DIY Givi rubber vibration pad replacement

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bajakirch

Discussion Starter · 5 mo ago

I have the Givi V46 top box on my bike. It's attached to their standard Monokey plate, and all has worked well in the 5 years I've had the bike. However, I've lost a couple of the rubber vibration-damping pads from the plate. This causes the box to rattle noticeably. I ordered replacements once from Givi, but they're not the same as original and don't seem to do as good a job.

While searching for the original pads, I came across a neat DIY approach to solving the problem: Rubber Buffers

It turns out my wife recently purchased this exact Sugru product for some other projects around the house, and still had a package of the black available. I figure that's just another example of the Motorcycle Gods smiling on me, so I think I'm going to give it a try.

I'll report back with my results.

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PeteW

· #2 · 5 mo ago

Only a comment, I've dealt with that with other top boxes with strips of high density foam between the top box and mounting plate. If does have the downside that it falls out of you take the box off, upside that the far larger area does a better job of damping.

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Number 6

· #3 · 5 mo ago

I recently purchased a new Givi Monokey rack and noticed it comes with two sets of rubber pads, the normal standard ones and a set of longer ones (pictured) which which should help cure a rattling box!

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tgeliot

· #4 · 5 mo ago

LOL my bike came with some foam packing material stuffed in there. That blew away one day, so now I use a dishrag.

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bajakirch

Discussion Starter · #5 · 2 d ago

I'll report back with my results.

I realized I failed to deliver on my promise.

My homemade bumpers have worked really well.

One tip - If you're going to install these on your bike in a cold garage in January, they will take forever to cure. I ended up directing my free-standing flood light at them for a couple of hours until they firmed up.

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