Sun Sep 21 12:00:42 1997 - Message No. 1475
From: "Dirk De bruyn"

Subject: Re: Alu sidecases


Hi, 

I totally agree with this guy!

My GIVI cases are 8 years old, I bought them together with my first second
hand Transalp.
They still are fully waterproof (I spent 3 days in the pooring rain to be
sure ...)

2 years ago, in Greece, I slipped in a bend (long story ...), with my wife
on the bike: we fell on the right side case.  
I had mounted a rack from Five Star that I'd adapted to get it as closely
as possible against te bike.  The bike slided a few meters on the case. 
With a fierce pull on the handles and foot support I pulled the bike
upright again.  You can still admire the where the plastic of case has been
'scraped off'.  But the rack and the cases where still intact.

For me, a solid rack is the most important, certainly if you go offroad. 
And don't trust the GIVI rack: I've seen at least 2 broken ones.

BTW: the standard GIVI rack makes your @ as wide as a truck and with the
weight of the cases hanging this broad, the bike doesn't get any easier to
manouvre.
Now, any handy guy can make parts that allow to hang the cases closer to
the bike, especially on the left hand side.  I have 1 big case for the left
hand side, and one that is more flat for the other side.  So the bike is,
also visually, in balance.

Dirk

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> From: H.G.Pagendarm 
> To: 
> Subject: Re: Alu sidecases (XRV-LIST)
> Date: vrijdag 19 september 1997 7:57
> 
> Hi @ers,
> 
> just my 2 cents on boxes for the AT. I have got the GIVI monokey boxes,
> yes, plastic. They are colored blue which fits my RD04 in green/blue
> nicely. They are fitted to the Five Stars carrier.
> 
> The boxes are stable even with heavy overload. I use my AT to go
> shopping and sometimes have to put some 10 bottles of wine or similar
> on each side which is far above the recommended limit.
> 
> The boxes close firmly. I didn't observe any rain getting in even when
> riding in the rain for hours. Sometimes I put to much into the boxes 
> so that the lid gets deformed when closing them. However the material is
> smooth enough to go back to its original shape.
> 
> I threw my motorcycle a few time (low speed) which didn't harm the boxes
> but slightly deformed the carrier.
> 
> A major advantage: I can mount on box as a top case. When I travel I
> can leave one box on the camp ground and just take one as a top case.
> Enough for some shopping and to lock the helmet.
> 
> Riding with two boxes is no fun because the whole thing get pretty wide
> and you simply don't squeeze through the little gaps between those
> big chunks of metal which tend to hang around on roads.
> 
> Hans-Georg  Pagendarm
> 
> 
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