20-05-14, 10:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-05-14, 01:48 PM by kevinmcglynn.)
I posted on here several months ago, asking if anyone knew if it were possible to fit a givi pannier rack from an fz6 to an fzs600, as its no longer possible to get the ones designed for the fzs600. I only got responses from people who were either equally curious or who told me it wouldn't work and to buy a wingrack instead (not an option, far too ugly). But I was convinced it would work, and that it would be a better opinion than trying to make my own brackets from scratch or using one of those ugly wingracks.
So last month I bit the bullet and bought the PL351 givi monokey pannier brackets and set about trying to fit them to the bike, and it turned out to be even easier than I expected it to be, so I thought I would share some pictures of how I did it.
I made these 2 brackets out of 3mm thick steel, the two larger holes are 25mm diameter, and the smaller is 9mm (for an 8mm bolt allowing for the thickness of the powder coat), I made them first out of 0.8mm steel as a template to check the fitment and then replicated this out of the thicker steel.
So last month I bit the bullet and bought the PL351 givi monokey pannier brackets and set about trying to fit them to the bike, and it turned out to be even easier than I expected it to be, so I thought I would share some pictures of how I did it.
I made these 2 brackets out of 3mm thick steel, the two larger holes are 25mm diameter, and the smaller is 9mm (for an 8mm bolt allowing for the thickness of the powder coat), I made them first out of 0.8mm steel as a template to check the fitment and then replicated this out of the thicker steel.