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« on: August 12, 2010, 07:31:02 AM » |
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I added an IS seat and trunk to my STD. I put on the rider strap using the hardware on the HDL parts page. How did Honda suggest removing the strap if the tools are under the seat? Or did they provide a tool for that and kept it in the trunk or saddle bags?
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2010, 07:33:55 AM » |
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I added an IS seat and trunk to my STD. I put on the rider strap using the hardware on the HDL parts page. How did Honda suggest removing the strap if the tools are under the seat? Or did they provide a tool for that and kept it in the trunk or saddle bags?
Good question, but ya lost me on a strap for the passenger. I guess I have looked them all over and don't recall seeing one. With the big box or the back rest, don't look to me like it would be needed. |
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2010, 07:36:05 AM » |
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I had a bracket and rubber band strap in the left saddle bag that held the tool bag in place on my Interstate. It bolted down to the bottom rear saddle bag bolt. Most take off the strap, I think I have only seen one on a friends bike.
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tybme
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 09:18:44 AM » |
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Kinda wonder that myself - I threw a wrench into the trunk until I changed from the stock seat and removed the passenger strap.
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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2010, 09:24:57 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2010, 09:34:23 AM » |
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Right, the tool bag is supposed to be in the saddlebag. I keep a set of wrenches with me all the time anyway, so I never have to use the OEM set.
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« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2010, 12:43:16 AM » |
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I used to switch back and forth between a stock seat and an IS seat on mine. Never installed the strap with the IS seat just so I could get to the tool kit plus I keep my registration/ins paperwork under there too.
Maybe there would be a way to alter one end of the strap so it would slip over the mounting bolt similar to what is used on a RoadKing and other HD's.
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2010, 05:32:28 AM » |
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Leave the strap off. The tools are to go in the saddlebag anyway.
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« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2010, 07:43:18 AM » |
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std don't have saddlebags, and i'll bet they didn't come with pass straps.
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« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2010, 05:13:48 PM » |
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Define don't 'need' a passenger strap ... Some states have ANOTHER USELESS LAW where not having it can get you a ticket.
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« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2010, 06:52:28 AM » |
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Define don't 'need' a passenger strap ... Some states have ANOTHER USELESS LAW where not having it can get you a ticket.
90% of passengers sit right over the strap so it would be no good. Hold on to the waist of the driver or the sissy bar. If you get a ticket then you had to be pulled over some other reason and probally get a ticket anyway for what you did. They cannot stop you randomly and had pasenger strap checks!  Guess you could get some reins on the bike. |
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« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2010, 11:07:49 AM » |
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Like I said "another useless law" on the books. :S
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« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2010, 01:24:01 PM » |
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That strap lives in the bottom of one of my saddlebags since the first time I tried to remove the seat to get at the toolkit. I now have a second fusebox and lighters to power my iPod and GPS under there so access is frequently required. Why the designed an easy seat removal system, then locked the seat down with a grab strap (that I haven't seen on any bike since the 70s) is beyond me.
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