GIVI Magazine - Maggio 2016

TEST WHO TALKS ABOUT US THE MAY 2016 ISSUE OF THE PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN MAGAZINE ‘DUE RUOTE’ TAKES A GOOD LOOK AT THE ACCESSORIES KIT MADE BY GIVI FOR THE NEW HONDA MAXIENDURO, THE CRF1000L AFRICA TWIN. SINCE THE ARTICLE (OF WHICH WE WILL SHOW YOU A FEW SHOTS ‘STOLEN’ IN THE BACKSTAGE) WAS WRITTEN THE NUMBER OF ACCESSORIES MADE BY GIVI EXCLUSIVELY FOR USERS OF WHAT IS NOW THE COOLEST OFF-ROAD TWO-CYLINDER BIKE HAS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY. THE UPDATE IN THE BOX THE NEW AND MUCH AWAITED MAXIENDURO FROM TOKIO HAS STARTED A CRAZE NOT ONLY AMONG MANY BIKERS HUNGRY FOR ADVENTURE, BUT ALSO AMONG THE PRODUCERS OF ACCESSORIES AND SPECIAL PARTS. HERE IS A ‘MADE IN ITALY’ PROPOSAL by Spartaco Belloni, photographs byMarco Zamponi DUERUOTE SUPPLEMENT [SPECIAL] GIVI ACCESSORIES FOR THE HONDA CRF1000L AFRICA TWIN AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 ITEMS Spare-parts and special-parts producers have alre- ady thrown themselves at the new Honda Africa Twin: silencers, complete exhausts, tubeless tires, plexiglass screens, protectors, lights, saddles, bra- ke disks, transmission kits, bags and suspensions are arriving from every part of the globe! A multitude of ‘adversaries’ for Honda itself, which proposes various accessory bundles and a range of bags. Talking of the official Honda bags for the CRF1000L we must say that they have the plus of the coupling system integrated in the passenger handle. Invisible. After-market bags are instead generallymore com- petitively priced, and have the advantage of being universal. New bike? Just change the mounting system... but you’re still using the bags from your old bike. SPOILED FOR CHOICE If there is someone who has not remained idle, regarding the Africa Twin, it’s surely the guys at Givi, company which has founded an empire on undisputedly high-quality cases (it is also supplier of standard equipment for many Motorbike manu- facturers). So that the company from Brescia has produced a nice kit of cases comes as no surprise, but that it would create a whole world of accesso- ries (in constant evolution) was not so obvious. In fact one bike is not enough to display them all! You can choose for example between three plexiglass screens, or three different kinds of cases. On ‘our’ Africa Twin there are the aluminiumones, but there are also the plastic versions. In turn, each case can host soft bags in different materials. And there are the external ones, also in various models. Basically, enough to go around the world with... 1 Tall plexiglass screen with its 60 x 35 cm it’s 14.5 cm taller than the original. Price 77 euros. Soon also available the tinted version. If you want, there is also the adjustable version (122.5 euros). 2 2.5-Litre tank In plastic, approved for water, oil and petrol. Price 13 euros. Brushed stainless-steel support (81 euros) to fix to the bags. There are also the 0.5-litre thermal flask in stainless steel with double chamber (keeping liquids hot or cold) and its support. 3 Smartphone holder Waterproof, with cable outlet. We fixed it using the rapid-release mounting sy- stem of the aluminium shaft (picture 4). Price 46 euros. 4 GPS shaft To fit to the cross piece behind the screen, stan- dard on the Africa Twin. Rapid-release system for Tom Tom series 40-400 and Garmin Zumo 390/590. You can also fix the smartphone holder of picture 3 on it. Price not available at the time of writing. 5 Fog lights LED To fix on the Givi tubular guard (picture 6) which wraps around the fairing. Price 317 euros for the pair. 6 High Engine guard 25mm painted steel tube It protects the fairing and the radiators below. To mount it you need to have also the lower tubular engine guard (picture 9). Price to be announced. The radiator covers are also on their way. 7 Cargo bag 15 lt. To fix on top of the side bags. Expandable. It has inside pockets and anti-rain cover. Price 73.5 euros. 8 Gravel-T Bag Waterproof material, with valve to eliminate excess air. 40-Litre capacity. To fix with elastic straps: we fixed it on the passenger’s part of the saddle. Price 120 euros. 9 Engine guard 25mm painted steel tube. It pro- tects the lower part of the engine. Price to be an- nounced. It can be used alone, or with the high engine guard (picture 6). The aluminium oil carter protector is on its way. 10 Storm Bags With various load capacities, they can be used both as internal bags for the cases (as in our case) or as universal external bags. Waterproof. The 45-litre version in the picture costs 56.50 euros. 11 Tank bag Besides the already available universal models, this Xstream version of the Tanklock spe- cific for Africa Twin will be here soon. Rapid release with flange to fix to the tank cap. 12 Trekker Outback Aluminium cases: In this instance 48-litre case on the left and 37-litre case on the right (exhaust side): 627 euros the pair. Safety locks, rapid release. To fix to the supports of picture 15. 13 Trekker Outback This is the big 58-litre top case, in aluminium (419 euros). Here it is equipped with rubber backrest (58 euros). With rapid release sy- stem, it is fixed using the Africa Twin kit (51 euros) and the plate which works also as a rack (available in different models). 14 Handle To fix to the 4 belt rings of the Trekker Outback side case. Price 18 euros. 15 Case holders The Trekker Outback supports are made of 18mm tubes. The Africa Twin kit costs 218 euros. These holders are fixed to the bike. The ones for the other Givi cases (the Monokey, with different fixing sy- stems) offer instead the rapid release of the case- holder frame, so as to maintain the sleek line of the bike. 16 Elastic carrying net Among the many accesso- ries for the aluminium cases we show you this net: fixed inside the lid of the Trekker Outback it helps to ‘keep things tidy’ and host small objects. Price 11 euros. 32  GIVI test