didn't you recently admit to taking one for test Ray? :tongue11:

i'm watching this thread with interest, i'm looking at ways of getting some weight shifted to the front too.

i could just eat more pies- then i'll be the counterbalance weight....

Well you'll have to wait a bit longer! I've started work on my DR600 rebuild and got a Jawa cafe racer to restore so the Tenere will be taking a back seat as far as fiddles go for now!

aren't they the little dudes who live in the sand on Tatooine in Star Wars?

I have very little money and work 5 days a week! All the other time I have spare is spent in the shed. For example my saturday went like this-
Wake up at 0345 to fetch g/f's parents from airport. Home at 0630,
Sleep for 2hrs.
Wake up feeling crap.
Wrap Tenere saddle and S3 Proflex shock for sending away to be worked on.
Ride to post office to post above then on to bike shop for Mot on g/f's bandit.
Whilst waiting for MoT remove flywheel from C90 and bleed front brakes on bandit.
Get MoT and breakfast.
Ride to meet g/f's mate's b/f to go for ride on his new GSXR600.
Scrape things on Bandit.
Get home,
Stripped the rear Triumph caliper and find the dust seals ****ed so new ones on the way. I polished up the pistons whilst I was there.
Pull DR out of shed and strip down and try FZR parts.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...s/DSC00314.jpg

Get washing and bikes in when rain starts being heavy.
Fit piston in DR engine.
Decide that as it's 1730 I'm hungry so ride to spar for cider and then ring for Kebab.

Looking forward to the Jawa though :)

I have sinned and now I repent....

I (and SWAMBO) have stopped eating pies to lower the all up weight for our eventual RTW trip. ...

So you have rear panniers and a top box right ? Could be I be so bold as to say if you need a front rack you are carrying to much stuff? :)

On the other hand if you just want to build one , coz you want to .. then go for it bit I would avoid putting anything heavy above the front wheel

It's mainly as I want to do away with the panniers if I can. I managed a weekend away (just gone) on my Triumph with a Us-20 tailpack and a rucksack as I'm cutting down on the crap carrying. It worked well.

My Front Racks..and other bits
 

The Rack tacked together and ready for welding.

http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_DSCF1961.jpg
When I took the crash bars off I found this. The front bracket had snapped off.

http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_DSCF1955.jpg

I also found this under the petrol tank pump housing. The wiring worn through.
http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_DSCF1956.jpg
A closer look. Its the speedo unit wiring.

http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_DSCF1957.jpg
I also bought a new volt and temperature guage that glows the same colour as the main clocks.

http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_DSCF1959.jpg

And here it is in the daylight. Its from Virtual Village in Singapore.

http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_DSCF1960.jpg

Funny you mention a cracked crash bar as Shaun,"Touratech bike "showed me the same thing on his bike,it must be made of chocolate or something similar
Christ his bike has everything and smells of vanilla

This is the same problem that left me with a dead bike a few months ago. There is a thread about it, to prevent it you need to loosen off the cable ties so the harness can 'move'. Rather than have a new harness under warrenty, I agreed to have it repaired and 'protected' - on the premis that a new one would go down the same route, a repair and added protection would serve me better in the long run (also the work to replace a full harness may well cause other problems in the future).

Bad to see you engine bar breakage - I've checked min over and it's fine, although they do suffer from lots of stone chips, to be expected I suppose!

The racks look good, but I'm worried about the dark place this is taking you :confused5: