Give Trekkers - Black Out ** NEVER MIND **

[colorider]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

Looks good Joe!! Give me your address so I can ship mine down for you to do them as well................

 

[~TABASCO~]

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Mellow,

GREAT JOB!! Looks stellar !



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[Mellow]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

Thanks guys, pretty easy and small mod but the look is so much nicer IMO.

Looks good Joe!! Give me your address so I can ship mine down for you to do them as well................

Rod, if you want to take the panels off and pay for the materials and shipping, I'll gladly do them for you. I've got more than 1/2 the can of primer left but will need another can of the coating. Depending on shipping, I'd say $20-30 would do it. It's a pretty easy job, the coating goes on better than non-textured paint so it's pretty hard to screw it up.. trust me, I would have done THAT the 1st try if it was possible.

 

[colorider]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

I'm going to wait and see how they look on the bike before I make any final decision. I have been using the Trekker trunk on the FJR for a while and did not have any objection to the look.

But, the all black does look nice!!!

 

[Mellow]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

I'm going to wait and see how they look on the bike before I make any final decision. I have been using the Trekker trunk on the FJR for a while and did not have any objection to the look.

But, the all black does look nice!!!

I'll get that to you by TOMORROW!!!!

 

[colorider]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

I'll get that to you by TOMORROW!!!!

But isn't your's black?

 

[Mellow]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

But isn't your's black?

Mine is blue.

 

[colorider]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

Mine is blue.

Take some pics!!!

 

[Mellow]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

Take some pics!!!

Well, okay ;D

 

[jajpko]

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That looks really good.. Nice job.

 

[CoLoRaDoVoLaReiTuS]

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Hola Amigos: Soy de Argentina y este es mi primer post en este sitio. Tengo las mismas maletas Givi Trekker, solo estoy esperando que lleguen la nuevas unidades de la XT 1200, puesto que en este pais esta restringida la importacion y su valor llega a los 26.000 dls., un poco cara, pero todas las demas marca de motocicletas estan igual !!.

Sobre dichas maletas me gusto mucho como quedaron pero tengo una salvedad: Casi siempre me voy de viaje al Sur de Argentina - Patagonia, donde el sol y la tierra son algo frecuentes y cotidiano de todos los dias, me hago una pregunta: El color oscuro o negro no recalienta demasiado dichas maletas o lo que va en su interior ??, ustedes que piensan ?. Gracias por compartir. Un saludos Grande desde Quilmes - Buenos Aires - Argentina.

La unidad recien me llega a mediados de Septiembre u Octubre !!!, uf,uf,uf !!!!.

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Hello Friends: I'm from Argentina and this is my first post on this site. I have the same Givi luggage Trekker, I'm just looking forward to the new 1200 XT units, since in this country is restricted for import and value reaches the U$S 26,000. A little expensive, but all other brands of motorcycles are the same!.

About these bags were really like me but I have a caveat: I almost always going on a trip to Southern Argentina - Patagonia, where the sun and Earth are somewhat common, everyday all day I ask myself a question: The Dark not too hot or those black bags or what goes on inside?, you think?. Thanks for sharing. A Big greetings from Quilmes - Buenos Aires - Argentina.

The unit recently reached me in mid-September or October! Ugh, ugh, ugh !!!!!!

 

[colorider]

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Hola Amigos:
Hello Friends: I'm from Argentina and this is my first post on this site.

Welcome to the Forum!!!!

Rod

 

[colorider]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

Thanks for posting the pics Joe!!!!! I still don't know what I will do on mine. It will be a few days before I can spend much time with the new bike.

Rod

 

[Tippo]

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Mellow,

I think you have greatly improved the looks of the Trekkers. How difficult was it to remove and reinstall the metal panels? Has anyone crash tested the Trekkers yet?

Jeff

 

[Tremor38]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

Mellow,

GREAT JOB!! Looks stellar !



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[Mellow]

Re: Give Trekkers - Black Out

Mellow,

I think you have greatly improved the looks of the Trekkers. How difficult was it to remove and reinstall the metal panels? Has anyone crash tested the Trekkers yet?

Jeff

There are a bunch of little screws to remove inside and several larger ones. It takes some time and patience but it's not difficult, just tedious.

Oh, they are still plastic.. not sure how they would do in a crash.. probably would crack, not sure... but at the price would be replaceable without too much crying. ::025::

 

[3putt]

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Nice job.

 

[Mellow]

Update, rode in some cold rain and maybe even some sleet this weekend and the paint chipped.

So, I'm thinking painting these isn't a good idea, they are very exposed to the elements and rock chips. Powdercoated is probably the way to go but I'm too cheap for that so I'll scrape the rest of the pain off and go back to the base aluminum.

 

[jajpko]

If you can find some black bumper paint that might work better. Or maybe spray on bed liner. I read somewhere aluminum needs a special prep for paint to stick very well?

 

[Mellow]

If you can find some black bumper paint that might work better. Or maybe spray on bed liner. I read somewhere aluminum needs a special prep for paint to stick very well?

The paint is used was bed liner and I did use self-etching primer which is supposed to the trick.

Once I get the rest of the paint off I'll just stick with the aluminum. I don't mind trying this once but not gonna go through the trouble over and over again.