I thought about doing the same thing but I wasn't sure if I could get it to lay flat since the fender is rounded. Let us know how it works.

 

Just finished making the acrylic plate. Worked great. the 14" x 11" from HomeDepot was a perfect fit. I started by laying the chrome rack on top of the piece of acrylic. I marked the holes then drilled very lightly. I then positioned the acrylic over the tour-pak studs and marked the area that would need to be filed out for the seat bolt. I used a bench grinder, file and sandpaper. I also rounded all 4 corners. I pancaked the acrylic between the rack and tour-pak. I used blue loctite and was careful not to over tighten and crack the acrylic.

I ordered 1.5" 3M Adhesive Backed Mounting Bases from Amazon that will allow me to feed a piece of Velcro through.


I will attach one of these to each side of the shelf. The cables are secure and about 1" above the fender. You cannot see the cables even when you are looking under the tour-pak.

 

Excellent craftsmanship.

 

Thanks Bigiron

 

The last picture shows what appears to be a metal bracket mounted on my fender. That is actually a refection of the chrome rack above it holding the tour-pak.

 

I like the vecro idea. That would create a flap keeping the wires off the fender. jrainey1 - awesome job....

For now ----I am using a version of 3M - https://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/...rd-Pro-Series/.

Works for me. I looked at Autozone and they have Bumper Skinz and some other generic products. Amazon also has some generic 3M stuff - . It looks like there is 6 mil and 8 mil.

This seems to work, but like Slowrollin said it gets expensive if you are taking the tour pack on and off.

 

I did the same thing that jrainey1 did today. It was very easy and straight forward. I got a piece of Lexan from HD and made it the same way he did. I also got some of the zip tie anchors and zip tied the cables on the tour pak to the front wall of the tour pak so they are held up higher and cannot touch the fender even if they settle a little.

I was going to use Starboard, the marine composite stuff, but I couldn't find any nearby in black under 1/2" thick. I think 1/4" Starboard would be perfect since you can just router the edges and it isn't quite so sensitive as plexiglass.

Either way, jrainey1 had a great idea and I think it will work great.

 

I cut my old tour pack support bracket and bolted it to the bottom of the detachable one. It works perfectly. Actually, I didn't do the cutting. I paid $40 to a machine shop to cut it and polish the edges. Got this idea from another post.

 

I have a slightly different set up. I have a solo seat with a one up tour pack mount. There is literally no room behind the seat to utilize a shelf. I am not sure what you call this material but you lay is on a surface then lay your cell phone on it so it won't slide. like on a dash in your car. Know what I'm talking about? I bought a large piece of it and laid in on the back fender covering about 6 inches behind the seat. The wires lay on this so called "pad". It doesn't move at any speed. Kinda looks like a fender bib. Hope I made scence with my description.