As you probably know I went to Newark Kitcar Show last weekend, if you saw the pictures you'll have seen all 4 buggies lined up with their hats on, otherwise known as roof boxes. I don't like having mine on, well apart from the fact it's held together with Gaffa tape from where I dropped it on the floor. It creates a bit of a funnel above the windscreen & below the roof box & you can end up with neck ache with all the buffering. I liked Dave Smart's idea of the panniers, so having ruled out just chequer plate ones on the grounds that I couldn't weld them up like Dave got done, I've decided to make mine as a frame & then cover them with 'something'.
I rang around a couple of steel stockists in Sheffield & eventually bought 3x 6M lengths of 25x25x1.2mm box, so the next bit was how to get them home, they kindly cut them in half & ended I up with 6x 3M lengths & no roof rack. So today I went to work in the buggy armed with some 38mm drainpipe & a roll of Gaffa tape. The pipe was slotted & cut to length then put around the frame to give it some protection & then the steel strapped to the frame with Gaffa tape.
Best bit I had to drive past South Yorks Police HQ on the way home ;D
Anyway, going to make a start after tea so watch this space, please make comments if you think I'm making mistakes, I'm good at making them.
Alan...
I rang around a couple of steel stockists in Sheffield & eventually bought 3x 6M lengths of 25x25x1.2mm box, so the next bit was how to get them home, they kindly cut them in half & ended I up with 6x 3M lengths & no roof rack. So today I went to work in the buggy armed with some 38mm drainpipe & a roll of Gaffa tape. The pipe was slotted & cut to length then put around the frame to give it some protection & then the steel strapped to the frame with Gaffa tape.
Best bit I had to drive past South Yorks Police HQ on the way home ;D
Anyway, going to make a start after tea so watch this space, please make comments if you think I'm making mistakes, I'm good at making them.
Alan...