Top Rack for R18TC top case

[BigFoot@3]

anyone add a rack to the top case of a R18 TC is there any wires on the lid that would be in the way of the bolts that will hole it in place !

 

[Cu Dubh]

Kuryakyn Multi-Rack Adjustable Luggage Rack

(editrd for a hopefully more accurate installation description)

Just installed this, fits well, looks good, a bit finicky to get it all lined up & centered, other than that an easy installation.
I suggest you look at mounting the FRONT stand-offs as far toward the rear of the top case as you can, while still ensuring strength & stability, to ensure tbe interior washers & screws are on the flat portions of the inside of the lid. There are protruding sections on each side of the inside of the lid, just forward of centerline, that you want to avoid.
Hope you like chrome because the black seem unavailable.

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle...ble-luggage-rack-for-harley-touring-1980-2016

 

[aicpjim]

I added a Wunderlich rack to mine, in black. Worked great, took all of 20 minutes to install

 

[OscarTGrouch]

Same here Wunderlich! Very easy install, Just always makes me panicky to drill holes in a bike! LOL Lots of masking tape to keep the drill from walking and scratching places you dont want scratched!

 

[BigFoot@3]

Kuryakyn Multi-Rack Adjustable Luggage Rack

(editrd for a hopefully more accurate installation description)

Just installed this, fits well, looks good, a bit finicky to get it all lined up & centered, other than that an easy installation.
I suggest you look at mounting the FRONT stand-offs as far toward the rear of the top case as you can, while still ensuring strength & stability, to ensure tbe interior washers & screws are on the flat portions of the inside of the lid. There are protruding sections on each side of the inside of the lid, just forward of centerline, that you want to avoid.
Hope you like chrome because the black seem unavailable.

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle...ble-luggage-rack-for-harley-touring-1980-2016

I did put a rack on from ailexpress cheap and fits great had to remove some plastic but wasnt to bad just so the head of the bolt would set flat

 

[valkraider]

Kuryakyn Multi-Rack Adjustable Luggage Rack

(editrd for a hopefully more accurate installation description)

Just installed this, fits well, looks good, a bit finicky to get it all lined up & centered, other than that an easy installation.
I suggest you look at mounting the FRONT stand-offs as far toward the rear of the top case as you can, while still ensuring strength & stability, to ensure tbe interior washers & screws are on the flat portions of the inside of the lid. There are protruding sections on each side of the inside of the lid, just forward of centerline, that you want to avoid.
Hope you like chrome because the black seem unavailable.

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle...ble-luggage-rack-for-harley-touring-1980-2016

I am going to add to this by linking a couple of photos from others on the site (who are also in this thread or have "liked" posts in the threads).

Mainly because I am getting ready to embark on this journey myself, so having the photos in one place will be helpful at least to me... I am nothing if not selfish. Maybe having all the pictures in one thread will be useful to someone else too?

I ordered a Kuryakyn rack. I will be pulling my top layer off, so I can reinforce in between. I need to figure out how I want to make sure I am avoiding those indentions and rubber squares when I drill.

It looks like the Kuryakyn mount points discussed in the above description are roughly here:


Based on pics of rack & top case:

Pic of under layer of top case lid:

Pics from TXBrit & Pbosik posts

 

[valkraider]

I installed my Kuryakyn case rack.

Holes drilled - always hurts to drill into expensive plastic…








Took off the top layer so I could add support in between the layers. Just a lot of torx screws (3 different sizes…) but is simple enough. The only noteworthy thing is the plastic side chrome - you don’t really need to remove them, you can get away with just loosening them. However it is *much* easier to get the top back on if you remove them, because they have a little lip on the rearward edge which is really hard to get in place with the screws in but super easy to just slide it on and put the screws back. So I recommend removing them anyway just cause while it’s tedious to do the additional 6 screws, its much easier.





With the top layer off you can see where the holes were drilled. I was close on my previous guess - but the rearward ones were more in the middle than I had expected.

I added some adhesive backed silicon that I had, with what seemed to be enough thickness to at least provide support at the bolt sites:

Then I put the top layer back on and finished the install as per the instructions. I used the short legs on the rear and the medium legs on the front.

 

[brcolbourne]

I added rubber washers to the inner lid and the top lid for additional support.