Givi rack

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Spring is almost here so I'm looking to alter the bike to make it commuter friendly.

How easy is it to fit a Givi rack? I'm thinking of fitting this one to my bike. I can't find mounting instructions online - any drilling or cutting involved with Givi racks? Is much bike disassembly required? I haven't really done any work to a bike before at all, although I have got all the necessary tools (though my wife tells me that patience is definately missing from my toolbox).

Alternatively I might fit this from SW-Motech with a Givi adapter plate - which looks very straightforward but is more expensive.
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Current bike: Kawasaki Z750S

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Hi there

No drilling should be required to fit a givi rack, I have never heard of anyone having to do any.

The support arms usually connect to the sub frame under your rear cowl or if there are any luggage 'bars' or supports (of which bungees fix onto) they will clmap onto this.

You may also find on other bikes you have to remove the pillion grabrail and they will fix into those holes. I can't be certain of course as I've never seen a z750s with one fitted. From the below picture, it appears to keep on the grabrail though.

Are you buying new or used?

New will definetely include instructions.

You can't lose anything if you email givi.co.uk and see if they can send you a .pdf manual. Either way, it's very simple to fit.

No real amount of dissasembly will be required, I have never had to when fitting it to a bike but you might have to remove the rear cowl. It is unlikely but it's a possibility. Whatever you do, don't buy the more expensive one because it looks simpler. Trust me, they're damn easy to fit and will include isntructions. You don't need any experience with tools to do it.

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[Dazbo666]

...or you could also check your local dealer to find out if they supply/fit the racks you're looking at.
You don't neccessarily need to pay dealer prices to get them to supply and fit, just ask them for some advice from their workshop bods?
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[Dazbo666]

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As an aside, the SW Motech stuff is the dogs if you want to remove the whole thing and have the bike looking standard again. A few of my Blackbird owning mates had them and they were excellent.

Cheers

Grim
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[krebsy]

I fitted a Givi monorack onto my Diversion and the only problems I had were as follows:

The rack attaches to the frame by plugging into the end of it with a metal collar, bolt and "round wedge" that expands the collar when the bolt is tightened. It's a tight fit and if the "wedge" is too loose in the collar when you put it into the frame then it can come loose and dissapear off inside your bike. Luckilly I had a small but powerful magnet and some of that plastic coated coiled steel curtain wire to use as a magnetic fishing hook. In the end I put the collar and wedge together, gave it a light tap with a hammer and shoved it into the frame. Then tightened it up with the bolt.

The other problem (why I lost the wedge in the first place) was that the bracket you bolt to the collar didn't line up exactly with the rest of the holes on the bike and I had to apply a bit of force (bending the indicators out of the way in the process) to get it all to line up. The bolt wasn't lining up with the screw thread in the wedge and was pushing the wedge out of the collar...

Now it's all wedged as tight as it can be (any tighter would need welding ) and that rack is never coming off.

All i need to do now is replace my exhaust, but that's another story for next week...

K.
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