Hard Cases Revisited and Done

bicyclenut

Member
Heading out on a 6 day trip around Lake Michigan in about 6 weeks with our Motorcycle "Gang" and since all my buddies have Sport Touring bikes and bikes with hard cases and I see how much easier it is to lock up gear, unpack and pack at hotel, etc, rather than strap on bags on the seat. Been back and forth on the idea of hard side cases and add to that the difficulty in finding any that are still available for the BMW C Series as Givi seems to have discontinued the PL5106 rack, at least here in the USA. I knew Pete's up in Canada had them in the past based on a recommendation from a member and a member purchase last year. Lucky for me, Pete's still had at least one (may be out of stock now) and he shipped for free with item arriving in about 5 days.

I also decided to purchase the SRA5106 Givi Monokey luggage rack to switch to a Givi topbox and just simplify the installation and be able to have one key for all of my hard luggage. I know others have been able to get the Givi pannier rack to work with other luggage racks, but I've done enough modifications previously that don't always go smooth as planned and I just wanted this to work without having to make any modifications or work arounds. Removed my Shad case and plate and my BMW luggage rack (both will be sold) and had the Givi setup installed and done in about 2 hours. Did have to do a little work with hardware to mount my Admore light bar on the new Givi rack and wanted to do without any additional drilling of holes.

I went with the Givi E22 side cases are they are small and thinner than the larger Givi sidecases. Between the external cases and the underseat storage, that's about 150 liters of storage, so I don't think I will need anything bigger and these are much more reasonable than the 33L Givi cases. The E22's seem to be pretty popular for many different uses. Have a Givi V47 case on reorder as the first one I received was damaged in shipping so will be here end of the week.

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SteveADV

Active member
All kinds of good stuff here. They look good and supply that "just a little bit more" that might be needed, especially if traveling 2up.
 

Lee

New member
Looks great! Where are the attachment points on the bike for the PL5106? I might try this myself. TIA
 

bicyclenut

Member
Lee,

The attachment points are the 2 top bolts of the passenger grab rail near the back; a single point that appears to thread into the frame of the storage compartment under the read fender and; a bolt location for the center stand on the left and the muffler mount on the right. Seems to be pretty solid and the pannier frame rail that runs under the fender links the 2 sides together and creates some opposing force between the 2 sides. Photos below, if you need additional, let me know.

All fits perfectly together with Givi top case rack and would probably work with any top case rack but as others have said, may require some slight modification.



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Looks great! Where are the attachment points on the bike for the PL5106? I might try this myself. TIA
 

Lee

New member
Thank you....now it's back to scouring the internet for a Givi PL5106... maybe I locate one in Europe or the U.K.????
 

Lee

New member
Bicyclenut, thank you, I will give them a try. I have been scouring the internet and international eBay sites for one.
 

Lee

New member
Bicyclenut, thank you, I will give them a try. I have been scouring the internet and international eBay sites for one.
 

Lee

New member
Looks like that I may have found one in Germany and one in France. If I do get one and have any issues with the install, I'll reach out to you bicyclenut.
 

bicyclenut

Member
Here is photo with Givi top box installed, looks out of proportion due to the camera angle. The Givi top box luggage rack feels more solid and looks better than the BMW luggage rack in my opinion. My wife said looks almost as wide as a small car after following me home the other night.

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Lee

New member
Looks great Mark!! I'll keep you posted on if the Canadians come through for me! Thanks for your help!
 

Lee

New member
Givi success story!!!

Well after all of bicyclenut's help, THANK YOU MARK, I have the system installed!! I did use the Givi SRA5106 top case mount too. It's all about 99% good. The only issue that I have is the right side mount by the muffler. My bike is a 2016, and the mufffer and cover configuration changed from version #1 C650GT. I'll ponder on this for awhile. Now, I may go real crazy and get the Givi Trekker Dolomiti 30 Liter top case!! Now, it's like a mini RT! Just in time for my road trips up into Oregon...Sisters and John Day areas.IMG_2949.jpgIMG_2950.jpg
 

Lee

New member
Finished product!!

Givi top case and side cases, ready for my ride up into Oregon!
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bicyclenut

Member
Looking Good Lee! I assume you found a solution for the exhaust side mount change for 2016 model? Enjoy the ride!


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