20-11-12, 06:04 PM
Thanks for the replies, took it off this afternoon and like you said was a few minutes and just got a couple of spacers and the two rear bolts in a little bag inside the top box so I know where they are if or when I refit it.
I decided to take it off Darris for a coulple of reasons, other than I only use a a few times a year. The person who fitted it originally somehow managed to get it on there but the plate wasn't level, only a fraction out but enough to annoy me as it shows from the back and I also intend spraying it as parts of it are worn. Funny thing was when i took it off the left hand arm was full of water so have to find out where that is leaking in.
One of my main reasons for removing it is just down to person preference and probably sounds weird but a safety point of view which is why although I purchased the Givi setup for my old Aprilia I ended up taking it off and just using it when needed as it was a 20 minute job.
My main reason is because of how far the back of the monorack stands up from the seat where the box clips in, I know sounds crazy. Few years ago I was seriously injured when a car at fairly high speed rear ended me while sat at traffic lights. My first instinct and what I was always told to do was let go of the bike, although I had some significant injuries it was probably what saved me as the bike went into the air and I wouldn't have fancied my chances on first being hit then having a GSX-R land on top of me or being dragged along with it.
It just reminds me when riding that if ever anything like that did happen again, fingers crossed it won't but least I stand a chance of sliding off the back of it and not being hit in the spine by a metal fitting as I don't fancy that. Probably sounds paranoid but just gives me peace of mind that's all.
I decided to take it off Darris for a coulple of reasons, other than I only use a a few times a year. The person who fitted it originally somehow managed to get it on there but the plate wasn't level, only a fraction out but enough to annoy me as it shows from the back and I also intend spraying it as parts of it are worn. Funny thing was when i took it off the left hand arm was full of water so have to find out where that is leaking in.
One of my main reasons for removing it is just down to person preference and probably sounds weird but a safety point of view which is why although I purchased the Givi setup for my old Aprilia I ended up taking it off and just using it when needed as it was a 20 minute job.
My main reason is because of how far the back of the monorack stands up from the seat where the box clips in, I know sounds crazy. Few years ago I was seriously injured when a car at fairly high speed rear ended me while sat at traffic lights. My first instinct and what I was always told to do was let go of the bike, although I had some significant injuries it was probably what saved me as the bike went into the air and I wouldn't have fancied my chances on first being hit then having a GSX-R land on top of me or being dragged along with it.
It just reminds me when riding that if ever anything like that did happen again, fingers crossed it won't but least I stand a chance of sliding off the back of it and not being hit in the spine by a metal fitting as I don't fancy that. Probably sounds paranoid but just gives me peace of mind that's all.