December 3, 201312 yr I just thought I'd post some piccies of the modifications I made to my standard DC rack for the lighting board. As you can see from the photos the lights and number board are all attached perminately to the rack. The off-side light has the number board illuminator blanked off so there is no visable white light from that side. The near-side lamp nicely luminates the rectangular number board. To attach all of this I got two lengths of captive nut channel used with 19" rack (electrical rack cabinets that is) equipment tack welded to the rack and then everything just bolts straight to it. With regards to the electrics the near side has a plug that plugs into the car socket, this then goes to another socket attached to the rack and then splits off for the nearside lights. The off side rack has a plug which goes to the off-side lights and this plugs into the near-side rack socket. I used a cavavan type socket and plug for this to make it error proof. I think bringing the lights to pretty much the extremity of the rack is a good thing and I don't like number boards hung from bikes and also I'm not convinced how legal a short board strapped to the rack under the bike is... Edited December 3, 201312 yr by joeninety
December 17, 201312 yr from the title i was half expecting a girl in a bikini with oversized um……….. anyway nice hauler rob
December 18, 201312 yr does it stay attached to the car like that all the time then or is it just a matter of being careful when taking it off?
December 19, 201312 yr Author does it stay attached to the car like that all the time then or is it just a matter of being careful when taking it off? It removes from the car like any other Dave Cooper rack and I'm not any more or less careful than when the number board was seperate and each of the two sections just hangs on a hook in my garage when not in use... Job done.
January 5, 201412 yr Nice rak, and to secure your bike from dust,dirt and water you need a nice cover:
January 7, 201412 yr I had a girlfriend once with a modified rack, bit over the standard size, yet nice and firm!
January 7, 201412 yr Author Another small mod... A hole drilled in the top of rear wheel vertical support and hey presto a fishing umbrella slides straight in!
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