So I picked up my bike in July and finally spent some time with her today. The wife and I are getting ready for a week long ride thru Southern Oregon and California visiting four National Parks and being consumers we needed more storage! Stuff Stuff Stack it on up!
With three weeks to go I was having trouble finding the top box I had settled on, the Shade SH50 and while reading thread after thread of sub frame nightmares I decided to get the GIVI SR357 mount knowing there might be some fab in store for me. Well the fab turned out to be the easy part, I ordered an SH50 only to be told it was backorderd which seemed to be the situation with the SR357 as well. I found an old thread where Red Fish Hunter had an SH50 from a previous bike that might be gathering dust and we soon worked a deal to give it a new home. I found what seems like the last SR in existence in Canada and were off to the races.
Today I finally got going on this, here are a couple of "before shots"
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oj7g7fjqyaaj5to/1-Before.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o8946gg0odeupl7/2-Before.jpg?dl=0
I mounted the SR357 and I must say I had no problems, everything lined up perfect. I then mounted the Shad SH50 mount to the GIVI rack and much like GixxerJason I was less than impressed.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q59vbsuq0n4nbvd/3-First%20Try.jpg?dl=0
The second attempt was better but still the box was swinging in the breeze
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4kgzo8kh4f83onf/4-Second%20Try.jpg?dl=0
I finally had the BACK Shad base Plate holes in the FRONT GIVI slots, it was perfect but I had some serious support issues to deal with.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yznrlm32y5ff200/5-Nailed%20it.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6r72retw6hcdiy/6-Back%20shad%20slots%20in%20front%20givi%20holes.jpg?dl=0
Luckily the front of the GIVI had a tab that turned down 90 degrees and looked like the perfect place to add some angle, I went with Stainless since I am in restaurant equipment and we have alot of drop!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4zzpb7x02qsutz9/7-Perfect%20location%20for%20front%20support.jpg?dl=0
I fabbed a couple of brackets to support the front of the rack, it probably would have been great like it was but I'm kind of OCD and I did not like the back of the plate with no support under it. I was going to use some angle but that would have meant seeing the stainless where it turned down underneath the back of the rack, I decided to use some 3/16 aluminum flat plate instead.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydidum756wz5hcr/9-No%20support%20under%20back%20of%20rack.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6b79vq5r1r5s5iz/10-Hmm%20what%20now.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xhchcu1rldgyt9/11-Back%20support%20plate.jpg?dl=0
It was time to start getting everything snugged up and dead nutz on spacing, I used grommets or rubber bumpers between the base plate and the rack at all contact points. "all the grommets all the time"
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4p2lmzghk1r3b8c/12-All%20the%20Grommets%20All%20the%20Time.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/clxwfz1cn0bf4rk/13-Front%20supports%20installed.jpg?dl=0
Everything came together nicely and it was time to screw the plastic Shad top plate to the base plate, when doing this I found that the flat bar under the seat looked like it could rub on the plastics even though GIVI supplied a little strip of "bumper" not impressive. I actually found that the OEM rubber bumper fit on the GIVI rack so I reapplied it to the GIVI.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ldirnemi7aa0v5/14-Base%20plate%20final.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2k2zdfdw5javzd/15-OEM%20Bumper.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/let9ibbbhi3yn08/16-Oem%20bumper%20on%20GIVI%20support.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/283op0b7wjq4er7/17-Top%20Plate%20Installed.jpg?dl=0
I think it turned out great even though I had about four hours into it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhg4ryesixvvscv/18-Boom%20FINAL.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i9go7429ruy94w6/19-Sano%20Install.jpg?dl=0
I was so stoked in fact I dove right into installing the new GIVI 25 Litre tank bag I just got. This was piece O cake compared to the Shad/GIVI conversion and once I slide the bag all the way back on the mount to stay out of the way of the camera and radar detector I again was feeling pretty good about things.
Final results!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zrt4q0t8mbdpaix/20-Farkle%20%232.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3nh6ri9pupmln61/21-Happy%20farkleday.jpg?dl=0
I changed the oil to really make it feel like a well spent day, of course the crush washer was in backwards... I loved changing the oil on this thing! Great access!
Question to anyone that has one of these 25 litre tank bags, there was a strap on the front of it with a buckle and protective pad to go behind the buckle, no mention is made of this and the only thing I can think is that it is supposed to go around the headset or bars in the event the tank adapter fails and your bags falls off. I got the ring supported bag because the previous owner had a magnetic tank bag which he apparently rolled down a sand dune with before each use! The last thing I need is some "safety strap" flapping around up there, after compouding all the scratchs out. I have one hand on my razor knife now...
