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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => Accessories and modifications - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: ZG on September 13, 2011, 07:01:34 PM
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Ok, let me first start out by saying that I am in total shock, I ordered this up a week ago and was told the standard Corbin 4 to 6 week leadtime, it arrived today!! :o
I don't think they had it laying around from another possible canceled order because I had it ordered "slightly customized", because that's how I roll... 8)
They normally come with a "carbon-fiber look" lid but I asked them to paint the lid to match the trunk, all done in 09 black matching paint. The paint by the way came out beautiful, a perfect match to my bike! :thumbs: :hail:
Here's some pics for you guys, I'm really pleased with it... ;D
One downside I did come across putting it on is that with Phils rack on it will not clear... :(
Luckily I still had the stock plastic rack to use for now but I'm gonna contact Phil and see if he can mod me one up to fit so that I don't have to swap racks when using my rear trunk on long solo trips, more to come on that...
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Some pics without the bags...
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It works well. And what some people might miss is that with you sitting on the bike it will actually blend in better. You gonna paint the luggage rack rails black?
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It works well. And what some people might miss is that with you sitting on the bike it will actually blend in better. You gonna paint the luggage rack rails black?
I'm leaning that way JJ, I'll give it a few days to decide though, I wasn't expecting it to arrive so fast, thought I'd have more time to debate about it... :-\
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Nice ZG, it really adds to the look of your bike.....wish I had one. :thumbs:
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Nice ZG, it really adds to the look of your bike.....wish I had one. :thumbs:
Thanks bro! :chugbeer:
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Very nice! 8)
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Looks quite good actually. I like the ribs on the lid.
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Looks great ZG! You're bike is WAY too clean, get out in the rain and ride bro!
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Looks great ZG! You're bike is WAY too clean, get out in the rain and ride bro!
Yep, that's the down side. Once you getting it to look that good, you have to keep it that way.
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Looks nice, how much stuff will it hold? Can you fit a helmet in there?
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Looks great ZG! You're bike is WAY too clean, get out in the rain and ride bro!
Looks quite good actually. I like the ribs on the lid.
Very nice! 8)
Thanks brutha's! :grouphug:
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Looks nice, how much stuff will it hold? Can you fit a helmet in there?
Thanks Joe. No, it's too small to hold a helmet but I did fit a 12 pack of beer in it last night from the store, and this morning for the work commute I had my clear shield for tonight along with my summer gloves for later this afternoon and my lunch with still plenty of room left in it. This will be awesome for me commuting so that I don't have to run with the side bags on just to carry stuff and lock up the radar detector and gps once I get where I'm going...
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Ver'naise! :D
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+1 on painting the hand rails! 8)
Actually got me thinking of doing my 09 as well.
Hmmmm... flat black, glossy or the metal flake black of the fairing? ???
Got to scroll back up and look at those pics again. :thumbs:
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Thanks Joe. No, it's too small to hold a helmet but I did fit a 12 pack of beer in it last night from the store, and this morning for the work commute I had my clear shield for tonight along with my summer gloves for later this afternoon and my lunch with still plenty of room left in it. This will be awesome for me commuting so that I don't have to run with the side bags on just to carry stuff and lock up the radar detector and gps once I get where I'm going...
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Not a beer drinker, but it doesn't look like a 12-pack would fit in there. I would guess that you could fit 12 separated cans in there, but that there would not be a whole lot of room left over. Am I correct?
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Not a beer drinker, but it doesn't look like a 12-pack would fit in there. I would guess that you could fit 12 separated cans in there, but that there would not be a whole lot of room left over. Am I correct?
:yikes: Not a beer drinker?? :loco: ;)
j/k... it holds soda just fine too I bet. :grouphug:
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very nice bike zg :thumbs:
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:yikes: Not a beer drinker?? :loco: ;)
j/k... it holds soda just fine too I bet. :grouphug:
Don't drink much soda, either. So did you have to break up the 12-pack to get it to fit or not?
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Very nice, ZG. Wish I had one just like it.
