Honda 2014 CTX700 Add Ons |
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In June of 2016 I bought a 2014 CTX700 leftover. As with all of my "toys", I like to make them my own but keeping in mind what the next owner might think. That way I dont do really far fetched modifications which may make resale even worse than it will enevitably be! These pages are an attempt at documenting the efforts. |
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| The picture to the left was taken the day it came home. As of The end of August 2016 the OEM "rear carrier" and a USB power hub in the fairing are installed. A Garmin Nuvi 57LM was stuffed inside a handlebar mount that came from Ebay. | |||||
| A Bestem top box was completed by mid October. Two red LED strips and a pair of white ones now line the inside of the Bestem's "lens". A brake light flasher and a laser stop line were thrown into the mix just for fun. | |||||
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| After reading everything I could find about top boxes and the mounts for them, I made a decision to go with the OEM rear carrier and a Bestem top box. Other manufacturers like Givi and Shad have specific mounts for their boxes. Using Shad's mount prevents the installation of an aftermarket seat like a Corbin. The other factor is that Neither Givi or Shad provided enough information about the brackets! |
The idea of speading $500 on a "motorcycle" GPS didn't agree with my checkbook. The Garmin Nuvi57LM was about $100 from BJ's Club and the mount was less than $15 from Ebay. The case is 10 times the required thickness, but it works well. |
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| This project ended up morphing into the top box installation. I caution the reader to take the time to read ALL of the information before jumping into adding the LEDS. | ||
| kB2uMj at Yaa Who dOt com 8/28/16 | |||