SteveL
Junior Member
I really wanted to get a nice big Givi bag like everyone else in the forum - but in Oz that was going to set me back about $800 for the box and frames.
So I decided to make do with a poor man's version - an RJays top box (RJays Super Top Box)
Unfortunately the RJays top box doesn't have a frame suitable for the FZ6 so I bought a Ventura L frame and matched this with a sport rack.
Due to the grab handle on the sport rack, this was sitting a bit too far back for my liking, so I hit the rack with a hacksaw. It was a bit painful chopping the top of my brand new rack but it had to be done:
This meant I could slide the whole thing forward a bit, so the top box's baseplate was centred on the base of the sports rack:
It still sits fairly far back but there's not much I can do about that. I plan to install an extra brake light on the box when I get a chance. It's also probably not as secure as the Givi as someone could undo the bolts and remove the whole rack, but I've hit it with Loctite in the hope the thieving a-holes will give up!
So all in all, I'm pretty happy with my mod, which came in at less than 1/2 the price of the Givi.
Cheers,
Steve
So I decided to make do with a poor man's version - an RJays top box (RJays Super Top Box)
Unfortunately the RJays top box doesn't have a frame suitable for the FZ6 so I bought a Ventura L frame and matched this with a sport rack.
Due to the grab handle on the sport rack, this was sitting a bit too far back for my liking, so I hit the rack with a hacksaw. It was a bit painful chopping the top of my brand new rack but it had to be done:
This meant I could slide the whole thing forward a bit, so the top box's baseplate was centred on the base of the sports rack:
It still sits fairly far back but there's not much I can do about that. I plan to install an extra brake light on the box when I get a chance. It's also probably not as secure as the Givi as someone could undo the bolts and remove the whole rack, but I've hit it with Loctite in the hope the thieving a-holes will give up!
So all in all, I'm pretty happy with my mod, which came in at less than 1/2 the price of the Givi.
Cheers,
Steve
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