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I struggled to figure out how to get Givi Luggage on my 2025 Multistrada V2 using the Ducati luggage damping system. The only luggage that used the damping system was the Ducati luggage. But I found a way and wanted to share in case others had the same question.

I purchased the top luggage rack mount from Ducati because I suspected that it accepts GIVI MONOKEY connections and it featured the side-to-side damper. So I bought a GIVI Alaska Top case and sure enough it works! Unfortunately the side racks from Ducati don’t work the same way.

I searched and searched for side racks that would mount in the same locations as the Ducati OEM to take advantage of the luggage damping system (The furthest aft mounting points are actually on a slider and allow the side luggage to move side to side). However, I couldn’t find any.

Then SW-Motech released their Pro Side Carriers which both work for the 2025 V2 and the GIVI MONOKEY. They are meant to mount to SW-Motech’s own top case mount and unfortunately don’t connect to the Ducati luggage dampers and are incompatible with the Ducati’s top case mount.

Determined to make it work, I bought them anyways and planned to modify them to attach to the Ducati OEM mounts and take advantage of the damping system.

What I did was bend the supports that travel up to the SW-Motech top case mount so that they bend down into the furthest aft mounting points attached to the Ducati damping system. Then I 3D printed inserts (made out of PAHT-CF) that both accept the SW-Motech supports and fit into the Ducati mounts.

If you don’t want to go through all this, you can certainly buy the SW-Motech complete system and GIVI MONOKEY will bolt up just fine. But if you want to use the luggage damping system with anything other than Ducati’s own system, I hope this helps.

Happy to share the step files for the inserts with anyone who is interested. Just let me know.