82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

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82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cmouta » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:10 am

Hey guys, wondering if anyone had any info on this hondaline luggage rack i bought 3-4 years ago that i never bothered even taking out of its UPS shipping box until now. I remember it being listed on ebay as being model correct but it doesn't seem to mount like any rack I'm able to search for. Any ideas? Didn't come with a key for the lock unfortunately as well.

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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cmouta » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:14 am

hmm now that i look at my email..i guess i bought it a year ago and it just says "luggage rack cb650" as the item title, ebay listing expired.
Chris

1982 Candy Flair Blue Honda CB650SC Nighthawk
2006 Bajaj Chetak 4T with scooterworks usa sidecar
2013 Fiat 500C Abarth
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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cb650 » Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:06 pm

It doesnt appear to mount like a regular 650. The nitehawk would take a different mounting . I put a regular one on mine but had to change the rear fender to a "normal" one.
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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cmouta » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:52 pm

Well after downloading every single nighthawk luggage rack and backrest photo I could find I finally came across this:

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Which is exactly what I needed to see! I suspected i wouldn't have purchased the wrong item a year ago!

Voilà! I hope the seat can still come off. It's a two piece rack with a locking luggage frame bolted onto the normal rack bars. Gives the rear passenger a little butt support which is nice. Now begins the search for proper attaché and figuring out if I can get a key made for the OEM lock.
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Chris

1982 Candy Flair Blue Honda CB650SC Nighthawk
2006 Bajaj Chetak 4T with scooterworks usa sidecar
2013 Fiat 500C Abarth
1988 Mono Rosso Red Merkur XR4Ti T5 MT

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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cmouta » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:21 pm

In hindsight the mounting seems really obvious but shipping the u bolts on the wrong bracket really threw me off.
Chris

1982 Candy Flair Blue Honda CB650SC Nighthawk
2006 Bajaj Chetak 4T with scooterworks usa sidecar
2013 Fiat 500C Abarth
1988 Mono Rosso Red Merkur XR4Ti T5 MT

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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cb650 » Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:59 am

good you figured it out. But I think the U bolts on the grab rail look cheezy. Not to mention any damage to it. nitehawk parts are hard enough to find.
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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cmouta » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:34 am

agreed, it is pretty ugly and looks a bit "home made." Maybe i'll add a little foam to protect the frame finish.
Chris

1982 Candy Flair Blue Honda CB650SC Nighthawk
2006 Bajaj Chetak 4T with scooterworks usa sidecar
2013 Fiat 500C Abarth
1988 Mono Rosso Red Merkur XR4Ti T5 MT

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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cb650 » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:51 pm

Did you see the thread on what I did to mine?
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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby michael_650 » Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:11 pm

cb650 wrote:Did you see the thread on what I did to mine?

Link?

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Re: 82 Nighthawk hondaline Luggage Rack Install

Postby cb650 » Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:43 am

cant find the link. I swaped out the nitehawk tail lite/fender for a regular one. all bolted together and seat comes off ok. just have to be gentle.

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