Being a 100% solo rider, my thought was to use the top case for trips only and remove for every day, so I did. Then I thought I did buy this bike for touring and put it back on. Too easy to just drop the helmet in, plus the added rear light. Now, I just added a SE luggage rack for appearance. Case is staying on
2022 RT Sea To Sky
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Appearance preferences are pretty individual. Personally I like the look of a Spyder without the case. When I bought my Spyder in 2021 I bought the basic RT in part because of looks, and in part because I did not want to spend the additional $4K for the rear trunk and the seat warmer (which I would never use as I hate the feel of an electrically heated seat). But I wanted a passenger backrest for my wife, so I had to purchase the plate as well to mount in on. The one time that I felt that I needed the extra storage I easily bungeed a soft case on to the back plate and was good to go.
2021 Spyder RT
2023 Royal Enfield Hunter 350
Retired U.S. Army
Life Member, NRA
funny yu brought this up? I have a 2023RT Limited and purchased the trunk lid (over $200+) and one day decided I wanted to see what it looked like. removed the trunk - put on the lid and rode around town. It looked like I was missing something so took off the lid and put the trunk back on and never looked back.. I always need to throw something in the trunk so I made a bad decision buying the lid..
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