rear seat cowl

[wow]

I might be interested in getting a rear seat cowl. I don't use the seat other than for luggage in summer and it's too high to get my leg over I get stuck with my draggin jeans! So a rear seat cowl which makes it all flush should be a lot better. Plus it looks good. I have been looking at them and I see they come with a fitting kit. I don't know what that's for. I would just like to be able to swap whenever I need to between cowl and seat, is this possible or not (as it has this extra fitting kit)?

[yorkie_chris]

While pointies aren't my forte, I believe the kit is to get rid of the grabrail. The pointy seat hooks under the grabrail assembly, so you can't just whip it off if you want.

[MikeD]

Yeah, fitting kit consists of a new bracket for the seat hook to hook under (replacing the bracket that is part of the grabrail) - the kit should also contain blanks to fill the holes where the grabrail would usually exit...

[mackrilld]

Hi when i got mine it came with 2 little bits of colour matched plastic to fill the grabrail holes and a metal plate for the seat to catch onto. You can still use the standard rear seat as normal when you want as IMO the grab rail are a waste of space. Dom

[wow]

When I come to next summer and I want to go camping again then I need the grab rail (or a sports rack) as I have done away with the topbox on this bike. So would I need to undo the rear seat cowl bracket plus the two extra pieces and put the grab rail back on every time? That seems like a lot of work or is it just a case of unscrewing a few bolts? I know how to unscrew the grabrail.