Fitting Trax Panniers to Givi Racks on Transalp

[POTSKI]

Hi All,

Listen up... I want to fit a set of Trax Panniers, (see link)

Bykebitz Motorcycle Accessories Ltd TraX Side Panniers

to my 1999 Transalp, which is fitted at present with Givi racks which I would like to keep on. I emailed the guys at BykeBitz who said

"You will need to remove the givi from your bike and start over with sw-motech frame work. You buy the sw-motech pannier rails, trax fitting kit, trax boxes and locks."

Now, I can't see why I need to do this as surely their "adaptor kit", (see link)

Bykebitz Motorcycle Accessories Ltd Adaptor Kit - for TraX Side Cases

could easily be made to fit on to the side of my Givi racks?

I'm no stranger to a bit of welding, drilling, bashing etc... like I said, I can't see with a bit of adapting why the "adaptor kit" can't make these panniers fit, but what do you guys think... any advice, has anyone done a similar mod?

Also, has anyone bought a set of TraX; if so what do you think of them?

Cheers

Potski

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[StumpyFingers]

The trax boxes are designed to fit the SWMotec frames but I am sure you could modify them to use the puck system similar to the Zega cases.