Fri Sep 19 07:58:02 1997
- Message No. 1465
From: "H.G.Pagendarm"
Subject: Re: Alu sidecases
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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