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Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Bullet Electra & AVL => Topic started by: DanB on May 06, 2013, 04:52:20 am
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Got a lot done today: 1) relocated and installed new rear turn signals; b) 7inch Syl 6024 light; c) emgo top box from Amazon.
Not sure i like the looks of the box on the NField chrome rack, but it sure is handy ($67 off Amazon and mounted in 10 minutes). Fits my helmet, groceries and work computer. Pops off with a button.
(http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/gallery/thumb_12026-050513224334.jpeg) (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=4210)
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http://www.amazon.com/Emgo-72-32440-Travel-Trunk/dp/B000GVD0VE (http://www.amazon.com/Emgo-72-32440-Travel-Trunk/dp/B000GVD0VE)
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That's a very nice upgrade!
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A little on the big side, but it's clean and functional. I might have to pick one of those up for when I go on my camping trips.
Scottie
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Thanks gents. Had it on for a few days now. Still think its ugly, but slapped a k&n sticker on it and feeling better about it now :o
Looks aside, it's damn convenient! Doesn't rattle, don't forget lock tite and throw in a gallon of milk and ice cream on the way home. Happy with the $$$ spent. Saw a ural with the box on amazon. Ural looked better with it. It's a keeper.
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In the 50's, 60's & 70's a UK company called called Craven made a range of fibreglass top boxes and panniers. They occasionally come up on eBay, but any surviving models are pretty tired by now.
Last year I heard that a company called Craven Equipment had started to re-manufacture some of the original range. I contacted them and ordered their smallest top box, which arrived a few weeks later.
It is nowhere near as spacious as DanB's one, and a good bit dearer (£170) probably due to the way its is made: hand-laid fibreglass, with all the hardware then fitted using rivets or stainless nuts & bolts. It does sit perfectly on the rear rack, and is large enough for waterproofs, lunch(!), any extra tools, and the odd bit of shopping. I had already tried on a much cheaper Givi 'jelly-mould' plastic box which I had for another bike, but it just didn't suit the Enfield.
Contact details are:
Craven Equipment
Broad Street, BUNGAY, Suffolk, NR35 1EE Telephones
(01986) 894 798 or 892 826 Facsimile (01986) 894 799
contact@cravens.org.uk www.cravens.org.uk
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Now that looks nice! I was looking at older cravens, but they are far and few between on this side of the pond. Glad to know they are still doing some very nice work!
I like the simple rack as well. From Hitchcocks?
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Hi, yes, I'm very pleased with it. I just checked the Craven catalog and they are listing the small Snowdon box (the one I have) at £130. Mine was a bit dearer I think because it was one of the first they made, and they were sorting out the manufacturing and costing process.
The rack was from my Enfield dealer, Avuss, in Glasgow. I am pretty sure it is the same one that Hitchcocks sell. It was £64, and a breeze to fit.
I have noticed some US owners have a rear rack, the sides of which form pannier frames. that type isn't in Hitchcocks' catalogue, but they do say they can't list everything they have in stock. With hindsight I would have held out for the 'rack & pannier frame' version.