I was installing the dirtbagz standoffs and husky rack on the 630 today, they weigh in about 5 lbs combined The rack was interfering a bit with the left standoff, pushing it down, and needed an arc dremeled into it. Then I decided the metal between the two mounting holes on each side of the rack were surpuflous, so cut them away. On the kitchen scale, 3 1/4 Oz removed from the rack. Now, I am wondering if the two "hand grip" arcs of stainless steel tubing are really doing anything, the top plate ties the two pair of legs together quite well. Am tempted to cut the horizontal arms off the rack and lose another half pound or so from the rack... Dunno. Bad idea?
They provide some standoff from the mufflers if you use a drape-over type bag, like a Cortech. Also some extra lateral support for duffels and drybags. Handy to have...
My DirtBags standoffs keep stuff off the muffler. I to not carry much on the top rack, but could replace the aluminum top plate with a wider ABS piece for dry bag or whatever. Just wondering if removing those heavy stainless bars would weaken the rack much. The top plates ties it all together, the bars may eliminate some vibration but not much I think. That would bring the weight from 2.3 down to 1 1/2 lbs for the rack I think, with what has been trimmed.
Ah...yes the DB racks give you standoff. But...extra tiedown points, wider platform for drybags. I dunno...I'd be reluctant to lose something I might want later.
