The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: mrclubike on January 25, 2017, 08:05:54 PM
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Any one done this to their R65
My new rack set up does not allow the seat to open up enough to get the tank off
I ran across a thread on Adv-rider about it and a link to an article about it for the older Slash bikes but the R65 does not have the hole they use for a steady post
I know I can figure out something but was hoping some one else has done it and has some advice (pictures)
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I've done that mod on an 81 R100 but not on an R65.
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Did you attach a photo? Sorry I can't see it if you did[ch128077]
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I've done that mod on an 81 R100 but not on an R65.
I converted the R100 to lift-off so that I could run a small carrier at the rear. But I got bored with re-welding the carrier mounts so I reverted the seat to flip-up. The only reason I mention this is that bizarrely I found the bits of strap I bent up to make the seat lift off the other day, just as I was contemplating the inability to run the Krauser top box rack on the R65 and still retain a flip up seat.
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I did it to mine. I think I just very carefully drilled a hole in the bottom of the seat pan to match a spot I put a bolt sticking up. When my bike tips over in my steep driveway the seat falls off though.
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It shouldn't fall off if the latch is still working, at least mine didn't...
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I was hoping not to drill any holes in the frame