

    freewheelburner New Member

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    I was on my way home today from western NY and just before leaving I noticed some stress points and chipped paint on my rack which has a JC whitney trunk attached. I figured I had abviously overloaded the rack and caused this but figured it might get me home. I got about 40 miles when I hit a huge bump and noticed the trunk really jump pulled into rest area and checked rack sure enogh it was snapped on both sides with a cunt hair os steel holding it on the bike had to remove it and leave in at the rest area to have my buddy who works in the area pick it up for me. I was real luck not to loose it at 80. I guess it was not designed for that but a little welding and reinforcement should do the trick. Bought it on ebay from UK
     


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    how much did you load it with?
     


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    Is a cunt hair bigger then a dickfer?
     


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    Was it a blond, red, or black hair......... they're actually different thicknesses.... Glad you didn't dump it on the hiway..........
     


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    What an overloaded rack may look like...
     

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    Don't think anyone is going to fall for this. Just about everybody saw Wayne's World and has heard the sphincter joke, and the henway joke, and the... Nice try, though!
     


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    OHMYGOD! Looks like she's using them like air jacks to raise the car up to work on.
     


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    I believe it was my cordless drill that I picked up on my travels its pretty heavy
     


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    Ask Bweiss about over loaded racks and less than perfect welds...
     


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    friggin drewl

    Butthead......beat me to the cheap shot!
     


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    I had a couple of E30 BMWs and neither of them came equipped with a bird with big tits. Is this a special option only available in the US :biggrin:
     


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    Its a very special option indeed! - very expensive to maintain here in the U.S.

    Payments can go on for years, short term lease options work best with that model.


    its a tough call
     


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    Givi rack? Old style or new? Trunk rack alone or with side racks installed too?
     


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    I believe the rack was a pennington got it from guy in uk i had just repainted it so the label was bead blasted off no sides
     


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