Happy Farkleday!
With three weeks to go I was having trouble finding the top box I had settled on, the Shade SH50 and while reading thread after thread of sub frame nightmares I decided to get the GIVI SR357 mount knowing there might be some fab in store for me. Well the fab turned out to be the easy part, I ordered an SH50 only to be told it was backorderd which seemed to be the situation with the SR357 as well. I found an old thread where Red Fish Hunter had an SH50 from a previous bike that might be gathering dust and we soon worked a deal to give it a new home. I found what seems like the last SR in existence in Canada and were off to the races.
Today I finally got going on this, here are a couple of "before shots"
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oj7g7fjqyaaj5to/1-Before.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o8946gg0odeupl7/2-Before.jpg?dl=0
I mounted the SR357 and I must say I had no problems, everything lined up perfect. I then mounted the Shad SH50 mount to the GIVI rack and much like GixxerJason I was less than impressed.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q59vbsuq0n4nbvd/3-First%20Try.jpg?dl=0
The second attempt was better but still the box was swinging in the breeze
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4kgzo8kh4f83onf/4-Second%20Try.jpg?dl=0
I finally had the BACK Shad base Plate holes in the FRONT GIVI slots, it was perfect but I had some serious support issues to deal with.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yznrlm32y5ff200/5-Nailed%20it.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6r72retw6hcdiy/6-Back%20shad%20slots%20in%20front%20givi%20holes.jpg?dl=0
Luckily the front of the GIVI had a tab that turned down 90 degrees and looked like the perfect place to add some angle, I went with Stainless since I am in restaurant equipment and we have alot of drop!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4zzpb7x02qsutz9/7-Perfect%20location%20for%20front%20support.jpg?dl=0
I fabbed a couple of brackets to support the front of the rack, it probably would have been great like it was but I'm kind of OCD and I did not like the back of the plate with no support under it. I was going to use some angle but that would have meant seeing the stainless where it turned down underneath the back of the rack, I decided to use some 3/16 aluminum flat plate instead.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydidum756wz5hcr/9-No%20support%20under%20back%20of%20rack.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6b79vq5r1r5s5iz/10-Hmm%20what%20now.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xhchcu1rldgyt9/11-Back%20support%20plate.jpg?dl=0
It was time to start getting everything snugged up and dead nutz on spacing, I used grommets or rubber bumpers between the base plate and the rack at all contact points. "all the grommets all the time"
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4p2lmzghk1r3b8c/12-All%20the%20Grommets%20All%20the%20Time.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/clxwfz1cn0bf4rk/13-Front%20supports%20installed.jpg?dl=0
Everything came together nicely and it was time to screw the plastic Shad top plate to the base plate, when doing this I found that the flat bar under the seat looked like it could rub on the plastics even though GIVI supplied a little strip of "bumper" not impressive. I actually found that the OEM rubber bumper fit on the GIVI rack so I reapplied it to the GIVI.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ldirnemi7aa0v5/14-Base%20plate%20final.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2k2zdfdw5javzd/15-OEM%20Bumper.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/let9ibbbhi3yn08/16-Oem%20bumper%20on%20GIVI%20support.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/283op0b7wjq4er7/17-Top%20Plate%20Installed.jpg?dl=0
I think it turned out great even though I had about four hours into it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhg4ryesixvvscv/18-Boom%20FINAL.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i9go7429ruy94w6/19-Sano%20Install.jpg?dl=0
I was so stoked in fact I dove right into installing the new GIVI 25 Litre tank bag I just got. This was piece O cake compared to the Shad/GIVI conversion and once I slide the bag all the way back on the mount to stay out of the way of the camera and radar detector I again was feeling pretty good about things.
Final results!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zrt4q0t8mbdpaix/20-Farkle%20%232.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3nh6ri9pupmln61/21-Happy%20farkleday.jpg?dl=0
I changed the oil to really make it feel like a well spent day, of course the crush washer was in backwards... I loved changing the oil on this thing! Great access!
Question to anyone that has one of these 25 litre tank bags, there was a strap on the front of it with a buckle and protective pad to go behind the buckle, no mention is made of this and the only thing I can think is that it is supposed to go around the headset or bars in the event the tank adapter fails and your bags falls off. I got the ring supported bag because the previous owner had a magnetic tank bag which he apparently rolled down a sand dune with before each use! The last thing I need is some "safety strap" flapping around up there, after compouding all the scratchs out. I have one hand on my razor knife now...
Happy Farkleday!
