Topbox OWners - help re pillions?

[mattSV]

Please forgive me, I have now joined the Topbox Owners club with a new Sprint ST :D

http://photos-g.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v2635/129/44/895840462/n895840462_6374118_7544068.jpg

My question to you is:-



How the hell does the pillion get on???? - is there a secret? :smt017:smt017:smt017

MrsMatt usually stands on the peg, and then swings her leg over the back - she can't do that any more!!!

She is not tall enough to just step strainght on to the seat, so will still need to use the pegs - how the hell can she get on without scuffing the hell out of the box/panniers/seat?

Anyone got any videos of pillions getting on with a topbox? :p

[gettin2dizzy]

Jump on your seat first. Easy as pie.



Gorgeous bike btw :thumbsup:

[mattSV]

Jump on your seat first. Easy as pie.



Gorgeous bike btw :thumbsup:

Cheers G2D

You might have something there so:-



Bike on side stand
Mrs Matt gets on and slides back to her seat
I get on by 'stepping through' my seat rather than swinging my leg over???
Getting off is just the reverse?

Not convinced though, might have to try it in the morning

[shonadoll]

I step through, as my top box is where the pillion seat goes.

[gettin2dizzy]

Cheers G2D

You might have something there so:-



Bike on side stand
Mrs Matt gets on and slides back to her seat
I get on by 'stepping through' my seat rather than swinging my leg over???
Getting off is just the reverse?

Not convinced though, might have to try it in the morning
Exactly that :thumbsup:

Short-**** pillions need to do it this way on EVERY bike :lol:

[Alpinestarhero]

Firstly, welcome to this prestigious club.

Secondly, the problem of a pillion getting on...

Well, maria sort of goose-steps / hurdle-jumps onto the bike. Neither of us like her stepping on the peg, lifting herself up high and swinging her leg over, it could unbalance the bike. If i can, i pull up near a raised kerb or something and she gets on/off that way.

Mmmmm nice triumph. I wonder, are they better than a VFR and is the insurance much more...?

[mattSV]

Matt- we had a go at her getting on it today by standing on the pegs, with the bike on the centre stand - I think we will probably be ok, just a bit paranoid about the seat/panniers/topbox taking a bit of a battering :D Mrs Matt always used to get on the SV by standing on the pegs, so don't think that part is too much of a problem - it is just getting her other leg on to the other side of the bike :rolleyes:

We might try the 'goose stepping' approach however I think Maria is a bit taller than MrsMatt so not sure if that will work :-?

Viffer is similar weight, Sprint has around 20 more BHP, not sure about insurance though - fully comp for me was £225, about £30 more than my SV1000 for a bike that is worth 3 times as much :p