Dae Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 300 KM from home, ready to lose my top box glad I pulled over for a quick break. The broken place/weak point was at the grab handle. I never overload the box usually less than 5LBS. If you have either GIVI/Kappa mounting bracket check for stress crack. I had a MC shop weld an extra piece of metal after welding the cracked point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volfy Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Glad to hear you didn't lose the case. Looks like the fix should be good from now on. FWIW, I've had very good luck with SW Motech alu-racks on 2 other bikes, so it was a easy choice for me on the VFR. A bit pricey, but worth it IMO. The OEM rack is nice and beefy also, but fitting the SW Motech Contour racks for the GIVI V35 panniers would've been difficult, if not impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer YoshiHNS Posted January 31, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yeah. I'd say that was pretty good timing on your part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilprofessore Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 This is an old story. 2 years ago I have seen another guy with this problem, so, when I installed the Givi rack, I made a small modification in order to improve its strength . After 2 years the rack is perfect and I have loaded a lot more than 5 lb several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer The mailman Posted February 3, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted February 3, 2013 This is an old story. 2 years ago I have seen another guy with this problem, so, when I installed the Givi rack, I made a small modification in order to improve its strength . After 2 years the rack is perfect and I have loaded a lot more than 5 lb several times. Nice work, That looks completely professional/stock. Makes me want to do something similar to mine on my 6th gen. Nice stone work too! The U.S. is the only place that just throws out some cement and calls it good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer The mailman Posted February 4, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2013 After worrying that my 6th gen rack may do the same thing, I went out in the garage to have a look. To my surprise, the 6th gen Givi already has additional support in that area - No mods required. Just a freak occurance with yours or is Givi cutting corners now that they shouldn't be cutting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Yokel Posted February 4, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2013 After worrying that my 6th gen rack may do the same thing, I went out in the garage to have a look. To my surprise, the 6th gen Givi already has additional support in that area - No mods required. Just a freak occurance with yours or is Givi cutting corners now that they shouldn't be cutting? I think that bottle of Crown offers all the support anyone or anything could need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Polarbear Posted February 4, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2013 Hahahahaha!!! Yeah, I'll take two!! C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer The mailman Posted February 4, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2013 Top notch Canadian support. I should have used my Crown - Black, it would have matched the Givi better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 This maybe be overkill but I drilled a hole from inside the box to the base plate and added a bolt. I heard of rare instance where topbox falls off due to not latching it down properly or some other failure. Since I rarely take the box off, it's not a big deal and also takes less than a couple minute to unscrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fotodadi Posted February 5, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted February 5, 2013 This is an old story. 2 years ago I have seen another guy with this problem, so, when I installed the Givi rack, I made a small modification in order to improve its strength . After 2 years the rack is perfect and I have loaded a lot more than 5 lb several times. Givi.JPG Yep!!! That would be my story! LOL http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/61254-givi-topbox-bracket-anyone-installed-one-yet/page-2 Have since changed the weak hollow tubing for a 5mm thick iron bar. Now travel with the 52liter GIVI trekker with close to 20kg in it at at whatever speed my heart desires!!! Will put up a picture tomorrow of the "new and improved" bracket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fotodadi Posted February 8, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hope these help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 I'm jealous both ilprofessore & fotodadi, the modified rack looks professionally done, while mine looks so ghetto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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