I went with the Givi SR226 luggage rack in th end for the T100. £165 new inc delivery from ‘nativeviking’ on ebay. Took a couple of days to arrive, well packed, looks great and well made.
Downside was having to loose the official grab rail, which is gorgeous.
This should be an easy task, but god was it a bitch… I doubt the rail had ever been removed so that’s basically 8 years of corrosion. Took a hell of lot of elbow grease to get the 4 back bolts below out.
At the front, the two side bars looked like they both behind the rear shocks. Assumed I could remove the shocks and they’d just come off.. No. Turns out they are bolted right into the frame on the inside by an allen key bolt, with about 1 cm gap between the bolt and the rear mudguard. WFT? After some attempts to get to the bolt - not possible - I realised the only way was to remove the mudguard. Which was almost impossible. It’s held on with 4 little torx/star bolts (you can see two in the middle about), but one was so worn it took about half an hour with a succession of pliers and screwdrivers and help from my neighbour to get it off. Seriously, this was over an hour to remove 6 bolts!
Below shows the left bolt hole from the inside once the mudguard and rack were both off. You can see a semicircle cut into the plastic bit the battery sits in, which the bolt was also jammed against.
The new rack went on super easy. This time it bolts on the outside of the shocks. Thanks god. Only downside was the existing shock bolts were too short so had to switch for some slightly ugly ones that came with the rack. Will hopefully replace at some point. Was worried the whole thing would be a bit modern and industrial looking, but IMO it looks great.
Downside was having to loose the official grab rail, which is gorgeous.
This should be an easy task, but god was it a bitch… I doubt the rail had ever been removed so that’s basically 8 years of corrosion. Took a hell of lot of elbow grease to get the 4 back bolts below out.
At the front, the two side bars looked like they both behind the rear shocks. Assumed I could remove the shocks and they’d just come off.. No. Turns out they are bolted right into the frame on the inside by an allen key bolt, with about 1 cm gap between the bolt and the rear mudguard. WFT? After some attempts to get to the bolt - not possible - I realised the only way was to remove the mudguard. Which was almost impossible. It’s held on with 4 little torx/star bolts (you can see two in the middle about), but one was so worn it took about half an hour with a succession of pliers and screwdrivers and help from my neighbour to get it off. Seriously, this was over an hour to remove 6 bolts!
Below shows the left bolt hole from the inside once the mudguard and rack were both off. You can see a semicircle cut into the plastic bit the battery sits in, which the bolt was also jammed against.
The new rack went on super easy. This time it bolts on the outside of the shocks. Thanks god. Only downside was the existing shock bolts were too short so had to switch for some slightly ugly ones that came with the rack. Will hopefully replace at some point. Was worried the whole thing would be a bit modern and industrial looking, but IMO it looks great.
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