FS - Givi E360s

[Paul Wilson-10]

Hey all,

I have a pair of Givi E360 bags gathering dust that need a new home.
Matte black finish. Like new condition. They came with the SV650 I
both last year. I've used them exactly once.

The cases are keyed alike, and I have the spare keys. Retailers sell
them new for around $200 each. Asking $250 for the set. Prefer you
pick up. Due to the size, boxing them and shipping would be expensive.
Located in NW DC.

If they're too big as side cases, use one as a top case and unload the
other on eBay. Just a suggestion. :)
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[Joel Harding]

Denise, my wife, and I just returned from an extended holiday weekend to
Maine and back, I thought you might enjoy a few of our stories.  

We left late on Saturday morning, around 10 AM and met my wife's sister,
her husband and their daughter in Manhattan.  Downtown NYC?  I've been
avoiding the city for years on the bike, at all costs, but it was not as
bad as I expected, not in the least.  We set the GPS on our Goldwing to
our Niece's address after exiting the Holland tunnel, expecting to meet
them there, but they had changed locations to Nice Guy Eddie's on
Houston Street (pronounced 'How-ston'), so we rode up the West Side
Highway, rode a bit on Broadway, crossed Central Park and came down the
FDR, a grand tour of Manhattan in our first hour there! I've ridden both
these routes in my Jeep Grand Cherokee and I now much prefer a
motorcycle, it's much more maneuverable and responsive, I actually felt
safer on the bike.  The very loud horn on the Goldwing was also well
used, as were the brakes, the pedestrians tend to blindly step out into
oncoming traffic.  The road conditions on Broadway were horrible in some
stretches, the steel plates seemed to be laid down every 50 feet, we've
ridden dirt roads that seemed smoother.  After parking we walked from
Nice Guy Eddies to Little Italy, for the annual festival and had a
blast, we also had dinner at the classic New York delicatessen, Katz'.
Denise joined her sister in their car while I dropped off their daughter
at a supermarket, then I followed the GPS to the Long Island Expressway
for the 45 mile ride to Ronkonkoma, NY. The GPS was absolutely spot on,
I had no complaints and the drivers weren't as insane as I've
experienced during my car trips to Long Island.  

The next day was another superb weather day, we spent the morning at a
vineyard/winery, I abstained, of course.  Just before noon we headed up
to Orient Point to grab the ferry to New London, CT and passed some
spectacular homes and scenery along the way.  Traffic was not good at
all, it probably was due to the holidays.  The ferry gave no
preferential treatment to motorcycles like I've recently experienced in
the State of Washington but it was a very nice ride.  The trip was
pleasant, then the GPS took me up Connecticut SR 32, an absolutely
gorgeous backcountry road for a long while before we took the
Interstate.  Massachusetts drivers are among the fastest we have ever
experienced, the average speed seemed to be about 80 mph!  We pulled
into Salem, Massachusetts, where my wife wanted to visit, around 7:30
pm, in the evening the town looked quite depressing.  I took a walk
around town to do a quick recon and I discovered the 'touristy' parts of
the town were quite well separated from the rest of the town.  One word
of warning, the GPS kept warning me about 'roundabouts' but they all had
been removed many years previously, I'm not sure when Garmin/Honda is
going to update their map data. The weather was unseasonably cold, I was
very glad I had packed our cool weather gear, but Denise was still quite
chilled!

