terry_g
Ultra Member
I have a nice Kappa 42 litre K-Force top case for my Suzuki DL1000. I would like to be able to use it on my KLR650 as well. I don't like the plastic adaptors that are available and if an aluminium is available it will be $250 so I made my own out of 3/16" aluminium plate. I set it up in my mill to cut it. A 1/4" end mill and a slow feed rate it took about 10 minutes to make a 19" cut. I shaped it and cut the hole for the tool kit on the mill as well. It is way easier than a jigsaw.
The Kappa hardware kit was $60 and the aluminium plate cost a box of doughnuts so under $75.
My toy mill has a 20" table travel.
The finished plate. I made the front spools that hold the box from aluminium. The Kappa ones are plastic.
The $60 mounting hardware kit.
Six 6mm bolts torqued to 80 InLb and loctited should be more than adequate to hold it.
A little shimming and adjusting and the box fits tight.
I can't wait to try it out!
The Kappa hardware kit was $60 and the aluminium plate cost a box of doughnuts so under $75.
My toy mill has a 20" table travel.
The finished plate. I made the front spools that hold the box from aluminium. The Kappa ones are plastic.
The $60 mounting hardware kit.
Six 6mm bolts torqued to 80 InLb and loctited should be more than adequate to hold it.
A little shimming and adjusting and the box fits tight.
I can't wait to try it out!
