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GD those cases are high and wide, very difficult to get a leg over them, for me at least.
They don't seem to effect the bikes handling and I've done 120mph with the boxes on and noticed no ill effects.The boxes come off easily and I just cart them to the campsite. Then they stay there while I do day rides and get put back on to return home.
Rode the Norge into the city ( about 110 mikes total RT) for service. I left the side bags and tail trunk at home since the shop has limited storage for them.The difference between as naked as a Norge can get and fully dressed? Like the difference between dancing with the lean cheerleader and the thicker but well porportoned gals in High School (going back to the early 70s in memory)The cheerleader was light on her feet, moved a lot and always wanted to twirl around. The thicker gal was the slower dancer, steady and purposeful, comfortable and would go song to song never getting tired.Best can describe it.
Most adventure-touring riders learn how to do a forward kick-over mount that keeps your heel over the seat. I can do it even with my bad back, but it took some practice. It's particularly useful when the back seat is occupied by luggage or (especially) your companion.
What I said, except everybody else says the reason they take them off as soon as possible IS the ill effects, not sure why you do if you can't tell difference.Perhaps you can really, very well put here by NP
I'm working on that, but it's not natural for me.
The ntx cases are huge. I had them on one weekend, and my wife told me she won't go with me with those cases. When we were you we went on holiday on an sp1000 with all camping stuff. Now 30 years later she is happy on the stelvio and raves about it. She tells its so much better then the sp. So jacksonracingcomau, I suppose the lady on the old pictures is now 50/60 plus? she still travels with you? Mine does and if a Stelvio is needed, fine with me, only without the trax cases. We can go on holiday for two weeks with topcase and tankbag only. No handbag:-)
I'm 6-2 but I often mount my Stelvio with saddlebags like mounting a horse. I put my left foot on the left peg to stand and then clear my right leg over the top. Many times I also have gear lashed to the rear seat when I'm traveling.
It's particularly useful when the back seat is occupied by luggage or (especially) your companion.
Would you be inclined to get off/on your bike with your companion still on board ?
Even that trick can be accomplished easier by simply standing on the pegs. If someone/something is on your rear seat, you can stand and then bring your right foot over your seat section instead of making a wide rearward swing of your right leg. I do it all the time.The only other option is to mount directly from the ground and lift your leg over the seat as if the bike were a low rider. To get off, just put your left foot on ground and lift you leg up high enough to clear the seat in front of your passenger/gear.To maintain this degree of limberness, I regular use my feet to turn on/off all my household light switches (working on the chain-pull floor lamps too). Morning stretches of working your foot up a wall in front of you until your foot is above your head is also helpful. You can initiate such stretches with floor splits with one foot in front, one behind and then lowering your head to your ankle stretched out in front of you on the floor.
Nowadays I meet and read of people who travel with overloaded evil handling whales,
You've meet my wife then.
