Topbox on a supermoto.....

[loughy]

.... how wrong will it look?

Specifically talking about an LC4 Duke II 640.

[Rogerborg]

Not so much Workshop as Dear Auntie BCF?

It'll look like you use your bike as a tool rather than a toy. Haterz best step off.
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[P.addy]

Who cares, if you want one, fit one.

[loughy]

I do and I dont want one, sure they're practical and useful and dont look too bad on other bikes Ive seen with them - but this is a torque-eater made for fun and to look mean.

[G]

"Really wrong"... I thought until I worked out how useful they are .

[ADSrox0r]

I have a big 40-odd litre jobby on the Aprilia. It looks wank but she ain't the prettiest belle at the ball anyway and it's nice to launch my shit in there and have room for waterproofs etc.

End of the day the only person that gives a fuck is you.
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[weasley]

[Rogerborg]

[smallfrowne]

So you do not want one, or you don't not want one?

Fit a Pelicase or similar, something square-ish - ie not a curvy givi box with red bits on. That way you have a chance of retaining any meanness you think its got.

(Crap example) My DR:
https://i.imgur.com/DSwCuyPl.jpg

Though I can't fit a helmet in it, laptop and bag is no problem.
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[Rogerborg]

Sticker it:

https://gostickit.biz/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/products_img/zombie-outbreak-biohazard-response-team-vinyl-decal-sticker-big-b-car.png

Curiously, I can't find any for "OFFICIAL DRUG MULE".
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[loughy]

@weasley - i dont have wingmirrors on so that wont be an issue until I do my lifesavers

@roserborg - i know they dont take away any of the torque but it does make it look a bit more pussy-esque and less mean.

@smallfrowne - if i do get one then I'd be looking at something like that, nobodys ever getting on the back of my duke 2 so I have no need to carry round items such as spare helmet etc

@adsrox0r - I do give a fuck on the look, love the look of my duke 2 and fear a topbox will kill my appreciative look, though carrying a massive rucksack around is proving a pain in the netherregions - i need to figure out which is the lesser of 2 evils.

[G]

[331X2]

If it makes your decision any easier, the Duke 2 looks weak-sauce at the side of a proper SuMo anyway...

https://i.imgur.com/O0IL1ON.jpg

[Copycat73]

have you seen these ?

Givi T467 Trolley motorcycle laptop bag


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbmkNl8i6OM
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[ADSrox0r]

In the wise words of a green midget...

Do, or do not; there are no fucks given here.
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[loughy]

[G]

His looks lots of fun.

Yours looks pretty boring next to it.
Similar power, but a much flatter power delivery and getting on for 50% more weight.

Though, while I really fancy giving a 250 2 stroke SM a go, that linear power delivery is nice for easy messing about.

(I do have a KTM690 it should be noted... also a 200 and 144 2 stroke, though only ridden the 690 with SM wheels.)

[stevo as b4]

I wouldn't say a Duke 640 is boring to look at or probably to ride either. Aren't they 58bhp the same as a CB 500, but with 30kg or so less mass.

I like OP, he dissed a stroker as being meh! Would buy him a pint for saying that ''fuck your stroker very much I like my black thumper much more''

250 2t MX bikes arnt the holy grail, or the best SM recipe for a street wannabe either. It seems to me that some people still only identify a supermoto as a competition non road legal bike, with number boards and slicks, and anything else is just homosexual and faggot material?

But he is highly homosexual if he is giving any fucks about how his KTM looks with a top box on it. Its 4bolts to take it off, so it shouldn't be an issue?

Also he says his black 640 is aggressive too, only to some bike riders and probably mostly non bikers. Some Streetfigher owners would say any naked bike without 4cylinders under the renthal bars is for pussys and cannot by default be aggressive.

It sounds a bit like he is checking himself out in shop windows to see if he looks hard and boss enough. Trying to do anything deliberately is just always full of fail and looks shit.

No cult bike ever became one because the owners wished it to happen. Its just what goes down in history that gives reputations, nothing else!

[kramdra]

[weasley]

I carry it from the house to the garage when I have packed it for a weekend away. For a commute or pop to the shops, yes, the 'box stays on the rack.
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[BTTD]

[arry]

Maybe Adam Aarons could design something to help?

Carrypal - dude, you're packing and looking SUPER hot! Plz fundrzr me plz.

[Copycat73]

[BTTD]

[Copycat73]