wgnorman

Underarmor cold gear shirt

Long sleeve T-shirt

Gerbing Jacket Liner and Gloves

Aerostich Roadcrafter

Slow cook for 6 hours and 300 miles of mountain 2 lane....mmmm! :rolleyes:

I purchased my 2004 VFR new with the optional side hardbags; with the intent to eventually buy the top mount trunk system. The OEM top case & mounting bracket are pretty expensive if you have checked it out, so I've opted to buy the OEM bracket with an aftermarket case.

I installed the side bag rails previously with an awfull amount of twisting and sweating to get the thing to come together... eventually it did after some bruised nuckles :squid: . The rails look fine, the bags attach/detach easily and I'm happy with the set up.

Now... with the rise in the CAN$ its actually cheaper to buy the rail for the top mount... so I did. Yesterday I went thinking remove the passenger hand rails, clip on the new bracket, tighten 4 bolts and badda-bing-badda-boom, done! Nadda chance... it doesn't look like these two systems are designed to be incorporated together very well. The instructions do not show an option of mounting them together. I I've found nothing on the web about it. I'll re-attempt today sober :beer:

But, has anyone installed both systems together and had similar problems? Any advice on installation, pics...?

Yes, I did install both the Honda OEM side bags and OEM trunk. You lose the grab rails with the trunk rack - it mounts directly to the side racks and has a coating on it for the grip. Maybe trying to keep the grab rails is your problem? I found the trunk rack not too difficult - uses the same bolts that hold on the side racks.

Grant

A couple weeks ago I tried the GSXR mirror mod on my white 06 and when I went out to the garage in the morning, this is what had happened:

http://picasaweb.google.com/wgnorman/Bikes...807311370926898

Thanks for the tip...runs like a new machine! :thumbsup: