General topics » Hard luggage options, Givi?

Got a new bike and need to fit a top-box for occasional use and will need panniers for perhaps once a year touring.

I could go with soft panniers, I am undecided about that yet. The BMW ones look too big and expensive, and I have had Givi V35 before (still have the inner bags for those).
I already have a Givi top box, so the natural choice is to fit the Givi monokey rear carrier/plate.

Question for anyone with Givi luggage system on their 12x0RS is, does the Givi mounting kit for panniers include the top-box support? From what I can tell from looking at pictures, the pannier rails are completely separate from the top-box support. This would be good for me, because I can buy and fit the top-box carrier/plate and then put off making any decision about what pannier system to get until I actually need them.

+1 on what Wessie said.
If you're lucky you maybe able to find a forum member selling one of Bacaruda's excellent top box plate,it looks like it's a factory figment.

Thanks guys. Actually my bike came with rear grab handles but no rack, and the pannier rails.
If I fit the Givi top box support arms and plate I would have to remove the pannier rails because they are not compatible. So the SW Motech rear rack plus a monokey adapter plate looks like a better fit for me.

Zitat von Ali-bear im Beitrag #4

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Thanks guys. Actually my bike came with rear grab handles but no rack, and the pannier rails.
If I fit the Givi top box support arms and plate I would have to remove the pannier rails because they are not compatible. So the SW Motech rear rack plus a monokey adapter plate looks like a better fit for me.

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I used to have an R1200R without the OE luggage grid or pannier rails to which I fitted Givi PLXR detachable rails for V35 boxes. I later decided I needed a top box as well and thought the SW Motech rack would look better without a box on for the majority of my riding but found it couldn't be fitted together with the Givi pannier fittings.
Whatever you choose bear in mind that if you want to upgrade to both aftermarket panniers and a top box at some point you would have to go with one manufacturer's mounts for both.
I ended up buying an OE luggage grid and Givi plate as the stand alone Givi FZ5117 rack, specifically the mounting rails, looked fugly to my eyes.

I have a new pannier rail that will fit the 2015 to 2020 RS for sale if anyone is interested. PM me if interested.

GT

Zitat von Pugwash im Beitrag #6

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Whatever you choose bear in mind that if you want to upgrade to both aftermarket panniers and a top box at some point you would have to go with one manufacturer's mounts for both.

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I definitely don't want to make the back of the bike any uglier - if I wanted it to look like the aftermath of an explosion in a pipe factory I would have bought a Tiger 800

Her full touring set up looks this, she's on right. 33 liter Kappa Givi side cases, 52 liter top case.

She doesn't care what it looks like when she's traveling. Once we get to our destination, they're coming off. She rides like the wind. You'll never get close enough to her to see the details of the back of her bike.

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Zitat von MrVvrroomm im Beitrag #11

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Her full touring set up looks this, she's on right. 33 liter Kappa Givi side cases, 52 liter top case.

She doesn't care what it looks like when she's traveling. Once we get to our destination, they're coming off. She rides like the wind. You'll never get close enough to her to see the details of the back of her bike.

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