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Old August 7th, 2011, 11:26 PM   #26
NathanF
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Name: Nathan
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Motorcycle(s): 2009 V-Strom 650 ABS

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Originally Posted by setasai View Post
Yea they come on and off exactly like how givi intended them to.

Sorry Nathan, havent gotten to the pictures yet. Been quite busy.
No worries! I may actually be just fine without them, if you can answer a few questions:

1) Did you put a metal flatbar cross bar on top of the rear frame, like what is provided with the genuine Givi rack? Or did you just use the four existing bolt holes as is?

2) Is the frame mounted totally perpendicular to the four bolt holes, or did you build a slant in somewhere to make the bags sit more level?

3) Are the trapezoidal brackets you made 1 inch square tube as well, or something else?

Thanks.

By the way...right about now I'm dreaming of T-brackets. Welding is a lot more difficult than it looks.. I've already wasted $10 of metal just practicing, and I'm still not able to reliability produce good clean welds.
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