I recently put the kit on my Classic.

easy install, nice complete kit, but quite costly.

Now that I have an easily detached tourpak, it's got a nice spot on the shelf in the garage- and I really think it'll stay there until the next big trip.

These trips don't just happen, they are planned---and if my plan were to include 30 minutes to put the tour pak on and 30 minutes to remove it afterwards- I could have saved a bundle of cash by just using the stock hardware and adding time to my plan.

I really don't think I'll be mounting the tourpak when I am in town. kind of nice not to have that extra weight up there swinging around. and i don't really need the space.

I don't regret buying the kit, but wish I had thought it through a little better- I may have decided to do something else with that money.

MK

 

I love the quick detach system. I have both the King & chopped tour pak's plus a passenger backrest/rack combo and like the fact I can change the looks of the bike that easy!

 

I like it and I want one.

 

I bought one for my FLHT along with a $125 generic (Chinese) tour pak. I matched up the pak to the rack, drilled (4) holes and bolted it on. On/off in seconds and it does store away conveniently. Decent set-up for $270 ......

 

I had the detach kit on my 04 EGC and it was the best money I spent for accessories. It takes 2 minutes to take off and on and I would go back and forth all the time. I will eventually get one for my 2011 RGU but the price is a bit higher now plus the rear speakers make it a little more complicated I guess.

 

Like you, I rarely mount the pack except for the long trips. However, I have found it handy locally three or four days a year.

It is pricey, but I think one has to look at the cost of leaving the pack off, not putting it on. I don't like the looks of a pack on my SG, but I need it now and then. So the price of the detach is worth it for me to leave that ugly thing home.

Beary

 

Got one for mine as well. It was pretty expensive with the detachable hardware, I want to say 1,400 for everything and painted to match, but I'm not positive anymore. Like most people I don't have it on often, but when we take trips to Sturgis etc... it definitely comes in handy. The wife also prefers it's comfort over the regular sissy bar.

 

I have one and I love it. I change formats more regularely than you which is why I probably feel it has more value. My wife way prefers riding pillion with the Pak on so if we are out for the day then the Pak goes on.

Ref comment on speakers, not a big issue disconnecting the wiring once you have it sorted

 

I ride solo 100% of the time and I prefer the solo look ,so I opted not to install the QD Kit.Like the OP said,it only takes 20 mins to intsall the pac for the couple of big trips I take in a yr.

 

When I purchased my King one of the things I had them throw in was a 4 point docking system and a med. sissy bar and bake rest pad. Now I didn't need a 4 point, a two point would have done the job but I knew down the road I wanted a tour pack.

I prefer to ride solo, but during the school year I drop my 14 year old son off at school in the mornings. So, I need some place to carry his helmet. So the tour pack does stay on a lot more than I like.

The wife does like to ride. We went to the Galveston Tx rally earlier this month.

I have a Ultra tour pack so I have wiring to connect to which is also no big deal. I can still have it on and off in two min.

Either way it's better to have it and not use it than it is to need it and not have it.

Now I just need it all in Black!!!!