I assume you ride double ,by the looks of your current set up, so my advice would be to get rid of the sissy bar backrest setup, and make, or find a rack just high enough to clear the tail light, and mount a trunk with a back pad on the rack. I think either trunk pictured is nice.  I bought 2 cheap trunks from eBay, and have one on my little Virago, and another on my Enduro, and I wish I would have went with a better one for the Virago. Mine look too much like a scooter trunk. LOL.  But I really don't care ,because they are handy. I like the fact that I can actually run errands on my bikes. With these fuel prices it's not worth running into town for a few odds,and ends in my car,or truck, but cost almost no fuel on a bike, plus it's an excuse to ride, which is good.

Evanswv wrote on 01/04/22 at 19:27:28:


I do not ride double on the S40, I used to before I bought my other bike, but even then it was very seldom, so yes I will probably get rid of the sissy bar and install a new rack similar to what you have.

I am not super concerned about looks, much like you I like to be able to run errands on the bike, but I still want something decent looking. I think the white one should look interesting.

There are a bunch of quality trunks made by companies Shad and Givi, but I browsed their offerings, and I just don't love them - they look too much like scooter trunks.

I would have trouble swinging my leg over that trunk. Although I don't recall having that problem when I was younger.