One of the "little" things about the NT that can be annoying is the lack of places to hook a bungee cord for carrying soft luggage or other items. The integrated turn signals and "smooth" rear end can be challenging when looking for a tie down point.
To address this I mounted the SW-MOTECH Alu-Rack Toprack on my NT today. The installation is very straight forward, the most difficult part of the install is cutting the two holes for the front spacers and bolts in the black plastic cover. I did that with a reamer and Dremel tool using a sanding drum attachment. Try to stay inside the lines Honda thoughtfully provided for their mount on the underside of the cover and it is easy... Now I have several "hard points" to attach items like my Chase Harper 4200 Hideaway Tail Trunk that I keep in my "baguette" hole in case I need extra storage...
Here are a couple of photos:
Mounted Rackhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Rack with Closed Chase Harper http://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Rack with Open Chase Harper http://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Since I won't be adding a Top Box this completes my luggage farkles...at least for now...:rolleyes1:
To address this I mounted the SW-MOTECH Alu-Rack Toprack on my NT today. The installation is very straight forward, the most difficult part of the install is cutting the two holes for the front spacers and bolts in the black plastic cover. I did that with a reamer and Dremel tool using a sanding drum attachment. Try to stay inside the lines Honda thoughtfully provided for their mount on the underside of the cover and it is easy... Now I have several "hard points" to attach items like my Chase Harper 4200 Hideaway Tail Trunk that I keep in my "baguette" hole in case I need extra storage...
Here are a couple of photos:
Mounted Rackhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Rack with Closed Chase Harper http://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Rack with Open Chase Harper http://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Since I won't be adding a Top Box this completes my luggage farkles...at least for now...:rolleyes1: