Re: I should have bought an ark...

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:35 AM 06/29/1999 -0400, Mark Patrick wrote:
>I have heard that GIVI makes the bags for Triumph.  Their stuff has a very
>good reputation for being waterproof.  On my BMW R1100RT I have a GIVI
topcase

nope - triumph bags are made by Acerbis - the same fine folks that make the
bags for the trophy and executive (as well as a lot of the body parts).
They are stamped inside that way as well. The confusion began because the
early bags were done by Givi (most bags only changed the badge from Givi to
Triumph)

>along with the standard BMW saddlebags.  In April I rode a little over 500
>miles one day in *very* heavy rain the *whole* way.  The bike was out in the

I had 36L Givi's on my 96 Sprint and rode in the rain quite a bit
(including one trip from Montreal to VA in rain the whole way) - they
leaked only once and that was because one of the retention cords got caught
in the seal.

>None of the bags leaked a drop.  So I second the question about something
>possibly being caught in the seals.

When I first looked at the bags I questioned a number of Trophy owners
about the bags and they all stated that they had no water problems. I have
ridden in a few rain storms but nothing for a long duration, so that's why
I was curious.

- - Eric


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