 Well, I worked on my bike this weekend!
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I posted here a while ago about touring the TBA and I have a 6 day trip coming up. I have been getting the bike ready and this is what I got done this weekend. I purchased the JCW large trunk and mounted it on the bike. Also, I finally got around to making a backrest.    There is a ton of other stuff just can't see it in the pics, can't wait to hit the road.
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looks pretty decent.
and the green ones make everything look better
stv
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Should be Riding
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Doesn't look bad at all. Is that a light that goes around the trunk? Are you going to get matching saddle bags too?
Soren
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Nice setup Dean and you did a great Job on the backrest. Looks professional. Have a great ride
Staintune Pipes, K&N Pods, 45 pilots, TBS needles and 145 mains.
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That looks great! What's the trunk mounted on?
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Hey Guys, Thanks for the kind words. Soren, No light, just reflectors and I also bought the Givi Hard cases. I have yet to mount them, the easy brackets have yet to come in. Maybe next week! Bill, the trunk comes with a metal mounting plate and I used that and a plastic bracket to mount to the sissy bar mounts. Here is the sissy bar mounts  Here is the tray I made.  And here is the mounting plate.  I had to add some more brackets from the license plate mount and it is solid as a rock. I still need to cut off the extra length of the bolts!  I think when I have time, I am going to make it out of metal, that way i can polish it.
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you did some nice work there, not a big fan of rear trunks but you did do a VERY nice job. i do like that drivers backrest a lot
Frank
(Former)05 BA tbike pipes, ai removed, Freak, mikuni hsr 42's, 904, ported/polished head, 1mm oversized valves
NOW-2010 silver and black tbird
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I agree with Frank, and I imagine you saved yourself a fair few bucks in the process. 
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That looks fine, I have a Givi box that looks identical to that one that I used on my last bike, Im going to look out for a mounting plate on ebay now.
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3/4 Throttle
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Looks sharp! I too am not really a large fan of hard trunks on bikes.. but that actually looks fairly stylish.. and I love the driver backrest! Trev
07 TBA Pacific Blue and White.. stock for now!
A bike has half the wheels my cage does.. but 3x the fun factor
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