I would like to find a rack and passenger backrest so I can lose the tour pack on my old (88) electraglide. As you probably know there is an ugly metal plate under the tour pack, at least on the older bikes. I have thought about getting my welder out and trying to fab somthing, then getting it chromed. But, there's every reason to believe that it will exceed the redneck limit in appearance.

 

Not real sure about the '88, but my '95 has that "ugly metal plate" under the pack too... I ended up getting a Road King backrest/luggage rack for mine.. I still like the look of running it w/o the plate, but this is a pretty good comprimise.

 

The 97-08 model 4-point dock system will bolt up with little modification then just relocate the license plate and you can run a quick release backrest, luggage rack or any other accessory. They run between $40-$100 on eBay

 

a 3 channel rack of a 79 tourglide will bolt straight onto an 88 glide

you can then use the qd brackets that amf used back in the 70's to reattach your top box

only grief you will have is that you will need to attach the number plate somehow

photos to do all of the above in a previous thread - end result is a hell of a lot better than what the factory did

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/evo-c...-the-road.html

 

Ugly plate? It's beautiful, like all functional things are! My tourpak is held on with bolts through it's floor, plus a twist-lock electrical connector, which takes a total of a couple of minutes to remove. However the resourceful chaps in here have other solutions available. This post has a qd solution, read from post #9 on.

 

I look at the link with the 79 model rack on it. Which turned the light on. There is a huge swap meet twich a year down in Charlotte NC. Looks like the next one is March 22-23. I'm absolutely certain I can find something there that will work.