Farside
Badly Welded Man
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My new-to-me XJ900 came with a Givi Wingrack left on it, which is fine.
However, after I'd near fainted with shock at the prices Givi want for some plastic boxes, I thought I'd cut the cost a bit. Apart from that, nearly all the Givi side boxes (and their clones) are too wide for my liking, which almost totally negates the advantage of having a bike in traffic. Not much point being there if you get stuck because of your daft luggage.
A cheapy clone-Givi I'd bought for the other bike was pressed onto this, and with a bit of modding to the mount it fits OK. As for the side mounts I decided to use what I had.
I molished up a mount for a dimpled alloy suitcase, to match it to the Givi side rack mount. Found the perfect mounting plate material in the form of some engineering plastic from a local stockholder.
The tongue of the Givi bracket pokes through the mount plate and the case, and is secured by a spring snap-ring pin inside. Anybody trying to nick this will have to destroy it to get it off.
The width of the case is perfect - exactly the same as the tip of the bar.
Hammer for scale
Oh, and the 'engineering plastic' found in the kitchen place was a chopping board of 8mm thick HDPE...
One down; one to go, and I might make others up for at least one other bike. For this one, I need to find another dimpled case, as it's very tough construction, whereas the normal mainstream ally cases are composite (ally sheathed plywood) and not all that weatherproof.
I just found a matching case for the other side - probably get that next week.
However, after I'd near fainted with shock at the prices Givi want for some plastic boxes, I thought I'd cut the cost a bit. Apart from that, nearly all the Givi side boxes (and their clones) are too wide for my liking, which almost totally negates the advantage of having a bike in traffic. Not much point being there if you get stuck because of your daft luggage.
A cheapy clone-Givi I'd bought for the other bike was pressed onto this, and with a bit of modding to the mount it fits OK. As for the side mounts I decided to use what I had.
I molished up a mount for a dimpled alloy suitcase, to match it to the Givi side rack mount. Found the perfect mounting plate material in the form of some engineering plastic from a local stockholder.
The tongue of the Givi bracket pokes through the mount plate and the case, and is secured by a spring snap-ring pin inside. Anybody trying to nick this will have to destroy it to get it off.
The width of the case is perfect - exactly the same as the tip of the bar.
Hammer for scale
Oh, and the 'engineering plastic' found in the kitchen place was a chopping board of 8mm thick HDPE...
One down; one to go, and I might make others up for at least one other bike. For this one, I need to find another dimpled case, as it's very tough construction, whereas the normal mainstream ally cases are composite (ally sheathed plywood) and not all that weatherproof.
I just found a matching case for the other side - probably get that next week.