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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 10:38 AM
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I need to figure out if I want King or Chopped. The only reason why I would buy King one is to fit a full size helmet in it, but, I always wear full size helmet so, why would I want to have it in the tour pack. Real tough and important decisions lol. Chopped looks so much better, and it is just little smaller than my Saddleman 3400 series luggage. King is over 5k cubic inches which is huge.

But then I am thinking, I will only use this for long trips. Even if it’s bigger, who cares what it looks like that one time per year and extra space is always nice to have. So there is that.

I would not plan on riding with TP full time and 99.99% I ride solo.

The agony in deciding what to do is killing me lol
 
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 10:41 AM
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I need to figure out if I want King or Chopped. The only reason why I would buy King one is to fit a full size helmet in it, but, I always wear full size helmet so, why would I want to have it in the tour pack. Real tough and important decisions lol. Chopped looks so much better, and it is just little smaller than my Saddleman 3400 series luggage. King is over 5k cubic inches which is huge.

But then I am thinking, I will only use this for long trips. Even if it’s bigger, who cares what it looks like that one time per year and extra space is always nice to have. So there is that.

I would not plan on riding with TP full time and 99.99% I ride solo.

The agony in deciding what to do is killing me lol
Just went through that decision. Instead of the solo tour pak rack like my last bike I went with two up, and can strap my modular helmet to the rear seat if I need to. I’ll have it installed later today.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by maxxym
I need to figure out if I want King or Chopped. The only reason why I would buy King one is to fit a full size helmet in it, but, I always wear full size helmet so, why would I want to have it in the tour pack. Real tough and important decisions lol. Chopped looks so much better, and it is just little smaller than my Saddleman 3400 series luggage. King is over 5k cubic inches which is huge.

But then I am thinking, I will only use this for long trips. Even if it’s bigger, who cares what it looks like that one time per year and extra space is always nice to have. So there is that.

I would not plan on riding with TP full time and 99.99% I ride solo.

The agony in deciding what to do is killing me lol
I run mine for storage when Im running solo then take it off and leave at hotel or cabin. If wife riding, she loves it vs just the backrest.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by maxxym
I need to figure out if I want King or Chopped. The only reason why I would buy King one is to fit a full size helmet in it, but, I always wear full size helmet so, why would I want to have it in the tour pack. Real tough and important decisions lol. Chopped looks so much better, and it is just little smaller than my Saddleman 3400 series luggage. King is over 5k cubic inches which is huge.

But then I am thinking, I will only use this for long trips. Even if it’s bigger, who cares what it looks like that one time per year and extra space is always nice to have. So there is that.

I would not plan on riding with TP full time and 99.99% I ride solo.

The agony in deciding what to do is killing me lol
Same here. I ride solo most of time and want to get a chopped tour pak because it looks better. But when I went to the dealer and looked the king tour pak, they looked good so I decided to go with king TP.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by maxxym
I need to figure out if I want King or Chopped. The only reason why I would buy King one is to fit a full size helmet in it, but, I always wear full size helmet so, why would I want to have it in the tour pack. Real tough and important decisions lol. Chopped looks so much better, and it is just little smaller than my Saddleman 3400 series luggage. King is over 5k cubic inches which is huge.

But then I am thinking, I will only use this for long trips. Even if it’s bigger, who cares what it looks like that one time per year and extra space is always nice to have. So there is that.

I would not plan on riding with TP full time and 99.99% I ride solo.

The agony in deciding what to do is killing me lol
I went through the same dilemma. I decided that it would be (and has been) used for long distance touring so size maters. BUT (there is always a but). I learned to not use it for heavy items as it can change the handling characteristics of the bike. I kept light and expensive items in the tour pack and put things like dirty clothes and such in a dry bag on the pillion. A chopped pack would have sufficed but I was glad I purchased a king pack. It only sits on the bike when going on long tours...
 
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 11:26 AM
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Curious how everyone locks the TP. Does anyone use Locking H-D Detachable Latch kits, part # 90300087? The overall review is not good.

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/e...kit/p/90300087
 
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 11:51 AM
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Curious how everyone locks the TP. Does anyone use Locking H-D Detachable Latch kits, part # 90300087? The overall review is not good.

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/e...kit/p/90300087
I use them, work pretty good. Just sucks you have to buy two pack but can only use one on TP.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cannot
Curious how everyone locks the TP. Does anyone use Locking H-D Detachable Latch kits, part # 90300087? The overall review is not good.

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/e...kit/p/90300087
Ya, I was reading the reviews as well so I went w/the ones from Amazon.
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Originally Posted by cannot
Curious how everyone locks the TP. Does anyone use Locking H-D Detachable Latch kits, part # 90300087? The overall review is not good.

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/e...kit/p/90300087
I take a big tie wrap and strap one or both of the latches. It’s not noticeable and someone would have to be prepared to get that thing off. It would really slow them down. I don’t take my pak off so it is not an inconvenience for me.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 01:55 PM
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I take a big tie wrap and strap one or both of the latches. It’s not noticeable and someone would have to be prepared to get that thing off. It would really slow them down. I don’t take my pak off so it is not an inconvenience for me.
I think I saw the picture in the forum before. I will see what I can do once I receive my tour pak.
 
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