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Honda top case install
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Hi all,
So I wanted to take my Honda top case that usually resides on my Crossrunner and make it swapable onto Nelly.

The solution involved removing the black tubular rack that came with Nelly and finding a flat topped rack that I could modify into something that fitted the bill.

So after browsing the interweb to see what was out there I settled upon a Hepco and Becker mini rack which included a flat top plate with which I could fudge up an adaptor in order to fit the CR top case.

I figured that if the H&B plate was too small I could find a larger top plate for my needs but the supplied plate worked out ok.
So I bought a new Crossrunner case plate, drilled the required holes in the flat plate and fitted the new Honda case plate.. the result is that I can now swap the case between the two bikes and keep Head of Acccounts happy as she likes the back pad on the box so win win for me eh?

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I think the box fits ok and its a bonus that its pretty much the same colour too!


10-20-2021, 04:24 AM
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RE: Honda top case install
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That come out really nice!


10-20-2021, 05:23 AM
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RE: Honda top case install
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(10-20-2021, 04:24 AM)Jonnyteabag_imp Wrote: Hi all,
So I wanted to take my Honda top case that usually resides on my Crossrunner and make it swapable onto Nelly.

The solution involved removing the black tubular rack that came with Nelly and finding a flat topped rack that I could modify into something that fitted the bill.

So after browsing the interweb to see what was out there I settled upon a Hepco and Becker mini rack which included a flat top plate with which I could fudge up an adaptor in order to fit the CR top case.

I figured that if the H&B plate was too small I could find a larger top plate for my needs but the supplied plate worked out ok.
So I bought a new Crossrunner case plate, drilled the required holes in the flat plate and fitted the new Honda case plate.. the result is that I can now swap the case between the two bikes and keep Head of Acccounts happy as she likes the back pad on the box so win win for me eh?

[Image: ea296537be7d87417538336af9f376cb.jpg]
[Image: 713beaaaa8f6829f85f626d6a52f0ccf.jpg]
[Image: 845240fd8e93ac67873bd99b0f87b469.jpg]
[Image: 653f5386ff869bf0768349f46a9368cb.jpg]
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I think the box fits ok and its a bonus that its pretty much the same colour too!

That's the way to do it. Thumbs Up


10-20-2021, 08:05 AM
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RE: Honda top case install
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Very nice work. And keeping the wife happy, too. Can't beat that.


10-20-2021, 08:19 AM
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RE: Honda top case install
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Very nice! There's nothing more convenient than being able to swap your storage from bike-to-bike.


10-20-2021, 09:17 AM
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RE: Honda top case install
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(10-20-2021, 04:24 AM)Jonnyteabag_imp Wrote: Hi all,
So I wanted to take my Honda top case that usually resides on my Crossrunner and make it swapable onto Nelly.

The solution involved removing the black tubular rack that came with Nelly and finding a flat topped rack that I could modify into something that fitted the bill.

So after browsing the interweb to see what was out there I settled upon a Hepco and Becker mini rack which included a flat top plate with which I could fudge up an adaptor in order to fit the CR top case.

I figured that if the H&B plate was too small I could find a larger top plate for my needs but the supplied plate worked out ok.
So I bought a new Crossrunner case plate, drilled the required holes in the flat plate and fitted the new Honda case plate.. the result is that I can now swap the case between the two bikes and keep Head of Acccounts happy as she likes the back pad on the box so win win for me eh?

[Image: ea296537be7d87417538336af9f376cb.jpg]
[Image: 713beaaaa8f6829f85f626d6a52f0ccf.jpg]
[Image: 845240fd8e93ac67873bd99b0f87b469.jpg]
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I think the box fits ok and its a bonus that its pretty much the same colour too!

Hi Friend ,

Any chance you can take some pics of the inside and outside of the locking mechanism? I have the same box and it's been sitting in my closet for years because I haven't had time to install and don't have the instructions and trying to figure out how the locking mechanism goes in.


12-30-2021, 04:53 PM
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RE: Honda top case install
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Sure no problem.
What do you want specifically? Are you wanting to match a key from another bike to your old case? I ask as you probably know you can buy the genuine honda lock kits to do this.
The instructions for doing this are freely available from the honda accessory portal http://cssportal.css-club.net/honda/MCA/MAIN010.aspx
This gives a good idea on how things fit together.
You'll need to follow the links for the VFR 800F which uses the 33ltr top case we are talking about here.
I will post up some pics as soon as I can get to the bike but let me know what you want.
Regards,
JT


12-30-2021, 10:05 PM
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RE: Honda top case install
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If you are wanting to know how to set up the lock cylinder, we have instructions, in English, in the How-to section. They are the Honda instructions that were translated from Japanese.


12-31-2021, 12:02 AM
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RE: Honda top case install
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(12-30-2021, 10:05 PM)Jonnyteabag_imp Wrote: Sure no problem.
What do you want specifically? Are you wanting to match a key from another bike to your old case? I ask as you probably know you can buy the genuine honda lock kits to do this.
The instructions for doing this are freely available from the honda accessory portal http://cssportal.css-club.net/honda/MCA/MAIN010.aspx
This gives a good idea on how things fit together.
You'll need to follow the links for the VFR 800F which uses the 33ltr top case we are talking about here.
I will post up some pics as soon as I can get to the bike but let me know what you want.
Regards,
JT
Johnny, this link only takes you to a page that says this session has expired and to login again on the login page, but no link to that.


12-31-2021, 02:31 AM
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On the session timeout page, at the topish right, see the selection Top Page. Click on that and you will go to the login page.


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