I watched Long Way Up before buying my LiveWire and enjoyed it. I think it helped me have realistic expectations about range and cold weather driving.It probably was from the "Long way up" show - although I haven't watched that either. But every set of photos I see when I search for LiveWire baggage has one or two shots of Ewan and Charlie - and all of their luggage was soft - no permanent racks added to the bikes.
Wow! That had not occurred to me. What does the seat look like when you take the plate off? I do a bit of two-up riding with my wife, and the seat is already a bit small for her (plus no sissy bar or anything other than me to hold onto). I've considered getting a Corbin seat - in that case, the OEM seat could be used for a top case, as you have done here.I enjoy my Givi top case. I bolted mounting plate to passenger seat and it has worked great. Some would cringe and putting holes in seat but it's something I needed to enjoy the bike and I could always replace / recover the seat.
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I don't have a picture of the Livewire with case removed but I had the same setup on my Ducati. When you take top case off the plate remains. Your idea of Corbin for two up and Livewire for top case could be a perfect solution.Wow! That had not occurred to me. What does the seat look like when you take the plate off? I do a bit of two-up riding with my wife, and the seat is already a bit small for her (plus no sissy bar or anything other than me to hold onto). I've considered getting a Corbin seat - in that case, the OEM seat could be used for a top case, as you have done here.
I just drilled holes in the seat base. You can still open and close without any problems. You can see two of the bolts I used.If you could snap a picture of it when you open it? Or do you just never do and just use the top case? Man I want the corbin seat but this solution seems great too. Maybe I should do the same. Alter the stock then eventually order the corbin.
You just punch through it and mount it on the padding?
I'm very interested in how you made the 'side' bags work. I just did an 850+km two day ride using a tank bag and tail bag, which worked but wasn't perfect. All soft, not lock-able, not water proof, etc. And although I was confident the tail bag wasn't going to fall off, it did keep shifting.I own several of HD's onyx premium bags: 3 tail bags, 2 'side' bags, and a tank bag. It's not perfect, but after a 2500 mile tour, it held up well. If there's enough interest, I can make a video or post about my set up.
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