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Posted by Trall
- March 23, 2017, 16:22:25 PMGreat looking setup.......Love the look and exhaust with tips is way cool 
Posted by Tfrank59
- March 17, 2017, 17:21:37 PMQuote from: kw-retrorider on March 17, 2017, 16:12:20 PMYep, its length is likely why it's quite sturdy. And when I removed it I learned it mounts with 10mm bolts, also pretty beefy.Tfrank: That's a nice rack. The length probably spreads the load over the fender. I have the short curved on and never put much on it. I like the way yours comes down and meets the license plate holder. The aesthetic is good.
Posted by grinnell
- March 17, 2017, 16:56:05 PMThanks everyone for their feedback. Come to the conclusion that mine (stock addition) is just for looks and I'm not going to test that theory.
Posted by kw-retrorider
- March 17, 2017, 16:12:20 PMTfrank: That's a nice rack. The length probably spreads the load over the fender. I have the short curved on and never put much on it. I like the way yours comes down and meets the license plate holder. The aesthetic is good.
Posted by Tfrank59
- March 17, 2017, 16:00:39 PMYeah actually the rack has just come off of my bike as it turns out because check out the latest evolution video. I couldn't resist stripping her down a little bit because at least for the moment I think it's a better look with the bald fender: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1T4vosvaN8I
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 17, 2017, 12:33:17 PM 
that for sure is a different looking rack, wonder what it came off of or what it is for. Very unique......
Posted by Old Drifter
- March 17, 2017, 09:32:52 AMQuote from: Tfrank59 on March 16, 2017, 23:32:43 PMNice Drifter, the rack looks great on there. Glad it's working out for you.Look at this shot from the side, which is about the best one I can give you with all the stuff attached to it. You can see I even have my flag pole mounted to it. It is longer than any rack I've seen on a drifter 800. (BTW if you click on the little globe icon below my USMC you can see my photo bucket which has both my bikes in a slideshow)
BTW, nice Miata too. I have an NB '00 project car (wife's) I'm working on.
Posted by Tfrank59
- March 16, 2017, 23:32:43 PMLook at this shot from the side, which is about the best one I can give you with all the stuff attached to it. You can see I even have my flag pole mounted to it. It is longer than any rack I've seen on a drifter 800. (BTW if you click on the little globe icon below my USMC you can see my photo bucket which has both my bikes in a slideshow)
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 16, 2017, 20:52:37 PMWell Thomas, perhaps you should have a few pictures, photographs of said strange and different fender rack posted in your gallery so we could see it and comment on it.....just saying......lol.....
Posted by Tfrank59
- March 16, 2017, 18:18:53 PMI have a somewhat strange Fender rack on my bike. I've checked on the internet and everywhere and I can't find another one like it. It's long covers most of the fender and it has four mounts directly to the fender. I don't know about the maximum weight it can hold but it's quite a bit. I have a tail bag plus 2nd tail bag mounted to it and probably 25 pounds in one of the bags and there's been absolutely no stress or strain on the thing at all. I think it depends on which Fender rack were talking about and how it's mounted to the fender would determine the actual weight capacity and strength. just my 1.5 cents
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 16, 2017, 12:49:43 PMI think it does come as a shock to a lot of people just how much that rear fender bounces about on a long ride.
Posted by OR Seedman
- March 16, 2017, 11:58:12 AMRatman, I appreciate the nod....
Regarding the fender rack; I had put one on my rear fender as well. Occasionally I would strap a light bag to it, but when the bag worked loose one day due to constant bouncing on the freeway and I almost lost my lunch (it was in the bag..no pun intended), I decided that I needed to do something else; thus the idea for the rear rack/mount I came up with. There is constant and down movement along with side-to-side flexing of the rear fender when going down the road. ANY additional weight will only increase this flexing, which can easily lead to stress cracking...Unless you really want to beef up the fender with layers of fiberglass on the inside as some others have done (on 1500's), I would not recommend putting any weight at all on it. Plus, as mentioned earlier, everything gets bounced around whole lot more than you realize while riding. I know that the looks of the rack on the rear fender are cool, I really liked how my looked....but trying to find a replacement fender is hard and very expensive these days.....I would rather use the type of rack system I have when I need it and just remove it when I don't...
Anyway, that's my nickle's worth on the subject....best of luck and, as a new rider, be sure and post some pics....we all love pics from new drifter riders..... 
Posted by Old Drifter
- March 15, 2017, 22:04:09 PMI wouldn't put much more than a light jacket on a Drifter fender rack. They're basically just for looks. The Drifter fenders really weren't designed to carry any weight.
Posted by greenbarn
- March 15, 2017, 20:38:09 PMIt seems like I've seen 15 lbs listed somewhere as a weight limit. I'm not sure about it, but that's just what I seem to remember. Now keep in mind weight limits such as these, by nature, are on the light side.
The limiting factor is not so much on how much the fender can "hold", but the effects of said weight and the force the weight exerts on the fender bouncing up and down. A frame mounted rack will hold a lot more.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 15, 2017, 20:12:32 PM grinnell:
I do not have a solo seat nor a rack on my fender, so take this as much as you want. But I have ridden behind another 800, I near had a birth, when I saw how much that rear fender moved up and down. You can put a bucket of ice and some ice cream and flavouring on that rack and at the end of a mile you will have one heck of a smoothie.
Better not submit this or Zoar will have a new food idea for his pizza truck......
But if I were you and I had the funds then I would look at Mr. OR_Seedman's idea. That being said, if your out for a day ride and want a place for your rain gear or a jacket then that rack on the fender would be enough......