Hi everyone! I've been lurking here since my purchase back in January and I decided to finally get an account. My '17 SCR950 is my first bike, kind of a 30 year crisis purchase
but I'm loving every minute of it! For the most part I've been riding it as my (almost) daily driver with my ~30min/15mile commute. I'm not really a motorhead or anything, but I'm generally handy, so some of my upgrades I'm hoping to do myself, but when it gets into serious upgrades I might need some in-depth help, if not just taking it into a mechanic.
I've been eyeballing the Corbin seat, and I'm hoping to pull the trigger on it soon. If anyone has any other seats they'd recommend me checking out before I pull the trigger there, or any positive or negative feedback on the Corbin seat that'd be great!
I have seen the under-seat bag that's sold on Etsy by one of the other forum members and am considering buying that, but I'd also like to pick up some saddlebags and possibly a smaller sissy-bar/rear cargo rack, but I haven't really settled on anything there. I did recently get some really cheap, fake leather saddlebags, and I love the utility they offer, but they've made me realize that I need something better, so if anyone has any recommendations there, I'd totally appreciate it (also if they need some sort of rack or rig to make them work with the bike, advice on whatever I'd need there would be great!).
I've been told (by Reddit when I posted pics of my bike there) that my front fender is on backwards, but I haven't gotten around to fixing that (nor have I really even looked into how difficult a task this will be).
Mostly just due to the knee knocking as I'm 6'0", but the other thing I've been kind of interested in changing out is the Air Filter, but again, this being my first bike, and not being extremely knowledgeable about engines, I'm not entirely sure how big of an undertaking that would be. I've seen people in here going with the Cobra or the Kuryakyn Velociraptor, I've seen shots from above the seat with the Velociraptor, but I don't think I have with the Cobra, but from what I can tell, it looks like the Velociraptor gives you more knee space, but sticks out a bit further than the Cobra. Is there any concern when riding in inclement weather with either of those? I know the stock filter is pretty sealed, but those two seem a little more exposed to the elements.
So yeah, now that I've basically written a novel, I just wanna say thanks for having an awesome forum, dedicated to this new (to me) bike that I'm really digging (even if it does seem like I want to change a lot of it). And thanks again in advance for any feedback y'all can give me!!
I've been eyeballing the Corbin seat, and I'm hoping to pull the trigger on it soon. If anyone has any other seats they'd recommend me checking out before I pull the trigger there, or any positive or negative feedback on the Corbin seat that'd be great!
I have seen the under-seat bag that's sold on Etsy by one of the other forum members and am considering buying that, but I'd also like to pick up some saddlebags and possibly a smaller sissy-bar/rear cargo rack, but I haven't really settled on anything there. I did recently get some really cheap, fake leather saddlebags, and I love the utility they offer, but they've made me realize that I need something better, so if anyone has any recommendations there, I'd totally appreciate it (also if they need some sort of rack or rig to make them work with the bike, advice on whatever I'd need there would be great!).
I've been told (by Reddit when I posted pics of my bike there) that my front fender is on backwards, but I haven't gotten around to fixing that (nor have I really even looked into how difficult a task this will be).
Mostly just due to the knee knocking as I'm 6'0", but the other thing I've been kind of interested in changing out is the Air Filter, but again, this being my first bike, and not being extremely knowledgeable about engines, I'm not entirely sure how big of an undertaking that would be. I've seen people in here going with the Cobra or the Kuryakyn Velociraptor, I've seen shots from above the seat with the Velociraptor, but I don't think I have with the Cobra, but from what I can tell, it looks like the Velociraptor gives you more knee space, but sticks out a bit further than the Cobra. Is there any concern when riding in inclement weather with either of those? I know the stock filter is pretty sealed, but those two seem a little more exposed to the elements.
So yeah, now that I've basically written a novel, I just wanna say thanks for having an awesome forum, dedicated to this new (to me) bike that I'm really digging (even if it does seem like I want to change a lot of it). And thanks again in advance for any feedback y'all can give me!!
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