http://www.compacc.com/p/Givi-Monolock- ... es/1602004
I got the one with an integrated brake light, which was a deal-sealer for me!! Great to have that extra visibility, especially since the SH's brake light is sort of tucked under the rear rack. The whole bill was $127 WITH a Givi E227 SH150i adaptor plate.
The box fits a full face helmet on it's side with no problem. I just returned from a quick food shopping trip, and fit 3 semi-full plastic shopping bags of groceries in the box. I figure if I stow some stuff under the seat and hang a bag between my legs, I can almost do a full food shopping trip for the week! I could even bungie a case of beer on the pillion seat. Perfect!
Installation was easy. The Givi adaptor uses ONLY the center bolt of the factory rack. The plate extends back and under the rear of the rack and, when you mount the plastic Givi mounting plate onto it, it pulls the adaptor up, sandwiching it to the factory rack and making a nice snug fit. This adaptor isn't necessary... you can use the "universal" mounting hardware to attach the Givi plate, but the adaptor makes it easier and cleaner.
Wiring the integrated brake light in was a bit more work. Taking the tail piece off the SH is "a bit fiddly", as the Brits say. The frame fits so tightly under the body panels that sliding it back and off is a millimeter-by-millimeter affair. Take your time and "work it" backward slowly! I've wired many auxiliary brake lights onto my motorcycles, so I was pretty familiar with how to do it, but I still ran into some difficulties. Luckily I had also just received my SH150i official shop manual, so I was able to figure it all out.
The problem: Nearly every vehicle I've ever done any wiring on had either brown or black wiring as the "ground", or neutral. The brake light on the SH150i has three wires going to it. Brown, green and green with a yellow. From the wiring schematic, I deduced that the solid green was power, and the brown was ground/neutral. Not so! It turns out that the solid green is ground/neutral, and the green/yellow is power! Arghh...
So after re-wiring a 2nd time, everything works. Tap the brakes, and the light on the Givi box lights as well. Great!
My ONLY other incident: on my 1st ride with the box attached, it fell off the Givi mounting plate. When you snap the box on, it turns out it "seems" to snap on and feels secure, but it's not! There's a 2nd "CLICK" that you need to achieve when attaching the box to the rack, which takes a good bit of pressure. My box fell off, and was hanging by the brake light wire for about a mile before I realized what had happened! Now I know.
Anyway, except for the little installation issues, the box is great. Perfect size for a full face helmet, not TOO big-looking on the SH, and the brake light gives me some extra confidence when coming to a stop.
After I bought the Givi box, I found THIS box, which looks REALLY nice. Though I'm not sure I need "remote control" locking, or an alarm... but it's a really nice looking box, available in gloss black, has an integrated brake AND running light, and is just a little bigger than the Givi E26. (And is a little bit more expensive, but still 1/2 of the Honda box.)
http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/4012/
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!
