Givi Trunk

[Gone in 60]

Great job, Jambo. I've always wondered what a V47 looks like with the optional rack on top!

When I bought my CB, I transferred my Givi V47 to the Honda with the same rack that you just installed. Being able to click it off when I get to work and carry my stuff in was too convenient to give up. Mine has the silver trim on top, mainly because there was silver trim on the back of the BMW, so it blended well. That sort of carries over with the CB's silver side panels.

Keep an eye on the welds - from the used Givi chrome racks I've seen, that's where they start to rust first.

A few things that I modified on mine. Since the "taillights" are just colored plastic and don't do anything practical, I took the lenses out, and cut some pieces of 3M Scotchcal reflective tape to fit the insides of the lenses, and reinstalled them. I figure that they can at least be reflectors if they're not lights.

Also, I didn't like all of the wording printed around the band of silver trim, so I painted that over to make it look a bit cleaner, and not a rolling advertisement for itself.

Finally, I added a flexible LED strip along the bottom of the rear edge of the rack. It acts as an added brake light, and works with the box on or off, and flashes several times before going solid. When I added a Givi rack to my Bonneville, I did the same brake light setup.

With the V47 fully loaded, I definitely feel the weight high up on the back, but it's not scary. And, since I rarely need that much space, I kept my eye out for something smaller. I picked up a slightly used V40 a while back, and use that a lot more than the V47. Most days the biggest thing I haul to work is my lunch, but the V47 is great for weekend trips, taking work projects home, or when my wife tapes a shopping list to my helmet. The V40 is, I think, a little more on the fugly side - sorta looks like a round Weber barbecue on the back of the bike.