I would have bought one when I got my Corbin seat, but my financial advisor (aka SO) was against it. $800 was out of my "pocket change" class. :'(
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That looks great! :chugbeer:
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Don't drink much soda, either. So did you have to break up the 12-pack to get it to fit or not?
Yes, I had to pull out 3 to clear the lid opening but then easily fit those 3 in there once it cleared the opening, my stomach couldn't tell the difference! :chugbeer:
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That looks great! :chugbeer:
Very nice, ZG.
:chugbeer: back at ya, thanks bro's!
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Damn that looks great. ;)
I was thinking it is way to small for my liking, but if it holds a 12 pack, it might work ;D
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It looks good and for those of us who do most of our riding solo (and commuting), going without the side bags, but still having room for lunch and some minor gear swaps is a good thing.
I just wish it wasn't so darn expensive. :(
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Looks great. My wife rides to often for me to think about getting one, but yours looks awesome.
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Nice pictures: I've had my smuggler since day one. Have put the side cases on just once in the year I have owned the bike. I can take a 2-3 day trip with the smuggler.
One suggestion: once a month check the latch screws and adjust and tighen if necessary. They can come lose and the latch closure can move. Mine popped open at speed one day. Quick easy fix...use a mild loctite if you like.
ppbb
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A little small for my needs, but damn that sure looks good on your bike.
Congrats. ;)
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Ok, let me first start out by saying that I am in total shock, I ordered this up a week ago and was told the standard Corbin 4 to 6 week leadtime, it arrived today!! :o
I don't think they had it laying around from another possible canceled order because I had it ordered "slightly customized", because that's how I roll... 8)
They normally come with a "carbon-fiber look" lid but I asked them to paint the lid to match the trunk, all done in 09 black matching paint. The paint by the way came out beautiful, a perfect match to my bike! :thumbs: :hail:
Here's some pics for you guys, I'm really pleased with it... ;D
One downside I did come across putting it on is that with Phils rack on it will not clear... :(
Luckily I still had the stock plastic rack to use for now but I'm gonna contact Phil and see if he can mod me one up to fit so that I don't have to swap racks when using my rear trunk on long solo trips, more to come on that...
Hey brutha's, just wanted to "Phil" you in on how this all turned out regarding my rack...
I sent my Phils rack to Phil for some slight modification (call it rack inhancement... ;) ), he filled the mounting point holes in and had them repositioned just a tad further forward which moved the rack back just ever so slightly that it would clear my Corbin Smuggler trunk.
It arrived back to me today and the quality of work is absolutely incredible, I can't even tell where the previous holes were on the rack!! See pics below...
And as always Phils communication through the entire project was excellent!!
Now I can still have all the great benefits of Phils rack strength even with my Smuggler on, I can even run both the Smuggler and my Kawi 47 trunk now for loaded up solo trips, and I don't have to deal with swapping out the crappy oem plastic one with Phils when I put the rear seat and trunk back on for when Mama rides with me!! ;D ;D ;D
Thank you Phil, you are Da'Man!!! :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
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Looks Great ZG! And Phil ... Great work!
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It does look great. Just wish it wasn't so darn expensive... :( :( :(
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It does look great. Just wish it wasn't so darn expensive... :( :( :(
agree... never owned anything corbin, simply because i have always felt it was over priced ??? its for sure they do make nice stuff, but that trunk and smuggler should come with a super model for the price ;)
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That thing looks "farkeliceous -- makes me want to paint my '08 black, which I will if I ever drop it.
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That thing looks "farkeliceous -- makes me want to paint my '08 black, which I will if I ever drop it.
Thanks ZH! :chugbeer:
Yep, the black will make your 08 faster... ;D
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Just ordered mine today! Can't wait to get it!
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Just ordered mine today! Can't wait to get it!
Congrats JC! :chugbeer:
What color?
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Congrats JC! :chugbeer:
What color?
Why the fastest color of course..black. They dinged me 100 bucks for shipping! Whats up with that? Does this thing come in a crate or something?
