Ok, this may not be the place for this but it doesn't seem to fit anywhere else either. And, it may not be of any interest to anyone but me, but my dues are paid up so here goes.....
I've been experimenting with luggage since I bought my America in '03. I've got lots of bags. I've also experimented with seats.
I took my Corbin with backrest off and sent a stock seat to Spencer in Fla. to get it restuffed with wonder foam. The Corbin was better than stock, but still too hard for a long trip. The wonder foam seat was much more comfortable, but now I lose my backrest. I like a back rest. I considered buying a back rest from Eddy, but just didn't like the look.
So I bought a large Biker's Friend bag, mounted it on the parcel rack that replaces the pillion seat, and I was good to go. Comfy. [image]
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I like the BF bag, so when I decided I needed more storage space for trips, I bought another one - a medium. I installed my luggage rack and found that the angle of the stock sissybar pushed the medium bag too far back. So, I bought some stainless flat bar and made a sissybar. I cut and polished all the pieces, then had a friend at work Tig it together. Then I re-polished it. Nothing fancy, just a square frame angled forward just above where it mounts. I drilled extra holes which allowed me to move the luggage rack up a bit higher.
Here's the end result...
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Now I don't know if I like the "look" - reminds me of some kind of a tanker or something - but I like the extra capacity.
We'll test it out at the NY rally.
