PhatDad Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 Hi,As some may know on my way home from work on Tuesday my bikes rack decided to disintegrate and nearly spilt my topbox onto the road. If it wasn't for all the wires coming out of the top box for my numerous gadgets it would have hit the floor and possible thrown me.Anyway, I now have a number of problems. I need to replace the rack with a new one however I would appear to be really stupid and can't find any that I can be certain will fit my bike so I'm asking for help here. I ride a 1989 Honda VFR750f bike so need one that can fit that. The closest I was able to manage was a 1990 model but being stupid, I wasn't sure whether that would fit.My disintegrating one had the pannier wing bits too but I don't need those and would prefer and nice and tidy ickle rack rather than the wings too.Second problem is that when the rack broke and my top box dropped my autocoms 'rider' cable was the one thing that stopped it hitting the floor. I've rewired everything underneath my seat for the time being but I can't get any sound through the rider cable. I can't find any damage to the cable BUT the cable is covered in a soft protective rubber so I suspect the cover has stretched with the extra weight but the cables inside it was protecting have either damaged within the lead or the connections from the wires to the circuit board in the autocom unit have come detached.Any idea of the best way to sort this? Do I contact autocom or where I bought it from and say it's stopped working and try and blag a replacement as it's under a year old or do I try and fix it myself? The other problem I have is that I have the Cyclone C11 alarm and it doesn't seem to work now and I have no idea why as I haven't touched it other than to place the autocom near it now they are under the seat together. Any ideas why the alarm would just stop working at 'seemingly' the same time as my top box comes off? Quote
Guest Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 what about a renntec rack, its a small sports style rack and will take a base plate for a topbox..http://www.busters-accessories.co.uk/pr ... 4url=Black Quote
PhatDad Posted July 5, 2009 Author Posted July 5, 2009 Cheers mate, just the one I wanted. Shame it's not cheaper though. Quote
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