Luggage rack's - what's avaliable?

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yellowasp · #16 Post by **yellowasp** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:57 pm

I was just gonna post that up

sidestand · #17 Post by **sidestand** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:37 pm

Yah ! sure you were .........you knew feck all about it until I told you yesterday .

How's the home service on the Falco going BTW ? want me to send a 14 year old round to read the service manual to you ?

fastasfcuk · #18 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:39 pm

fitted my ventura system with the bag that slides over the rack, sat morning and had ride up to alnmouth for the weekend.easy fitting and very pleased with it.

yellowasp · #19 Post by **yellowasp** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:06 pm

sidestand wrote:Yah ! sure you were .........you knew feck all about it until I told you yesterday .

How's the home service on the Falco going BTW ? want me to send a 14 year old round to read the service manual to you ?

Doing it next week. Far to busy this week

dyzio · #20 Post by **dyzio** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:05 pm

Ordered mine on Monday, just got the tracking number for it, should be here on monday. Woohoo :)

dyzio · #21 Post by **dyzio** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:52 pm

Rack arrived today, not bad at all :)

One thing I've noticed about the mounting. I was thinking about getting a tail tidy, but the rack is bolted to the stock snow shovel. From the assembly picture, it looks like you could still fit it with a TT with a little help from mr. hacksaw. Anyone tried this?

D-Rider · #22 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:56 pm

Somewhere, there was a DIY tail tidy posted up that mounted off of the standard bracket - but whereas the standard plate hangs down from this bracket, the tidy is mounted more centrally - half above, half below.

Not knowing quite how the rack mounts, I guess it may be possible to mount both rack and tidy from the bracket.

sfoley1 · #23 Post by **sfoley1** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:05 pm

Hello all

Have any of you ridden with one of those padded top boxes on the pictured rack? If so is it safe for the wife to use as a back rest when loaded?

For those of you who recognise my name from previous post about CBF and Fazer etc. I'm back in the hunt for a Falco and am test riding one tomorrow in Aylesbury at On Yer Bike, so I may yet become a proper member

D-Rider · #24 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:09 pm

LOL - can't comment on the "can I get my wife in a topbox" question - or whatever it was ..... but what happened with those other bikes then that has led you back to the quest for a Falco?

sfoley1 · #25 Post by **sfoley1** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:18 pm

rose tinted specs have come off is what happened.

In the end I test rode the FZ1S, CB1000R and the CBF. Out of the 3 I still preferred the CBF for what I need to do and put the order in on Wednesday without giving a deposit. Wednesday night I started doing figures to see what the yearly cost would be with all running costs and repayment figures and it was double my annual season tickets costs (despite being 0%), so noo way I could justify it. Fuel alone is going to cost me nearly £2k for 18000 miles, tyres, servicing, you know the drill...

If I stick to £3 - 4k the running costs will be only slightly higher than the travelcard and depreciation nowhere near as bad, after 3 years the value of the bike (say £1500) will cover the extra spend over the season ticket.

Oh, and I saw a Falco in the flesh and moving while I was behind it in my car last Sunday (Salisbury bypass) and it looked bloody lovely and effortless to ride.

So I'll see how I get on tomorrow. Going to try some town riding as that is now going to my commute.

If I don't get on with it then will be trying a Gen 1 Fazer thou or a 900 Hornet. Failing those it's back to the 600s, maybe a CBR.

I wish I didn't like bikes, how may weeks have I been in turmoil!!!

Aladinsaneuk · #26 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:20 pm

just buy a falco

it makes sense