The next day we woke up and did the tourist thing and I remembered my
disappointment from my childhood, at the high 'schlock' factor
associated with the Salem Witch Trials.  The previous evening we read a
very descriptive book about the Salem Witch Trials, and none of the
museums or 'living performances' seemed to raise any further facts other
than what we already knew, so if you're intending to go there to see and
experience the witch trials, save your money, just walk around and read
all the signs.  We took off late in the morning and headed up to Maine,
a very short ride up the coast.  We pulled into the Cape Neddick
Lighthouse in Maine about 1 pm, one of the most picturesque lighthouses
(and in competition for one of the most photographed) and performed the
obligatory camera drill, take my picture, take yours, take another
couples' and they take ours....  followed by lobster in a restaurant on
the beach right next to the parking lot.  What an absolutely romantic
time this was, my wife's eyes and smile were brilliant, the air was
crisp and clean, the sun was shining brightly and there were big grins
all around.  We bought some gifts for our family, souvenirs, and headed
West...   I-95 was an absolute parking lot headed south, so we ducked
inland.  The back country roads were absolutely superb, at times a bit
slow, as traffic tended to travel five miles per hour below the posted
speed limit, but road conditions were excellent.  We finally got on our
own and traveled at a reasonable pace into New Hampshire, glimpsing
countless lakes, ponds, marshes, fields, forests, hills and valleys...
it was intoxicating.  We didn't get as far as we wanted, so we decided
to pull up in Concord, New Hampshire, the State Capital.  Rates for
lodging were incredibly reasonable, food and drinks, too!    

We woke up to 50 degree chills and heavy fog...  a hearty breakfast
helped us shake off the cold weather and allowed the fog to completely
fade away.  We had to push through, back to Washington DC and a thorough
map recon revealed no high speed routes East-West, so we decided to
descend back into Massachusetts and grab the interstates all the way
home (except for some parkways and turnpikes in New Jersey).  We had
only two small navigational errors (my fault), the GPS kept trying to
route me onto southbound I-95 and I accidentally followed it...  Once we
were on I-78 heading west into Pennsylvania we felt safe, until taking
the 222 shortcut through Kutztown and Reading, PA we encountered a
parking lot...  I remembered some wonderful back roads in the area, so
we took a very high speed detour through Topton, Fleetwood, Oley,
Reiffton, and Shillington, PA before rejoining 222 on the far side of
Reading.  We pulled into our home in Lorton, VA right at 8 pm....
tired, with tender bottoms (a first for me), due to four days of
continuous very extended riding.

We knew we were back in DC when the car beside us suddenly shifted lanes
into ours without looking, when we saw a car cross two lanes at the last
second to exit and when most cagers changed lanes without using turn
signals....  but it's nice to be home.  

Joel

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[Joel Harding]

Denise, my wife, and I just returned from an extended holiday weekend to
Maine and back, I thought you might enjoy a few of our stories.  

We left late on Saturday morning, around 10 AM and met my wife's sister,
her husband and their daughter in Manhattan.  Downtown NYC?  I've been
avoiding the city for years on the bike, at all costs, but it was not as
bad as I expected, not in the least.  We set the GPS on our Goldwing to
our Niece's address after exiting the Holland tunnel, expecting to meet
them there, but they had changed locations to Nice Guy Eddie's on
Houston Street (pronounced 'How-ston'), so we rode up the West Side
Highway, rode a bit on Broadway, crossed Central Park and came down the
FDR, a grand tour of Manhattan in our first hour there! I've ridden both
these routes in my Jeep Grand Cherokee and I now much prefer a
motorcycle, it's much more maneuverable and responsive, I actually felt
safer on the bike.  The very loud horn on the Goldwing was also well
used, as were the brakes, the pedestrians tend to blindly step out into
oncoming traffic.  The road conditions on Broadway were horrible in some
stretches, the steel plates seemed to be laid down every 50 feet, we've
ridden dirt roads that seemed smoother.  After parking we walked from
Nice Guy Eddies to Little Italy, for the annual festival and had a
blast, we also had dinner at the classic New York delicatessen, Katz'.
Denise joined her sister in their car while I dropped off their daughter
at a supermarket, then I followed the GPS to the Long Island Expressway
for the 45 mile ride to Ronkonkoma, NY. The GPS was absolutely spot on,
I had no complaints and the drivers weren't as insane as I've
experienced during my car trips to Long Island.  

