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danh600 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:16 pm Remembered my tag expired. Got to get that fixed!

We have to do inspections here, that sucks.

Powerman wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:46 pm Side case ejection novices!

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:20 pm ... with the saeng mirrors attached, both for weather protection, and because my barkbusters block my stock mirrors.

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:31 pm Today, I checked my front RS3 to see if it was part of the recall. It was not.

Rejiggled things in the glovebox (garage door remote placement, power head for wireless charging mount),that got displaced during the valve check yesterday.

And worked on my topcase…. I’m an idiot, and can screw up boiling water, so I don’t work on stuff, but still:

My v47 (acquired to try to wean me off my beloved Outback 58L) decided to commit suicide yesterday. It was on my shop stool, and I guess the contents shifted, and it slid off and face planted right on the handle side.

That’s bad, right? But no- it landed square on the key, preventing any contact between the case and the garage floor.

And said key gave all, breaking flush with the lock face. lol.


As I was looking for just the right tool to try to coax the embedded key free, (knowing full well that I’d never run a case without a backup key), I remembered that I had an extra lockset and keys from re-locking my 58L.

So, I disassembled everything (for every four Givi topcase screws you touch, one will strip, it’s a law). And I promptly lost the ball bearing from the lock mechanism.

I searched high and low, to no avail. This disrupted my careful memorization of how lock, actuator, and latch were meant to be put together, and would result in prolonged baffled fiddling with things during reassembly.

I ordered a $9 variety pack of ball bearings from Amazon, then realized that the ball bearing size was awful similar to a standard bb.

Long story long, the case is reassembled, with a bb taken from a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun filling in for the OEM ball bearing.

And said case is now keyed to match my 58L steamer trunk.

Merry Christmas.

rbentnail wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:36 am

bill lumberg wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:31 pm Today, I checked my front RS3 to see if it was part of the recall. It was not.

Rejiggled things in the glovebox (garage door remote placement, power head for wireless charging mount),that got displaced during the valve check yesterday.

And worked on my topcase…. I’m an idiot, and can screw up boiling water, so I don’t work on stuff, but still:

My v47 (acquired to try to wean me off my beloved Outback 58L) decided to commit suicide yesterday. It was on my shop stool, and I guess the contents shifted, and it slid off and face planted right on the handle side.

That’s bad, right? But no- it landed square on the key, preventing any contact between the case and the garage floor.

And said key gave all, breaking flush with the lock face. lol.


As I was looking for just the right tool to try to coax the embedded key free, (knowing full well that I’d never run a case without a backup key), I remembered that I had an extra lockset and keys from re-locking my 58L.

So, I disassembled everything (for every four Givi topcase screws you touch, one will strip, it’s a law). And I promptly lost the ball bearing from the lock mechanism.

I searched high and low, to no avail. This disrupted my careful memorization of how lock, actuator, and latch were meant to be put together, and would result in prolonged baffled fiddling with things during reassembly.

I ordered a $9 variety pack of ball bearings from Amazon, then realized that the ball bearing size was awful similar to a standard bb.

Long story long, the case is reassembled, with a bb taken from a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun filling in for the OEM ball bearing.

And said case is now keyed to match my 58L steamer trunk.

Merry Christmas.

Careful, next time you "work on it" you're likely to put an eye out.