I'm still waiting to sort out the "grid" rack I posted earlier in this thread. In the mean time, I made a flat rack from 5mm ally plate. First, I fabricated some U-shaped brackets that I attached to the rear subframe, to give support to the rack. The middle bracket is original and is the one the small tool pouch attaches to. The top one was straight-forward, but on the bottom one I had to make 2 spacers from ally tubing to clear the subframe.

I then got the ally plate cut to size, drilled and filed the slots and attached it with s/s countersunk bolts.
Total cost about R80 and 4 hours work. I bought some 50mm PVC tubing and end caps, 4 s/s hose clamps and attched them to the sides of the rack. As per Topbox's suggestion, I think this is a better solution than having the tube across the rack and sticking out at the sides. In the event of a fall, they will not tend to try and pull/twist the rack from its mountings. The tubes carry all my tools, 3 tyre levrs, CO2 bombs, Pratleys Steel etc etc.


I then decided to move the ignition switch from the "dash" as I always thought it looked untidy. Found that I could reroute the wiring to the side of the headlight cowl. I used the existing bracket to mount the switch to the cowl mounting bolt. I then drilled and filed a hole in the side of the cowl to accomodate the key.



The radiator protectors and other bits should be arriving in the next 10 days!