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Offline SteelD

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« on: August 06, 2007, 09:59:19 AM »
So, I got the Suzuki top case because I thought it would a good colour-match for the bike (I have the blue/gray paint) and that it would hold two helmets.

Well, it isn't a good colour-match and it doesn't hold two full-face helmets as I discovered when I took my good lady for a spin on the back at the weekend. Grrr!   :annoy:
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Offline skipper

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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2007, 09:22:12 PM »
SteelD was yours a ABS model Ive been waiting to get a color matched top case

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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2007, 08:41:53 AM »
Yep, mine's an ABS model. Does that make a difference to colour where you are?
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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2007, 02:44:15 PM »
yes the abs only comes in one color its a blue gray code is        (YLE)

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Re: abs
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2007, 02:53:16 PM »
Quote from: "skipper"
yes the abs only comes in one color its a blue gray code is        (YLE)

Maybe where you are it does but where I am, the ABS model comes in that colour or black which is why I asked.

Pictures of my bike and top case may be found here.
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« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2007, 06:05:16 PM »
D..what did your good lady think of the passenger seat/pegs?
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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2007, 07:25:32 PM »
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D..what did your good lady think of the passenger seat/pegs?

We only did a 40-mile trip for her first journey on it. The footpegs are higher than my previous bike (FJR1300) so she felt a bit like a jockey. No complaints about the seat as yet and she liked the backrest as she can now lean back and sit more upright in comfort - before she was leaning forward a little. So, verdict so far is favourable.
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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2007, 09:13:46 PM »
I'm just a little worried about that jockey pose for my wife as well. Shes no spring chicken. Anyway to move the passenger pegs out and down some you can think of?
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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2007, 02:39:57 AM »
My wife in only 54 and she coped with it. Overall, she reckoned it to be better than my old FJR. Can't see a way of changing peg position without changing the stock exhaust and replacing the alloy peg hangers with different ones.
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