INSTALLATION
My Ventura system arrived by overnight courier,
and I got straight into the install process,
removing the main and pillion seat and the
rear fairings of my Yamaha MT07. As I said
earlier, each Ventura rack is designed and
manufactured in NZ and the rack for each bike
is different, depending on where the mounting
points are. The installation process for the MT07
requires removal of the tail fairings and some
small notches to be cut into the plastic. I usually
try to keep all modifications to my motorcycles
100% reversible, but in this case the notches cut
in to the plastics are hidden under the tail, so
not visible.
Once the rear fairings were removed, it was a
simple case of removing four bolts, holding the
numberplate and indicator assembly on the bike,
sliding the rear T-bar support for the rack
underneath and tightening the four bolts back
up. Now, at this point I would like to stress, if I
had kept my bike as it came from the factory,
this would have been easy... but because I
installed an aftermarket tail tidy system a few
months ago, the job was made more difficult.
The T bar support wouldn’t fit due to the tail
tidy and no amount of mental gymnastics on
the rotation would get it to fit… well not without
six months of night school to learn to weld, and
trust me I did contemplate this option.
KIWI RIDER 61