Combo luggage/backrest
 

Hi,
I am just wondering if anyone has purchased the combo bag/backrest from Biker's Friend. If anyone has tried it I would like to know if they liked it and which size bag they bought.

Re: Combo luggage/backrest
 

Marye, first off, WELCOME. Just looked at Biker's Friend. That would probably work successfully but I would suggest one large enough for your helmet storage needs. If you care to, go back to early 2007 in bike mods and look for a write up and pics of Lynda's GZ with a hard case/backrest combo. Half the price and not that hard to do with a little planning.
http://www.postimage.org/Ts23Zv6J.jpg

http://www.postimage.org/Ts23ZK4A.jpg

http://www.postimage.org/Ts23_LWi.jpg

This little sweetheart went half way across Canada and back without a whimper. Lynda has since upgraded but will always have fond memories of her first bike.

Re: Combo luggage/backrest
 

Are you looking for a box to fit behind the pillion, or in place of it? I ride two up, & my wife reckons that the SHAD box, which hasn't got a fitted backrest, is more comfortable than the padded backrest I had on before I fitted the box.

Re: Combo luggage/backrest
 

Thanks for the welcome. I do like the way Lynda's bike looks and I imagine all that space in the trunk would come in very handy. I tend to carry a lot of contingency items with me so this looks like the way to go.

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Does anyone know how that box is attached? There seems to be a black pad under it, but what's holding it down? I'm trying to figure out how to attach luggage to my TU250 without ordering the only tail rack available, which comes from Japan. Thanks!

Re: Combo luggage/backrest
 

I think that's the mounting plate that comes with the trunk. But then the question is: where to mount the mounting plate?

Take a look at the How To section. One member fabricated a luggage rack out of 1/8th inch aluminum bar stock. I was working on my own before I bought the Vulcan. Even though I didn't have the side supports done it was already very sturdy.

Re: Combo luggage/backrest
 

To the bolt holes that used to fix the pillion????????????

Re: Combo luggage/backrest
 

Alantf you are pretty smart for an old retired guy. I just used the existing bolt holes for the pillion seat to mount a light steel plate with in turn was the base for mounting the trunk and it's supplied mounting plate. The trunk can be removed from it's supplied mounting plate with the push of a button. The rearmost end of the metal mounting plate was bent down to match the curvature of the fender and allow the bolt to install hassle free.
Lynda found the bike very comfy for her back and the added storage was nice with or without the soft bags. She actually had 2 more bags bungeed on top of the soft bags while we were travelling with no apparent problems due to weight or wind resistance.

Sadly Biker's friend is retiring. So there wont be any until someone with money and time buys it and starts making more.