Hi inkandsilver,

I agree with the previous post. Why can't you use the lower/rear eyelets? Is it because you need them for a fender? If so, I'd use them for both!

It looks like you're making this too complicated by extending the upper arms. Plus, you may also be underestimating the force that will be applied to the upper arms. When you hit bumps or brake hard, those upper arms may receive just as much force as the lower arms.

My advice is to use the lower/rear eyelets and see how close the upper arms are. It looks like they will still be a little too far away from the upper fork mounting holes---but not much. Then I would bend the lower arms just below the front struts so that the upper arms reach the upper fork holes. Here's an illustration (click on it to see it at full size):



My drawing shows your original idea on the left. The center drawing shows that the upper arm will still be a little distance away from the upper fork mounting point. The last drawing on the right shows that all you'll need to do is add a gentle bend to the lower arm and elongate the mounting hole in the lower arm to make the upper arm fit. An alternative to elongating the hole would be to bend the upper arm upward a little.

I tried to preserve the angle of rack bed as was shown in your original photo. But it doesn't appear to be perfectly level---it appears to tip back toward the bike a little. This seams okay to me. But if you wanted it perfectly level, you may need to bend the lower arm a little more than is shown in my drawing.

Kind regards, RoadLight