Tue Sep 23 10:57:30 1997
- Message No. 1479
From: Martin Franz
Subject: Re: Alu sidecases
Hi @ riders,
Philip wrote:
>>>This may all be true under road conditions, but not offroad.
>>>Plastic boxes break where aluminum bends.
It is extremly hard, to destroy a Givi. The plastic is very strong and
flexible, ie. hard to break.
And even if it breaks, it easily can be temporarily repaired by some "hole
plates" and screws (Lochplatten).
To my personal knowledge, mostly two "bad" things can happen on offroad
crashes:
a) the Givi get's open and your luggage is thrown out all over the place
b) the Givi get's out of the mounting (mounting point destroyed)
for a), you put a rope (Spanngurt) around the Givi (like on old suitcases)
for b) you just need to support the mounting by some massive screws, ie.
you screw the Givi to the mounting (which, BTW, is not "allowed" by the
german TUEV).
have a nice ride, martin
p.s. solution b) already "real life" tested for two times. works.
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