Welcome from central Florida. I have the exact same bike and year as I feel in love with the new England white and black. Wait till you see how much attention that bike gets. Enjoy.
Well Bedifferent..... that's a mouthful....but when it comes to purchasing a new Triumph Rocket Tourer, oh so true! And you picked my favourite colour too, black and new England white . Welcome to the site.
I've got the same bike, 20k miles no problems. When you wear those OEM tires off in a few thousand miles, switch to Avon Cobras and you will be a very happy man!
The touring rack is a quick release unit that integrates with the seat and can be locked in place. It ultimately has kinda of slide mech that hooks onto bolts/pins that are built for that purpose. Unless you bolted the whole tourer seat onto the roadster, I dont see how it would work. btw....the rack itself is a few inches short all the way around and most folks have to put a larger base inside or on the rack itself to use a sissy bar bag, which is my primary purpose at least.