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I have a VIP trunk and looking for a mounting rack
Written by swiftly1... on 5/20/2011 at 10:12 pm

Just be careful! This idea puts the entire weight of the rack, box and contents,
and possibly a passenger leaning back, on the two welds joining the backrest
vertical supports to the seat frame. We have had some fail.

Dick MacInnes



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From: docpolycarp <bjkdig@...>
To: ipcrc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 2:36:56 PM
Subject: PC800: Re: Cheap, quick Givi mounting bracket for OEM backrest

Just to clarify, you'll need to drill mounting holes in the corner brace to line
up with the bolt holes in the back of the OEM backrest. The arm of the corner
brace will then extend back from the backrest similar to the profile of the Reid
Rack in the Files/Accessories/ReidRackMountView.jpg image.

When I hung 50lbs on each bracket, they only flexed, they didn't "bend." When I
hung 50lbs on both brackets together side by side, they barely flexed at all.

I don't even know if I'll actually need anything more than these two corner
braces to mount the Givi E250 mounting plate. I might bolt a metal plate to the
corner brace arms to better support the Givi E250 plate, but that might be
overkill. The Givi E128 TOP CASE MOUNT KIT for the KAWASAKI CONCOURS comes
with a flat metal plate as well as the E250 mounting plate itself and should
work perfectly with these corner braces.

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "docpolycarp" <bjkdig@...> wrote:
>
> You'll need to put each in a vice and bend them with a small sledge hammer so
>that the angle is less than 90* to match the angle of the rear bracket of the
>OEM passenger backrest to the top of the PC trunk. Then bend the arm so the
>mounting holes of the top of the corner brace arm are parallel with top of the
>trunk. Cut off the upper arm level with the top of the rear OEM passenger
>backrest bracket. The mounting will be similar to the old Reid Rack, see the
>ipcrc file photo in the Files section, subfile Accessories, scroll down to
>ReidRackMountView.jpg
>



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