b_rubenstein
New Member
I went back to riding almost exactly a year ago after a 30 year hiatus. Then I retired at the end of March. Since I relocated for work her in FL about three years ago, I still have kids, family and friends back up North. So to go see them, and have some interesting roads to ride on, I did some mods to make the bike more suitable for long trips. The major mods are done and this is what I came up with:
Thanks to the good info I got from this forum, I wound up with pretty standard items:
Madstad 20" shield (yes, it came with the lower section frosted). It's a big improvement over the Puig I got shortly after I bought the bike.
Sargent seat: hard but well shaped. I bought a Seat Concept seat from a forum member, but even after removing foam from the bottom of the seat foam, and reshaping parts of the top, it became very uncomfortable after 90miles. Put the Sargent back on, got an Air Hawk R small cruiser, and that didn't help anything either.
I wore the stock Dunlop tires out at 2,700 miles and replaced them with Avon Storm3D's. They stick well in the dry and wet, and still have plenty of tread after 6,000 miles.
The Givi V35 arrived yesterday after a little after two weeks from Motostorm. Along with the bags I got the PLX1111 mounts, 1111Kit brackets to attach the mounts and the T443B soft bags. With shipping it cost $575. The bags seem to be very high quality, everything went together without any hassle. It came with an additional lock so in case I buy a top box, I can change the lock in it so I everything is keyed the same. (a total of six keys came with the bags. FWIW, unlike the Givi information on line, a sticker on the bags says that the bags are 35 liters...
My first shakedown run will probably be to S. Florida so see some family and then go to the Gulf side for a look see. Should be fun.
Thanks to the good info I got from this forum, I wound up with pretty standard items:
Madstad 20" shield (yes, it came with the lower section frosted). It's a big improvement over the Puig I got shortly after I bought the bike.
Sargent seat: hard but well shaped. I bought a Seat Concept seat from a forum member, but even after removing foam from the bottom of the seat foam, and reshaping parts of the top, it became very uncomfortable after 90miles. Put the Sargent back on, got an Air Hawk R small cruiser, and that didn't help anything either.
I wore the stock Dunlop tires out at 2,700 miles and replaced them with Avon Storm3D's. They stick well in the dry and wet, and still have plenty of tread after 6,000 miles.
The Givi V35 arrived yesterday after a little after two weeks from Motostorm. Along with the bags I got the PLX1111 mounts, 1111Kit brackets to attach the mounts and the T443B soft bags. With shipping it cost $575. The bags seem to be very high quality, everything went together without any hassle. It came with an additional lock so in case I buy a top box, I can change the lock in it so I everything is keyed the same. (a total of six keys came with the bags. FWIW, unlike the Givi information on line, a sticker on the bags says that the bags are 35 liters...
My first shakedown run will probably be to S. Florida so see some family and then go to the Gulf side for a look see. Should be fun.