Re: Drilling holes in grab rail

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:53 PM 10/17/00 -0500, Douglas, Ofcr Michael (OPD) wrote:
>I asked a while ago about drilling 1/2 inch holes in my ST grab rails and
>received no responses so I'm trying again.

I had to go back and read the original post - I obviously did not read it 
the first time around.

>My question is, do you think that the grab rail will support the
>weight/stress having two 1/2" holes drilled through them???

Well, the grab rail is cast and I am only guessing, but I do not think they 
are designed to be weight bearing. Tapping a hole through the grab rail and 
inserting a bolt will not create a problem. However the stress of applying 
weight to that point may fatigue the grab rail. I quite honestly would not 
want to be trucking down the road and have the rail go south on me while 
having the bicycle securely attached to the passenger peg.

If you really have the desire to do this, I would go with the Triumph top 
rack, which would give you a point to mount the bike carrier to (on 
something that was designed to carry a load).

Just my .02

- - Eric


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