Surfin' Saddle Bags

[spinman]

Finally got my surfin' saddle bag bike rack done.

Why can't I just be happy with an off-the-shelf bike rack!? :roll: Guess that be too EZ.

Anyhoo, the surfboard is outta 3/4" maple and walnut. A fella on the bey makes wood cutting boards with decorative striping, so i had him make me a 24" long X 5.25" wide board and then i shaped it into the surfboard and added a fin. I built a cleat under the front of the borad outta oak that fits into the cradle area above the rear strutts. Once in the cradle a piece of plywood is placed under the cradle and sandwiches the cleat, secured by a "T nut" The struts are 1/2" aluminum from Home Depot I cut to length, squished the ends and drilled to fit. Finished them in the same color as all the other hardware on the bike. Had to drill out the center hole on the board to clear the seatpost spike. I used 'T' nuts on the wood to allow the eight 1\4-20 bolts to hold the leather saddle bags. I finished the wood in a hand-rubbed watco danish oil/polyuerethane blend.

Of course now it's too dern cold to even take the bike out!!!!!!!! :x

Spin



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[bigj]

Very well done. BTW, if you lived in "Surf City" you could ride it :wink:

 

[chukndatruk]

very nice!, they would do well out here on the west coast, so, do you have a trade mark or can i copy you model?

 

[spinman]

"....do you have a trade mark or can i copy you model?'........"

Knock yourself out! I'm in it for the love, not the money. :lol:

Spin

 

[KOTA]

Bike just keeps getting better and better!.....Well at least I think it does.............IT'S HARD TO TELL WITHOUT A FULL PICTURE! ........Yes, I was yelling. :lol:

 

[Philphine]

i like it. working on a bagger type bike myself. now that the buildoff is over i'm looking at getting back to it.

 

[aka_locojoe]

Very cool. I had started on a surf board rack like that but was just using pine 1x. This is much nicer.

 

[spinman]

A full frontal for Mr. Kota.

It's weird how the colors of the board and the saddle bags almost match.

 

[Skipton]

Looks great nice work! Thanks for the full pic :wink:

 

[KOTA]

Like I said....Better and better! ....You're gonna own this for the rest of your life, aren't you?........I wish you many, many years of happy rid :wink: ing.

 

[mastronaut]

What a fantastic addition to an already sweet ride! Great job.
Too bad you can't snap em on and off like a boat cover, that'd be the coolest...(not a criticism by any means brah)...

 

[deorman]

What a fantastic addition to an already sweet ride! Great job.
Too bad you can't snap em on and off like a boat cover, that'd be the coolest...(not a criticism by any means brah)...

It's not too late! :wink:

 

[StepChld]

Very cool...but I have one question. What's the silver spiky thing coming through the hole in the board? :?

 

[Bigcam59]

nice work, dude! 8)

 

[aka_locojoe]

Very cool...but I have one question. What's the silver spiky thing coming through the hole in the board? :?

That's the tail end of the layback/bent seat post.

 

[Ace]

Beautifully done, really fits the bike 8)

What I like most is the fin pointing upwards, as a reminder not to jump on the back :lol:

 

[herr_rudolf]

Looking good!
I now recognise the bike...
Cool.