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Why the fastest color of course..black.
Indeed brutha, good answer! 8) :thumbs:
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Hey ZG (or anyone with a Smuggler), did you have an exceptionally hard time getting the metal hoop on the smuggler trunk to "click" into the seat latch? It seems so simple! The metal tabs go under the front seat bracket and the metal hoop locks down into the stock seat lock...right? I have to push mine so far forward to get the metal hoop lined up with the stock latch that I dinged the paint up on the seat release >:(. I have to be missing something, very frustrating after a 10 week wait...
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Hey ZG (or anyone with a Smuggler), did you have an exceptionally hard time getting the metal hoop on the smuggler trunk to "click" into the seat latch? It seems so simple! The metal tabs go under the front seat bracket and the metal hoop locks down into the stock seat lock...right? I have to push mine so far forward to get the metal hoop lined up with the stock latch that I dinged the paint up on the seat release >:( . I have to be missing something, very frustrating after a 10 week wait...
The only problem I had was I had to really push down hard to get the latch to "click" where that U shaped hoop clears the r shaped latch on the bike, I hit the inside part of the U loop on the smuggler where the latch makes contact with a dremel (not too much at all, just enough to take the finish off) and walla, easy like butter now...
Congrats on your smuggler finally arriving, post up some pics of it mounted for us to drool over! :thumbs:
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Thanks for the tip bro! I'll give it a shot, and pick up some black touch-up paint too. The bike is pretty dirty because its been raining here a lot lately so it's filthy. I wouldn't want to post up a picture and get lynched by the wash-aholics ;D
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I see more dirty Connies than clean ones. 8)
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I like dirty pics... :-X
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HEY! I swapped the washers under the bolt heads to underneath the U shaped hoop mounting plate. It gave it enough throw in order to latch perfectly. Maybe a couple pics tomorrow, it will be the last pictures before the dreaded handicap bars go on :thumbs: :deadhorse: so enjoy them...
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I see more dirty Connies than clean ones. 8)
That is because you have only seen mine and your's in the past month. ;D
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I like dirty pics... :-X
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I would love one of those, unfortunately, the price is too dear!
Looks great!
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Pictures as promised. Not the cleanest bike, but that's just because it gets used a lot and I have better things to do than clean ;)
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Pictures as promised. Not the cleanest bike, but that's just because it gets used a lot and I have better things to do than clean ;)
Looks great JC, congrats bro! :thumbs:
One thing you might consider doing down the road is swap out the silver passenger grab rails with the black ones on the new 12 models, it blends really nice with the black smuggler IMO... 8)
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Those look SOOOO good. Just wish I could afford one. :'(
They'd be handy for day rides where you might want to take a few things along, or bring something back, without needing the side bags.
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That is because you have only seen mine and your's in the past month. ;D
True dat!
Let me know when you wanna do it again. 8)
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Sweet looking bike ZG!.. Do you mind me asking what highway pegs you have on that thing?
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Sweet looking bike ZG!.. Do you mind me asking what highway pegs you have on that thing?
ZG doesn't have highway pegs those are actually tip over protection made by a French company called Top Block (about $700 after shipping).
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ZG doesn't have highway pegs those are actually tip over protection made by a French company called Top Block (about $700 after shipping).
But ZG uses them for highway pegs! :stirpot: :stirpot: :rotflmao: :chugbeer:
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Sweet looking bike ZG!.. Do you mind me asking what highway pegs you have on that thing?
Thanks UBS. :) :chugbeer:
No highway peg's on my bike bro...
ZG doesn't have highway pegs those are actually tip over protection made by a French company called Top Block (about $700 after shipping).
Jeremy is correct! :thumbs:
But ZG uses them for highway pegs! :stirpot: :stirpot: :rotflmao: :chugbeer:
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Looks great, rails color matched so it improves the overall look. I bet it looks better in Silver (it's the best color anyways). A bit pricey for my budget but if I win the Lotto, I'll call Corbin, place my order and fly in to pick up a Smuggler and pizza box.