kevmean wrote:
Yep but a passenger is not bolted to the seat base ,the passenger is free to move around on it and their weight is supported on footrests . With a luggage box bolted to it all it's weight and cornering forces will be pulling at the seat latch
The seat is for a person to rest on .......not to hold them onto the bike
Maybe not with a Buell but a lot of sports bikes had straps across the pillion pad for the pillion to hold onto.
Anyway, I've done it before, I'll do it again and even if it flies off I will not admit I'm wrong
Although, strangely enough, I was looking through SVA regs recently and IIRC the pillion strap was mandatory ...
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