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Sorry, posters and moderators alike. I have tried for several days to find the thread that covered the steps for reversing the springs on the rear GTS rack. I really did! Mebbeh I j'st sukk wif th' surch feachur. I dunno!

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I will be most grateful and we can let this post fade into the sunset
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Do you mean a way to keep the rear rack on a GTS in the 'down' position?

If that is the case, there have been multiple solutions - simple metal hose clamp - like those here are the simplest:

GTS and GIVI E370 Mounted
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Try Keeping Rack Down on GTS250. Thanks for going through the effort of trying to find it yourself. Good luck - and post some pics if it works out!
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Thanks Michael...you beat me!!
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harnadem wrote:
Try Keeping Rack Down on GTS250. Thanks for going through the effort of trying to find it yourself. Good luck - and post some pics if it works out!
Excellent! Thank you. And I will post pics, too.

Update:
[sigh] No joy. But thanks for the help, harnadem! I will keep looking and asking others MVers when the appropriate threads pop up.

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