Received my Givi crashbars from Revzilla today and got right on the install.I had read a umber of posts about fit so I was prepared for a fight. After removing stock bolts I checked fit and of course they did not just pop on but looked doable. I had read about people not being able to tighten bolts so I checked givis bolts one at a time. Givi sends 9 - M8 by 30 bolts.
Thats when I realized the the stock bolts are not all the same length.The top most forward bole is 5mm shorter than the other 3. Givis bolts are longer of course to take the added thickness but they should have made 2 of them M8 by 25.
So I had to make a trip to buy a couple machine bolts. Givis bolt will bottom or hit unthreaded frame if you try to ram the 30mm in the front hole.I also found it easier to start from the front and finagle the rear in last. I also sprayed the insides with fluid film before install for corrosion protection.
The center joint was nowhere close to where it needed to go but I did not want frame bolts working against the joint and chose to tighten them all the way. I had to take a rope and tie it each side ,then used a short piece of 1 inch dowell and pulled the two halves together by looping the dowell and twisting it. I also had a piece of cardboard in front of radiator in case Murphy showed up and something slipped. I did not use loctite or install plastic bolt caps.I am going to let it all settle in and check torque for the next few weeks.I may go back and remove one at a time and then loctite them. Givi still needs to improve a few things but they do look nice.
Thats when I realized the the stock bolts are not all the same length.The top most forward bole is 5mm shorter than the other 3. Givis bolts are longer of course to take the added thickness but they should have made 2 of them M8 by 25.
So I had to make a trip to buy a couple machine bolts. Givis bolt will bottom or hit unthreaded frame if you try to ram the 30mm in the front hole.I also found it easier to start from the front and finagle the rear in last. I also sprayed the insides with fluid film before install for corrosion protection.
The center joint was nowhere close to where it needed to go but I did not want frame bolts working against the joint and chose to tighten them all the way. I had to take a rope and tie it each side ,then used a short piece of 1 inch dowell and pulled the two halves together by looping the dowell and twisting it. I also had a piece of cardboard in front of radiator in case Murphy showed up and something slipped. I did not use loctite or install plastic bolt caps.I am going to let it all settle in and check torque for the next few weeks.I may go back and remove one at a time and then loctite them. Givi still needs to improve a few things but they do look nice.
