Steel tube luggage rack for Dual Purpose?

 Hi,

I'm looking to buy a light dual purpose on my next visit to the States
and fit it with some luggage racks for some soft saddlebags. It'll
probably be a Yamaha WR 450, Suzuki DR-Z 400 or 400 KTM LC-4, in any
case something with an electric starter.

Would anyone happen to have a suggestion where I might get such a
rack?

All I found for the WR up to now are racks that go on the rear, which
might also be handy but I like to keep the luggage weight lower than
that.

Kind regards
Peter

 Peter Konrad wrote:


http://www.happy-trail.com/

Has some model-specific side racks for the DRZ400 at least.

 

Now who can suggest some serious twisties in North/West Texas, Four
Corners, New Mexico in General and/or California?

When I drove to LA last year, I got into some awesome rollercoaster
action shortly after Palm Springs when I accidentally left the
Interstate, might've been the Moreno valley. The road up Mt Wilson was
also awesome. I definitely need to go back there but on two wheels
this time.

On the other hand, in the Four Corners and all around the Monument
Valley, the whole desert beside the interstate seemed to be fenced in,
which somehow made me suspect that the locals might object to
strangers going exploring on motorbikes?

 

If you're riding a dual sport bike, who cares about twisty asphalt?

I suggest you visit www.advrider.com and read about the *dirt* roads
of America.

Also, try to find Craig Hightower's website, it was called Backroads
Boogy or something similar. Craig was an avid dirt road rider before
his tragic death and his parents were keeping his site on the web as a
memorial.

Of course there is always www.pashnit.com, but he wants readers to pay
to subscribe now.

You might like to ride the highly scenic areas around Moab, or
Escalante UT, or the Big Bend National Park, TX. You can also ride the
west side of Death Valley National Park or through Anza Borrego Stae
Park in California.

The possibilities are just endless for a motorbike with some offroad
capability.

 
Because they're great fun there. The tighter the turns the better.

You don't even need Supermoto tires and all that.

(And also because I'm in no shape to do extensive offroading quite
yet.)