Top box, Givi, Shad or maybe something else?

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If you want to save some cash and don't mind a utilitarian look, here's an option. The Givi Maxia-sized boxes are quite expensive, and with their fake taillights (so you'll spend more on their brake light upgrade kits), they look like the back half of a Lexus.

I have quite a bit of experience with a much cheaper option. My daily commuting box is the Givi E36, pictured here. Looks big because of the focus of my phone's camera, but it's small, can't hold a helmet, but great for my laptop, lunch and general to-and-from work stuff.

Ali Express offers a super cheap and bigger knock-off linked below. It's a big black box with no frills. When I run MotoQuest transport bikes up and down the West Coast, these are the boxes they offer. They do the job, and like a Givi, click on and off the bike so you can just push a button and take the box with you.

I would have bought one for myself for carrying bigger stuff, but MotoQuest let me borrow one of theirs for a test-fit, and it's just a bit off of the Givi box mount points (no doubt just enough to avoid a patent infringement suit), so you'd need to use their stamped metal mount plate.


https://www.aliexpress.us/item/325680686...42MC4wLjA.