Prima rear rack bending problems?
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Prima rear rack bending problems?
I heard from someone from these forums that the Prima rear racks for the Buddy tend to fail due to bending at the cross-bar. Is there any confirmation on this? I'd only be using the Soft Italia or K-Max topcases.
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They are not the greatest of quality. The worse is when they rip the two front bolt seats out of the frame! That being noted, they have gotten slightly better. My last rear rack did 6000 trouble free miles and is still all good (sold Buddy 125) last I heard. I have a reinforcement brace that I use on the rear center mount stud. Just dont put silly weight in the trunk while riding, jump railroad tracks, drop of curbs and check the two front bolts to make sure they dont come loose. Thread Loc helps.
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That is not a failure of the rack. That is a failure of the mounting points on the frame likely caused by overloading the rack. Many of the early racks had a failure of welds on the rack, but a redesign seems to have mostly resolved that.sc00ter wrote:The worse is when they rip the two front bolt seats out of the frame!
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Is there a way to ascertain before I buy whether the rack is redesigned or not, or is it just luck of the draw?Dooglas wrote:That is not a failure of the rack. That is a failure of the mounting points on the frame likely caused by overloading the rack. Many of the early racks had a failure of welds on the rack, but a redesign seems to have mostly resolved that.sc00ter wrote:The worse is when they rip the two front bolt seats out of the frame!
I'd be ordering brand-new, if it helps.
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T-bar for your D-ringless helmet. I bought a chrome rack and it was welded so crooked we heated it and slowly bent it back to a better position! Ended up powder coating it black. Those early racks would stress the hell out of those front panel mounts from being welded all crooked! Like I said, newer ones are much better. The 3rd gen rear racks have a u-ish shaped rear cross brace. None of the 1st gen "tab" racks still exist, and I have not seen any "new" 2nd gen flat bar cross brace rear racks in awhile. The cross bace would break then pull on the front 2 mounting points. Should be fine now with the u-ish shaped 3rd gen rear racks. Still not 100% perfect buy way better than the old ones.
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I was actually able to loop my helmet strap around the notch and it's doing perfectly as is. Thank you for the offer, though!
Just to confirm, this looks like a U-shaped crossbrace to me. Does it look like the one you're talking about? https://www.scooterworks.com/Prima-Rear ... P8967.aspx
Just to confirm, this looks like a U-shaped crossbrace to me. Does it look like the one you're talking about? https://www.scooterworks.com/Prima-Rear ... P8967.aspx
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