Givi Trekker Outback Latching Issue Fix?

[Skytower]

I have put just shy of 30k miles on my bike, and the panniers have been on it for almost all of it. The left one started to not engage one of the latches, and wore a bit of the latch away(pannier side latch tooth tip). There was too much slop up and down, and there wasn't enough engagement.

So... I'm testing out a work around: I added an aluminum shim to the bottom rest. Replacing the Allen bolt(6mm 1.0 taper head) with a longer bolt (45mm). I trimmed a 1"x 1/16" aluminum angle to the thickness of the mount pipe, and secured it with a nut on the backside. Blue locktite on the bolt, where it's in the pipe. Red locktite on the nut.

The red/green indicators never worked when new, now they work. It is a little more difficult to remove the panniers, but they don't move nearly as much. I'll update if there's any other news

 

[Lstayner]

Looks like a good fix. I agree, the red/green indicator doesn't ever go full green. Enough that I actually used a pair of ROK straps on a long trip just to make sure I didn't lose a box going down the highway. I may try your fix. Thanks !

 

[mybackhurts]

Mine was getting to the point where it was likely damaging itself. Even my front latch started getting loose. I just used electrical tape as proof of concept.

Temporarily permanent if you will. Little bit extra effort going on and off but, it snaps into the locks like it never did before.

 

[Skytower]

Mine was getting to the point where it was likely damaging itself. Even my front latch started getting loose. I just used electrical tape as proof of concept.

Temporarily permanent if you will. Little bit extra effort going on and off but, it snaps into the locks like it never did before.

I am done trying to make the Givi mounts work. I purchased some Mosko Moto soft bags. After removing all of the Givi hardware, and adding a 1/8" spacer,(aluminum flatbar the same shape as the provided metal Mosko mounting plates that preclude the grinding off of the Givi bracket's holes) the Mosko mounts work fine.

I'm toying with idea of removing all of the Givi mounting hardware from the boxes, and putting the Mosko bag mounts on the Givi box. Then I can use the Givi boxes on the Mosko mount, seamlessly.

Not a priority, yet. But food for thought...

 

[mybackhurts]

I am done trying to make the Givi mounts work. I purchased some Mosko Moto soft bags. After removing all of the Givi hardware, and adding a 1/8" spacer,(aluminum flatbar the same shape as the provided metal Mosko mounting plates that preclude the grinding off of the Givi bracket's holes) the Mosko mounts work fine.

I'm toying with idea of removing all of the Givi mounting hardware from the boxes, and putting the Mosko bag mounts on the Givi box. Then I can use the Givi boxes on the Mosko mount, seamlessly.

Not a priority, yet. But food for thought...

Yeah it's just shitty Italian craftsmanship. No offense Italians. They do look awesome. They leak water. Rattle. The welds on everything is ass. Nut's that should be just welded in place are not.

I have the skid and the crash bars too.

Like a lambo.

I'm with you on doing a custom mounting job on the whole thing. Something for us to ponder on.