Topbox OWners - help re pillions?

[mattSV]

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



My question to you is:-

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

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?

Jump on your seat first. Easy as pie.



Gorgeous bike btw

[mattSV]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Jump on your seat first. Easy as pie.



Gorgeous bike btw

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

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

Originally Posted by mattSV

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

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

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 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

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