Retractable glove compartment for a motorcycle. Drawing, description

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Retractable glove compartment for a motorcycle. Personal transport

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The trunk lid of the Voskhod-3M motorcycle does not hold on very well and can be lost at any time. To prevent this from happening, I hung it on a segment of the piano hinge, making it cut through the lid itself and into the wall of the glove box. The hinge was attached with steel rivets.

Pull-out glove box for motorcycle
Hinged trunk lid: 1 - cover; 2,5 - rivets (steel, d3); 3 - sealant (rubber); 4 - piano loop; 6 - trunk wall

Later, the lid began to rattle and - worse than that - let moisture through. Since there is a part of the electrical equipment of the motorcycle under the trunk (relay-breaker, etc.), I had to glue a seal along the contour of the lid, cut from the old rubber chamber from the motorcycle wheel.

However, even the modified trunk of the Voskhod does not fully meet its purpose. So that you can really keep small things in it without the risk of losing them along the way, I equipped a glove box-drawer, like a desk. To do this, I attached a box to the back of the trunk lid, the volume of which is close to the volume of the glove box. Now the things stored in it do not fall out onto the road, as it was before, one had only to open it.

Pull-out glove box for motorcycle
Retractable glove box: 1 - trunk wall; 2 - sliding box; 3 - trunk lid; 4 - overlay (steel strip); 5 - M6 bolt (2 pcs.); 6 - decorative strip (plastic)

I got the box ready. However, it can also be made independently from a steel or aluminum sheet. The main thing is that the box fits snugly into the trunk. It is attached to the cover with two M6 bolts with a reinforcing lining on the inside and a decorative strip on the outside.

I believe that such a technical solution can be used on motorcycles of other brands. Of course, taking into account their design features.

Author: D. Yakovlev

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