charlie batty said:
...what's that box thing on the back with a sort or rack on it?
...looks interesting..
Al Jesse topbox mounting box thingy. I comes open at the top where you'd normally mount one of his topboxes and has a lockable door in the side.
The rack is a TT extended Adv rack (now anodised black).
I found that it was a pain to have to unlash any large bag on the carrier to get into the Zegas. The Al Jesse box just raises the rack and anything on it clear of the case lids.
I closed off the top with a Stainless Steel plate cut to size, used the topbox mounting holes and sealed it with some silicon jism. The TT rack is mounted on 6 3/4 inch ally spacers to allow straps to pass under the rack.
As the underseat storage on the Adv is limited, the Al Jesse box is handy for tool roll, bulbs and all sorts of bits you don't want to have to dig out of the panniers when you need them.
Again, I can't claim any stroke of genius, just spent time studying pictures of other peoples bikes, in this case Mike O's!
Al Jesse does a closing plate/rack for the box in two different sizes. Mike O's seems to have the smaller plate.