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SHAD SH50 Top Case GIVI SR57 Mount Mod - RE-POST Caution Pic Heavy & Wordy
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<blockquote data-quote="Redfish Hunter" data-source="post: 1256212" data-attributes="member: 28773"><p>Just as a bit of background and honesty...</p><p></p><p>I always kept my Honda clean and polished. I loved, and still love that bike. I was enormously proud of it and it stayed clean and... well, it never was shiny. In spite of countless hours and all sorts of products it always looked dull and dirty.<img src="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/sadsmiley.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The SHAD top box paint looked more like FJR paint and it stayed nice and shiny. I like shiny.</p><p></p><p>The SHAD mount on the Honda sloped down in the back and sat waaaaay back there, the whole thing looked terrible to me. But, the SHAD latching system is much nicer to me than the Givi. You do NOT have to lock the box every time you close it. I like that.</p><p></p><p>The SH50 is heavy. Very heavy. With the baseplate it weighed 18.5 pounds on the UPS scale. I was very worried about that extra weight on the weak rear subframe of the FJR. I knew that my friend Gixxerjasen had broken his subframe with a SH50 box.</p><p></p><p>So, I reluctantly sold it to another FJR owner with all the weight warnings and caution I could use. It was already well polished but yes, I polished it again in perhaps a vain hope of protecting it from shipping abrasions.</p><p></p><p>I am just happy it went to a good home with an owner who can use it. When that owner gives back to the forum with an excellent "How To" complete with good pics... I am smiling as I type this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redfish Hunter, post: 1256212, member: 28773"] Just as a bit of background and honesty... I always kept my Honda clean and polished. I loved, and still love that bike. I was enormously proud of it and it stayed clean and... well, it never was shiny. In spite of countless hours and all sorts of products it always looked dull and dirty.[IMG]https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/sadsmiley.gif[/IMG] The SHAD top box paint looked more like FJR paint and it stayed nice and shiny. I like shiny. The SHAD mount on the Honda sloped down in the back and sat waaaaay back there, the whole thing looked terrible to me. But, the SHAD latching system is much nicer to me than the Givi. You do NOT have to lock the box every time you close it. I like that. The SH50 is heavy. Very heavy. With the baseplate it weighed 18.5 pounds on the UPS scale. I was very worried about that extra weight on the weak rear subframe of the FJR. I knew that my friend Gixxerjasen had broken his subframe with a SH50 box. So, I reluctantly sold it to another FJR owner with all the weight warnings and caution I could use. It was already well polished but yes, I polished it again in perhaps a vain hope of protecting it from shipping abrasions. I am just happy it went to a good home with an owner who can use it. When that owner gives back to the forum with an excellent "How To" complete with good pics... I am smiling as I type this. [/QUOTE]
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