Comanche
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Before I bought the NT last month, I was on a long ride from south Texas to Las Vegas and found, on my return home, that my wife secretly envied me on that road to adventure. When I bought the NT, we decided she would try riding with me a some - short runs to dinner or maybe a 50 miler to the coast for breakfast.
When we lived overseas, all we had was a motorbike for transportation and she packed double on it daily. After returning to the US, she rode with me on the old bike on occassion. There was a Givi top case with back rest to lean back on, but there had been no back rest on the motorbike overseas.
The first time she road the NT, she liked it and so did I - the bike handled the added weight easily. However, yesterday, new Helibar risers and a Givi top case was added to the bike.
We had a problem neither of us had anticipated - there was hardly any room for her. I sat as close to the tank as I could get, but the back rest on the Givi really pushed her forward. As I looked at the setup, the back rest was forward of the back the NT's seat. She was uncomfortable and I was not in a good riding position.
I would really like to keep Mama riding. Not on my long tours, but for the occassional ride to the beach or a cool new restaurant an hour away. The top box is a necessity, but obviously, it can come off for a ride.
Does anybody have any idea for putting some sort of back rest on the Givi rack? Some other idea that will give her some support to lean back against? She says she used to ride the motorbike without a backrest, but we also didn't travel any faster than 30 mph. The higher speeds here in the US kinda spook her.
When we lived overseas, all we had was a motorbike for transportation and she packed double on it daily. After returning to the US, she rode with me on the old bike on occassion. There was a Givi top case with back rest to lean back on, but there had been no back rest on the motorbike overseas.
The first time she road the NT, she liked it and so did I - the bike handled the added weight easily. However, yesterday, new Helibar risers and a Givi top case was added to the bike.
We had a problem neither of us had anticipated - there was hardly any room for her. I sat as close to the tank as I could get, but the back rest on the Givi really pushed her forward. As I looked at the setup, the back rest was forward of the back the NT's seat. She was uncomfortable and I was not in a good riding position.
I would really like to keep Mama riding. Not on my long tours, but for the occassional ride to the beach or a cool new restaurant an hour away. The top box is a necessity, but obviously, it can come off for a ride.
Does anybody have any idea for putting some sort of back rest on the Givi rack? Some other idea that will give her some support to lean back against? She says she used to ride the motorbike without a backrest, but we also didn't travel any faster than 30 mph. The higher speeds here in the US kinda spook her.