New thread.So now I am installing RKA soft saddle bags and a soft passenger seat bag for my desert cooling system. Should I continue using this Top Box thread or start A new thread for Soft Luggage? I have pictures of the little alteration I made to the passenger foot rest to make it possible to use soft luggage.
Did you paint your OEM BMW hand rail,top box mount or do they come in black as well as silver?I installed a Givi Monokey v47 onto my C400GT using the BMW rack with the AltRider BMW f700 plate. I had to make an adapter to retrofit the plate to the
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I don't have an answer that is reliable but an owner over on advrider had his powder coated black and it looks really good. I presume that at least at that time it was only available in silver.Did you paint your OEM BMW hand rail,top box mount or do they come in black as well as silver?
I decided to just mount everything the way it is for now. I really thought the black would look good on my white scooter but just don't want to mess with it right now.I don't have an answer that is reliable but an owner over on advrider had his powder coated black and it looks really good. I presume that at least at that time it was only available in silver.
I dry fit the Shad mount to the BMW mount which just came in today. It all looks like it will work but it is a little close to the seat. Looks great but the passenger may loose about an inch of room. (I haven't carried a passenger in a long time.) I'm going to mount it the same way to see how it works, as you say, it requires no modifications for this mount. Can always change it later if I think it needs to go back a little.Hey @mgg:
I just watched the video by HedOpp (www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJCL0Euh2L0) posted by @Claudini in post 18. Unlike Claudini and Scooteria, HedOpp just used exising holes and openings in the OEM BMW rack to mount the 58X. And then, in a comment on that video from six months ago, HedOpp also has this to say: "Hi! No drilling is necessary. I have mounted the backrest after I posted the video. It's really easy to install. Yes, the base plate comes with the box."
This gives me the impression that (when I can spare the money) I can just go ahead and try out the 58X in place of my OEM topcase without changing much of anything, and that the backrest pad may be in a good position.
In any event, how's your mounting coming along?
I forget whether the underseat tub -- the big thing with the flex case in it -- has to come out, in order to swap the stock passenger grab rails with the BMW luggage rack. Well, a heads-up, regardless: if anyone's removing the tub, be careful not to damage the little leaf-spring switch at the very back of it, when taking it out or putting it in.I decided to just mount everything the way it is for now. I really thought the black would look good on my white scooter but just don't want to mess with it right now.
I dry fit the Shad mount to the BMW mount which just came in today. It all looks like it will work but it is a little close to the seat. Looks great but the passenger may loose about an inch of room. (I haven't carried a passenger in a long time.) I'm going to mount it the same way to see how it works, as you say, it requires no modifications for this mount. Can always change it later if I think it needs to go back a little.
mgg
It does look really good!After looking at everything I decided to add the brake light kit that I got with the SH 58x. So I mounted the case bake to accomidate that farkle. I took a few pictures.
In the first picture you can see the brake light at the edge of the mounting plate and where I drilled the wholes to accomidate this mounting position. At the end of the day I decided I wanted this extra brake light and all it took was drilling 2 holes to get it so I did it. The next picture shows the position of the case which still looks pretty good to me. The front screws could use a spacer and I may accomidate that although the plate is very sturdy and flat. I'll likely wire in the brake light Tuesday.
I didn't remove the tub either. But I did when I had to replace one of the handrail bolts. Definitely an easier task when the tub is out; but the reason I removed it was to apply ACF 50 on all of the parts prone to corrosion under there, not necessarily to make it the bolt replacement easier.I did not remove the tub to exchange the passenger hand rails with the BMW OEM hand rails/top box mount. Took off the seat strut, and the 5 screws that hold the tub down. 2 plastic in front and 3 regular screws 2 in the back and 1 on the side opposite the strut.
With these out you can raise the tub about an inch and move it over far enough to get out the handrails and replace with the OEM top box mount. You have to put the new mount in one side at a time. Once you have one side in it is more difficult to get he other side in but you just have to apply enough pressure to get it done. Still I tried to be very careful when lifting the back end not to damage anything.
mgg
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