Grab bar...
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Looks like the "Pot is calling the Kettle black"You post #####! lol, jk. How many threads are you going to start about this dang mod anyways?
Spare gloves, rain gear(in winter)bottle of water.sunglasses advil etccc...They are just handy to have.
I hate saddlebags
+1000you can use it to help raise the bike on a rear stand...with the hump on
if you do the Mod
my tank bag un zips on top and extends to almost double - each side upzips and pops out aprox 4 inches. If carefully folded I can easilly store enough gear in there for a weekend trip. It also has a removable clear pocket that snaps on to hold a map. Tank bags rule!
depends Panda-if you spend as much time modding as some folks (GPW, Hogger) then the bike is constantly goin on n off the stands, and its much easier to do with grab bar. If you like running w/hump all day and do alot of modding/fiddling, then its better to have the bar there all the time. makes life easier for the pansies who cant lift their own bike without help.
Here is why I did it. Notice my rear stand, there is no handle. For my rear stand, I put it under the rear stand and step on the back, jacking the bike up (which I do when I need to, not just when I have the rear seat on). I use the grab rail to hold the bike upright and steady while I am lifting the rear. Without my grab rail, there is very little to hold on to - especially after I did the fairing screens.
I suppose one could argue that it would have been better easier to just get a new stand, but this is the one that I bought for my bike, in Japan, and it is my favorite stand. Also, when I did my hump storage mod, I did it incorrectly, which caused a larger than normal gap between the hump and tail fairing; having the grab bar there masks that flaw.
As far as passenger riding. my wife uses the grab bar when riding, because we communicate via intercom and I warn her anytime I am changing speed or direction. Typically, she will grab ahold of me when accelerating and hold the grab bar to keep herself from slamming/sliding into me during hard braking.
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I suppose one could argue that it would have been better easier to just get a new stand, but this is the one that I bought for my bike, in Japan, and it is my favorite stand. Also, when I did my hump storage mod, I did it incorrectly, which caused a larger than normal gap between the hump and tail fairing; having the grab bar there masks that flaw.
As far as passenger riding. my wife uses the grab bar when riding, because we communicate via intercom and I warn her anytime I am changing speed or direction. Typically, she will grab ahold of me when accelerating and hold the grab bar to keep herself from slamming/sliding into me during hard braking.
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...I use the grab rail to hold the bike upright and steady while I am lifting the rear. Without my grab rail, there is very little to hold on to...
Judging by the size of you I bet you can bench press it - grab bar or not!
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The score is:Looks like the "Pot is calling the Kettle black"You post #####! lol, jk. How many threads are you going to start about this dang mod anyways?
PanDemic 13.88
300busa 12.36
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Wow. Never would have come up with that one - just hadn't thought of the grab bar as a measurement tool ...
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