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Offline daneilah

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Got the Givi luggage today!
« on: May 26, 2007, 10:40:05 PM »
A couple of weeks ago I installed the Givi PL534 tubular side-case holder and Givi 534FZ monorack.  Probably took me an hour and a half to two hours to install them.  Not really very hard, just took my time and plugged away.  I believe the 534 is specific to the GSF650S, '05-'06.  

The following weekend I moved the stock signals back... with the help of a friend with some wire and a soldering iron.  You use the extension brackets provided with the PL534.  Naturally the stock wires were not long enough, so we had to extend each wire by 12" or so.  I'd say it took an hour to do the first one and about 6 minutes to do the second one.



The bike looks a bit odd with the brackets and no luggage, but what can you do?  (Leave the bags on I guess)



Rode down to London this morning and picked up the bags.  I had ordered the Givi V46 topcase and Givi E21 sidecases.  It was raining today, but the folks at Inglis let me into their service area to unpack the boxes and figure out how to get the bags attached.  Got back home, cleaned the bike up, and snapped some pics.





The E21 sidecases don't stick out too far sideways, which is nice.  Overall I'm quite pleased with the proportions of the luggage and how it looks on the bike.

'06 GSF 650 S

Offline Nitro

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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2007, 12:46:24 PM »
How much did all that cost? They look really nice.
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Offline daneilah

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« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2007, 02:21:00 PM »
Quote from: "Nitro_Fluffy"
How much did all that cost? They look really nice.


$900 CDN when all was said and done.   :shock:

Steep, to be sure, but it makes the Bandit a pretty cheap sport tourer, all things considered.
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Offline Raphy

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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2007, 01:08:00 PM »
Nice work !

I recently installed a monorack and the same V46 topcase on mine. I haven't done the sidecases yet (for now i have softbags), but it's itching me to get them.

Also, very nice to see what the E21 cases look like on the 650 - and i must say it looks great and its nice that they don't stick out that much  :clap:

Lookin good !!! :congrats:

2005 Suzuki Bandit 650 S
2000 Honda Shadow 750 ACE (the ex)

Offline Caper#5

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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2007, 03:46:11 AM »
It's too bad I can't see your pics here at work, darn firewall. I'll have to look at them tomorrow at home. I just installed the same top case as well, I like how it looks on the Bandit. Alot of compliments from the motorcyclists here at work.
2005 GSF 650S