Givi Monts

[WA5VHU]

Givi Mounts

I just took possession of a 2013 RS SE5 and I already have the Givi E55 Top Case and a pair of the Givi V35 Side Cases and would like to mount them on my trike. An Internet search seems to indicate the mounting hardware is discontinued. There is a couple of shops in Italy that appears to have the mounting racks and hardware .

Is there another more local source here in the US for the mounting ?


Thanks!

 

[GOZFST]

Call the US distributor, when I was looking for a mount for my BMW the WEB site said NA, but looking at the European site it was, I called the US distributor and they had one.

 

[WA5VHU]

I will try that, thanks!

Call the US distributor, when I was looking for a mount for my BMW the WEB site said NA, but looking at the European site it was, I called the US distributor and they had one.

 

[camogirl]

I just took possession of a 2013 RS SE5 and I already have the Givi E55 Top Case and a pair of the Givi V35 Side Cases and would like to mount them on my trike. An Internet search seems to indicate the mounting hardware is discontinued. There is a couple of shops in Italy that appears to have the mounting racks and hardware .

Is there another more local source here in the US for the mounting ?


Thanks!

I just ordered a set of GIVI mounting brackets from Italy through ebay. They were pricey but it was all I could find. I am suppose to get them between June 22 and June 26th. Hope I made a good decision. Always a gamble out of country.

 

[Bruise01]

E55 Mount

I had the rear sport mount on mine so I just bought a Givi Universal Mount - the E250 - off Ebay and mounted it to the plate. My E55 mounts right on to it. I actually swap between a V46 and the E55.

 

[donec]

I just took possession of a 2013 RS SE5 and I already have the Givi E55 Top Case and a pair of the Givi V35 Side Cases and would like to mount them on my trike. An Internet search seems to indicate the mounting hardware is discontinued. There is a couple of shops in Italy that appears to have the mounting racks and hardware .

Is there another more local source here in the US for the mounting ?


Thanks!

For the side bags about the only thing around is via Italy and through Ebay...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIVI-PLX770...8?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_101&hash=item4194f8d54a

If you want the mounting instructions for the Givi PLX770 mounts pm me with your email and I'll send you the pdf file.

 

[jmbiii]

I just ordered a set of GIVI mounting brackets from Italy through ebay. They were pricey but it was all I could find. I am suppose to get them between June 22 and June 26th. Hope I made a good decision. Always a gamble out of country.

I ordered the mounts for the V35 cases from Italy a few days after your post. I received them on Monday (7-6). Wednesday they were on holding my cases! They were a little pricy but about on par with mounts I've purchased here in the States for my BMW. The vendor, SPEEDMANIA in Reggio Emilia, Italy, were very good to do business with.
:thumbup:

. . . . and the cases along with the mounts from Itally were still less expensive than the BRP ones from the dealer.

 

[WA5VHU]

Thank you all for your inputs!

I ordered the side case mounts from Italy off eBay from http://www.ebay.com/itm/261855304447 and got them fairly quick. They fit fine and my side cases are now on my Spyder.

I also ordered a top case mount off eBay from Canada http://www.ebay.com/itm/Can-Am-Spyd...H_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item35c970f6d3&vxp=mtr however I think this may have been made to use with the BRP side case kit and does not work with the Givi side mount kit. It's not really the fault of the vendor as they state "I'm not very familiar with Givi products so please do your homework before doing a "Buy It Now" because I'm not 100% sure of the exact application".

For my top case I think I will just get a rear sport rack kit and mount it to that as suggested by Bruise01.


Thanks to all!

Charles

 

[camogirl]

Yippee they came today

Like stated earlier that I ordered from ebay. It was the Italy site and there was a delay in customs the first time they tried shipping. So customs sent them back to the dealer. They were going to resend but double checked my State. I probably should have it spelled out fully instead of just the two letters we are so use to using. But they came today.
So I spent some time reading the instructions and was wonder if anyone has done the install themselves?

 

[Tx web rider]

givi

the newer st bikes come from the factory with the mounts so if you look in the parts guide for the 2014 st limited you can order that part from brp

 

[PistonBlown]

So I spent some time reading the instructions and was wonder if anyone has done the install themselves?

Yep I've installed them myself. It's pretty straightforward, the trick I found was to:

• Remove the plastic thing behind the seat between the two rear lights.
• Undo the front the seat stay (funny piston thing under the seat).

This allows you to lift the seat right up so you can get to everything easily.

 

[camogirl]

Yep I've installed them myself. It's pretty straightforward, the trick I found was to:

• Remove the plastic thing behind the seat between the two rear lights.
• Undo the front the seat stay (funny piston thing under the seat).

This allows you to lift the seat right up so you can get to everything easily.

Thanks I will take a look and see just how involved this is. I get nervous if I have to disassemble to much.

 

[jmbiii]

The mounts themselves are not hard to install. Only eight bolts/nuts total. Because I have the Sport Rack I had to remove it completely to raise the seat high enough to get to the rear bolts. The more time consuming and harder is relocating the turn signals. Did not need to tap in or splice factory wiring as I got the in between wiring from Tricleds.

I had to remove the rear fender and add wiring along the swing arm. I disassembled the turn signals and terminated the wiring with new connectors.

I also bought and added LED Tail/Stop/Turn Lights from AddMore Lighting to go behind the red lenses on the GIVI cases. (No excuse for drivers not to notice them)

They have waterproof quick connects when you want to remove the cases.

 

[jmbiii]

Continuing on: The connectors can be pushed back out of the way.

The pix don't really show how bright they are.

They also flash the brake lights. So far no problems from the 'Nanny"
Helps to be seen from the rear ! hyea:

Joe

 

[PistonBlown]

The one thing I didn't like about the kit was the indicator re-locators, particularly as our indicators are about twice the size of the US ones.

I ended up removing the reflectors on either side of the rear fender struts and mounted mini-led indicators there instead. This meant all the wiring could be hidden and being led they were far brighter than standard:

 

[Bfromla]

Tool

Just keep track of the tool!:lecturef_smilie:

 

[PistonBlown]

Just keep track of the tool!:lecturef_smilie:

Think that's the one for the Can-am kit? Don't need that for the Givi one as the V35 fixing mechanism works off the lock so you just use the key to release the panniers.

 

[jmbiii]

I don't particularly care for the GIVI tail light mount, either. Well not the mounts themselves, but the exposed wiring. I used what I had in the garage the shield the exposed wiring, plus the added wiring along the swing arm is encased in protective tubing.
I may wander around the hardware stores and locate something to fabricate a more aesthetic solution to the exposed wiring.

 

[camogirl]

The mounts themselves are not hard to install. Only eight bolts/nuts total. Because I have the Sport Rack I had to remove it completely to raise the seat high enough to get to the rear bolts. The more time consuming and harder is relocating the turn signals. Did not need to tap in or splice factory wiring as I got the in between wiring from Tricleds.

I had to remove the rear fender and add wiring along the swing arm. I disassembled the turn signals and terminated the wiring with new connectors.

I also bought and added LED Tail/Stop/Turn Lights from AddMore Lighting to go behind the red lenses on the GIVI cases. (No excuse for drivers not to notice them)

They have waterproof quick connects when you want to remove the cases.

Well now I am hooked on the V35 Led kit. I called out there with a question on a additional harness since I just bought a Vstrom DL650. Have a line on brackets from a friends crashed bike. Anyway I would want a harness for the Vstrom when I move the bags over.
I'm telling myself only one more Farkle ...... yea right

 

[spacetiger]

Great post - good sharing and love the pics.

Jerry