Someone was asking for photos of the Givi tubular sidecase rack. Well, I just installed it.
It sets the cases 18.5" apart. My cases are E360s, which are 11" deep, so the overall width with cases is a rather porcine 40.5". Different Givi sidecases would net out a bit narrower, for instance if you had a pair of E21s, it would be 33.5", and if you had the Trekkers it would be 36.5".
The rack is symetrical so there is a lot of space on the right side. On the left side it's as close as it could be, to the exhaust shield. In fact if it were 1/8" tighter it would touch. I took a photo that shows it is not touching, but just how close it is. I circled the spot, it's in the last photo. You can't really tell from the photos, but no other point on the rack comes particularly close to touching.
The cross brace does not attach to the rear fender in any way. It only attaches at the ends.
I think that if you removed the grab rails and shimmed the spot where it attaches to the passenger footpeg brackets, you could squeeze it in just a little closer, but if you did that, it would touch the exhaust shield and it would also stress it where the cross brace that spans both sides attaches.
It seems rock solid. I can shake the whole back of the bike by the rack. I have the N140 Wingrack on my TDM and it flexes more than this rack does.
It fit the bike without difficulty; there were no design flaws that required excessive flexing or grinding or drilling. The install was pretty darn simple, actually. It's held together by some quarter turn quick release fasteners, which require a special tool to turn; I suppose this is a security feature. The tool is included. There's a spot for a lock (not included) to augment this security feature.
Here are the photos:
It sets the cases 18.5" apart. My cases are E360s, which are 11" deep, so the overall width with cases is a rather porcine 40.5". Different Givi sidecases would net out a bit narrower, for instance if you had a pair of E21s, it would be 33.5", and if you had the Trekkers it would be 36.5".
The rack is symetrical so there is a lot of space on the right side. On the left side it's as close as it could be, to the exhaust shield. In fact if it were 1/8" tighter it would touch. I took a photo that shows it is not touching, but just how close it is. I circled the spot, it's in the last photo. You can't really tell from the photos, but no other point on the rack comes particularly close to touching.
The cross brace does not attach to the rear fender in any way. It only attaches at the ends.
I think that if you removed the grab rails and shimmed the spot where it attaches to the passenger footpeg brackets, you could squeeze it in just a little closer, but if you did that, it would touch the exhaust shield and it would also stress it where the cross brace that spans both sides attaches.
It seems rock solid. I can shake the whole back of the bike by the rack. I have the N140 Wingrack on my TDM and it flexes more than this rack does.
It fit the bike without difficulty; there were no design flaws that required excessive flexing or grinding or drilling. The install was pretty darn simple, actually. It's held together by some quarter turn quick release fasteners, which require a special tool to turn; I suppose this is a security feature. The tool is included. There's a spot for a lock (not included) to augment this security feature.
Here are the photos:
