I don't know why Mark had such a difficult time. I thought the pattern given was pretty straight forward and all you need is a drill and a utility knife or a dremel tool. Took me about 5 mins to cut the holes. BTW, this "butchering" of the underneath rear fender amounts to about a 1/8" x 1-1/2" slot on each side of the underneath rear fender. If you get the Krausers you have to drill the painted side panels. The Givi rack can be taken off the bike and you can't really tell it was on there, but with the Krausers you still have the side panels with holes in them. It is easier to get the side panels off for maintenance with the Krausers though. Also some people dislike the Givi "plates" when the bags aren't on the bike, but my bags usually stay on so no big deal. As far as the Monorack which is for the top case only, you would have to make the same slots under the fender just like for the wingrack. I don't know if a monorack will work if you have Krausers now (don't know if you do or not Peter) because the holes that the Krauser mounting hardware fits on is the same holes Givi uses. You might want to check with Mike Coan since he's already been through these iterrations with both types of bags. Hope this helps...Bob B. -----Original Message----- --- Mark C Evitts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The wing rack is a pain to cut the inner parts of > the side covers >Bob B.>Actually not the side covers but the rear underneath fender plastic. >Peter>I'm interested in GIVI's top case. Is there any butchering of GTS plastic for the top case only?
