[TRW]

Has anyone considered building a luggage rack with a CNC that would sit over passenger seat and have the trunk as a backrest for solo riding and not catching the wind. I only need the trunk on long trips and it would attach easy with 4 bolts

 

[CTXMaybe]

Has anyone considered building a luggage rack with a CNC that would sit over passenger seat and have the trunk as a backrest for solo riding and not catching the wind. I only need the trunk on long trips and it would attach easy with 4 bolts

The only bike I can think of that had a removable drivers backrest/trunk combo was the old Honda 500cc Silverwing Interstate. Why bike manufactures don't design something similar for modern day bikes is beyond me.

 

[TennesseeSmith]

Pan topcase 2001 - sprint | SmugMug

Red ST 27/10/2005 - sprint | SmugMug

Check out this solo trunk for an ST1100. I don't know anything about how he built it, but it looks just about perfect to me.

I'd love to have a touring bike with something like this and a ten gallon gas tank.

 

[csdexter]

(...) Why bike manufactures don't design something similar for modern day bikes is beyond me.(...)

Some of them do, H-D does a quick-detach solo trunk for the Sportster.

 

[bob]

HERE's my idea for a solo trunk that is quick detachable, along with adding the luggage rack. I might be able to afford the luggage rack with the low cost of this item.
This is well more than twice the storage of most trunks available at 110 liter (the x-large), and it would fit over the passenger seat to provide a really nice backrest. I would only need such an option when traveling on a camping trip or LD. No special bracket needed, but the stock luggage rack would be a good idea to help support it. I like the look of a clean back end on this bike when not on a trip to don't plan to add a hard case.

 

[CTXMaybe]

Edit: Just for the record, in addition to the 500cc version the Silverwing Interstate also came in a 650cc variant, though I think for only one year.

 

[sleepngbear]

Edit: Just for the record, in addition to the 500cc version the Silverwing Interstate also came in a 650cc variant, though I think for only one year.

That was my first bike, a '85 silver GL650 Interstate. It looked a lot like Maybe's pic, except somebody added the rig to mount the trunk behind the passenger seat. In some ways I feel like the CTX1300 is the growed-up version of that bike.