beardo
Active member
I just purchased a used GIVI SR346 Top Case Mounting Rack and GIVI E460 Top Case from a fellow forum member and I have some quesitons about the installtion of the GIVI SR346 Top Case Mounting Rack.
First of all, does anyone know if GIVI has electronic versions of their installation manuals for their products online? I checked the GIVI USA site, but could not find anything. If not, has anyone scanned their hard copy of the installaiton instructions? Here's my quesitons/concerns.
BeardO
First of all, does anyone know if GIVI has electronic versions of their installation manuals for their products online? I checked the GIVI USA site, but could not find anything. If not, has anyone scanned their hard copy of the installaiton instructions? Here's my quesitons/concerns.
- What bolts from the factory luggage rack are re-used for mounting the SR346? I was given a couple of bolts with the mounting rack. One is just a little shorter than the top center bolt that holds the factory luggage rack on... I'm assuming that I need to use this bolt instead of the factory bolt since it looks like the mounting flange thickness of the GIVI mount is much thinner than that of the factory luggage rack. The other bolt that I was provided is more that twice the length of any of the factory bolts. I can't figure where I would need to use that bolt... that is if I need to.
- Do I need to remove the small nylon screw or push pin that is located slightly to the rear of the center mounting bolt?
- It looks like I should use some time of protective material between the GIVI mounting plate and the painted area where the top center bolt mounts... am I right or wrong?
- The GIVI rack seems to fit on the bike without major interference. Their is a slight inteference however between the rectangular cutout areas just behind the passenger's seat where the mounting posts of the rack slide down for the bolts by the rear brack lights. I see where Tom Catron enlarged these features a little to prevent interference as documented here. I'm trying to decide if I want to shave material off or not and I wanted to see if many other people did this or not during their installation.
- I have a red wire and blue wire on from the GIVI rack for the stop light kit and I'm assuming that the red wire is positive and the blue wire is the ground. Am I correct?
BeardO