Drilling holes into metal (to make a givi base plate fit)

**wearelopey** · 03-20-2012, 04:42 PM

Hey everyone,

So I got a one-off rack made for my SV1000S so that I could mount a givi top box on it.

So I bought the monokey baseplate and go to mount it to the rack and low and behold the holes don't line up (not anyones fault, I was told it would mount up no problem but it was from a different forum member than the person who actually made the rack for me...)

Anyways I was wondering where I could go in order for a shop to drill into the metal top plate for me. I have ideas about where the mounting holes could be drilled but I'd want a second opinion as well.

Anyone know someone who could do this? I really don't think it's a big job I just don't have a powerful enough drill to get through the metal (crap canadian tire discount drill)

Any help appreciated!

**JZ67** · 03-20-2012, 07:17 PM

Ummm, dude, these are excuses we men look for to buy power tools! You can rent a drill if you don't get any help.

Same thing happened with me. Make your marks for your holes, drill with a regular steel bit then use a countersink bit. I would be happy to post up pics of what I had to do for my Givi. I would help you but I'm not exactly close by and I borrowed the countersink bit - this is critical -the countersinking is important as the case sits flush on the mount.

**crankcall** · 03-20-2012, 10:35 PM

Its not likely the drill , its the bits. Sharp bits drill steel like butter. If you want to come to Milton your welcome use all the hole making stuff you could hope for.