azccj
Cruisin' Guzzisti
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- Oct 28, 2008
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Last year my Norge top case went flying from its mount after hitting some ruts on the side of the road doing 5 mph. First hit me in the back upon separating from the mount, then plopped onto the ground. Luckily the case wasn't that damaged, just a little bit of road-rash. I just had the case repainted by Maaco and they did a decent job for $175.00, certainly a better paint job than the factory paint job that Guzzi did when the case was first painted. And just for info, Maaco used standard Dodge Viper Red color paint, which is a perfect match for Guzzi red.
Now that I got the case repainted I wanted to make sure that it wouldn't go flying off again. So, my project today was to figure a way to bolt the top case directly to the mount. First thing I did was increase the size of the tang that slides into the aluminum lug on the mount. This tang, which is about 1/8" stock from the factory, is all that is keeping the case from flying from the mount. This was simple fix to do with a file, and now the tang is closer to 1/4". Next I decided to weld a piece of 3/16" flat bar to the mount, and then drilled a 10 mm hole through the top case and another through the 3/16" flat bar welded to the mount. Finally I took another piece of 3/16" flat bar and welded a 10mm bolt to it. Now when the case is on the mount I push the 10mm bolt welded to the flat bar through the hole in the case and then through the hole in the flat bar on the mount. Then after fitting a 10mm nut the case ain't going anywhere until I remove the nut.
Now that I got the case repainted I wanted to make sure that it wouldn't go flying off again. So, my project today was to figure a way to bolt the top case directly to the mount. First thing I did was increase the size of the tang that slides into the aluminum lug on the mount. This tang, which is about 1/8" stock from the factory, is all that is keeping the case from flying from the mount. This was simple fix to do with a file, and now the tang is closer to 1/4". Next I decided to weld a piece of 3/16" flat bar to the mount, and then drilled a 10 mm hole through the top case and another through the 3/16" flat bar welded to the mount. Finally I took another piece of 3/16" flat bar and welded a 10mm bolt to it. Now when the case is on the mount I push the 10mm bolt welded to the flat bar through the hole in the case and then through the hole in the flat bar on the mount. Then after fitting a 10mm nut the case ain't going anywhere until I remove the nut.
