kirrbby
Well-Known Member
Has anyone ever seen a old school...Triple-A type...luggage rack on a early softail Z50?? Seen a picture of one? I'd even be interested in a memory of one.
A while back, there was one listed on eBay...advertised as a "Honda 72 Z50 K1 luggage rack". The seller is known to sell a lot of NOS parts.
A "72" z50 is a K3 z50...not a K1. The rack LOOKED like it COULD maybe fit a softail...AND the rack was/is stamped. Triple-A style, "HONDA 72 Z50 K1"
I of course bought it...took a gamble. Now I have it, and I'm trying to figure out how to use it.
I think it SHOULD have long braces, like the hardtail racks, that go down to the buddy peg mounts...but it didn't come with them. Or, maybe it should have a brace that goes down to the rear fender..? More like the CT70?
I put the braces from a hardtail rack, on THIS rack...just to see... They look like they COULD be what this softail rack needs...to work.
I asked Gary Lewis if he had ever seen one, and he said that he HAD seen one before. But we didn't talk for long, and I didn't ask him to elaborate.
If anyone has any info, I'd like to hear it.
Pics on the way.
A while back, there was one listed on eBay...advertised as a "Honda 72 Z50 K1 luggage rack". The seller is known to sell a lot of NOS parts.
A "72" z50 is a K3 z50...not a K1. The rack LOOKED like it COULD maybe fit a softail...AND the rack was/is stamped. Triple-A style, "HONDA 72 Z50 K1"
I of course bought it...took a gamble. Now I have it, and I'm trying to figure out how to use it.
I think it SHOULD have long braces, like the hardtail racks, that go down to the buddy peg mounts...but it didn't come with them. Or, maybe it should have a brace that goes down to the rear fender..? More like the CT70?
I put the braces from a hardtail rack, on THIS rack...just to see... They look like they COULD be what this softail rack needs...to work.
I asked Gary Lewis if he had ever seen one, and he said that he HAD seen one before. But we didn't talk for long, and I didn't ask him to elaborate.
If anyone has any info, I'd like to hear it.
Pics on the way.