The next day was another superb weather day, we spent the morning at a
vineyard/winery, I abstained, of course.  Just before noon we headed up
to Orient Point to grab the ferry to New London, CT and passed some
spectacular homes and scenery along the way.  Traffic was not good at
all, it probably was due to the holidays.  The ferry gave no
preferential treatment to motorcycles like I've recently experienced in
the State of Washington but it was a very nice ride.  The trip was
pleasant, then the GPS took me up Connecticut SR 32, an absolutely
gorgeous backcountry road for a long while before we took the
Interstate.  Massachusetts drivers are among the fastest we have ever
experienced, the average speed seemed to be about 80 mph!  We pulled
into Salem, Massachusetts, where my wife wanted to visit, around 7:30
pm, in the evening the town looked quite depressing.  I took a walk
around town to do a quick recon and I discovered the 'touristy' parts of
the town were quite well separated from the rest of the town.  One word
of warning, the GPS kept warning me about 'roundabouts' but they all had
been removed many years previously, I'm not sure when Garmin/Honda is
going to update their map data. The weather was unseasonably cold, I was
very glad I had packed our cool weather gear, but Denise was still quite
chilled!

The next day we woke up and did the tourist thing and I remembered my
disappointment from my childhood, at the high 'schlock' factor
associated with the Salem Witch Trials.  The previous evening we read a
very descriptive book about the Salem Witch Trials, and none of the
museums or 'living performances' seemed to raise any further facts other
than what we already knew, so if you're intending to go there to see and
experience the witch trials, save your money, just walk around and read
all the signs.  We took off late in the morning and headed up to Maine,
a very short ride up the coast.  We pulled into the Cape Neddick
Lighthouse in Maine about 1 pm, one of the most picturesque lighthouses
(and in competition for one of the most photographed) and performed the
obligatory camera drill, take my picture, take yours, take another
couples' and they take ours....  followed by lobster in a restaurant on
the beach right next to the parking lot.  What an absolutely romantic
time this was, my wife's eyes and smile were brilliant, the air was
crisp and clean, the sun was shining brightly and there were big grins
all around.  We bought some gifts for our family, souvenirs, and headed
West...   I-95 was an absolute parking lot headed south, so we ducked
inland.  The back country roads were absolutely superb, at times a bit
slow, as traffic tended to travel five miles per hour below the posted
speed limit, but road conditions were excellent.  We finally got on our
own and traveled at a reasonable pace into New Hampshire, glimpsing
countless lakes, ponds, marshes, fields, forests, hills and valleys...
it was intoxicating.  We didn't get as far as we wanted, so we decided
to pull up in Concord, New Hampshire, the State Capital.  Rates for
lodging were incredibly reasonable, food and drinks, too!    

We woke up to 50 degree chills and heavy fog...  a hearty breakfast
helped us shake off the cold weather and allowed the fog to completely
fade away.  We had to push through, back to Washington DC and a thorough
map recon revealed no high speed routes East-West, so we decided to
descend back into Massachusetts and grab the interstates all the way
home (except for some parkways and turnpikes in New Jersey).  We had
only two small navigational errors (my fault), the GPS kept trying to
route me onto southbound I-95 and I accidentally followed it...  Once we
were on I-78 heading west into Pennsylvania we felt safe, until taking
the 222 shortcut through Kutztown and Reading, PA we encountered a
parking lot...  I remembered some wonderful back roads in the area, so
we took a very high speed detour through Topton, Fleetwood, Oley,
Reiffton, and Shillington, PA before rejoining 222 on the far side of
Reading.  We pulled into our home in Lorton, VA right at 8 pm....
tired, with tender bottoms (a first for me), due to four days of
continuous very extended riding.

We knew we were back in DC when the car beside us suddenly shifted lanes
into ours without looking, when we saw a car cross two lanes at the last
second to exit and when most cagers changed lanes without using turn
signals....  but it's nice to be home.  


Joel

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