XR plus any panniers = shite.
Get a soft bag for the rear rack that's all you need.
Get a soft bag for the rear rack that's all you need.
Panniers - Marmite?
- Thread starter Mark Hooton
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You guys need to learn to travel light. When I see these fully loaded GS's I think, probably should have used the car!!!
Hi Mark,
I think Nutty was onto something when he mentioned Kriega.
IMHO , make some frames up, very minimal and quickly detachable to hang some soft luggage on
a bit like these frames but more angular and fitted to the space
Just need to find, make up some suitable bags. ??
Hi fella and yes I agree - a frame to hold soft luggage might be the best. I did actually design a frame to fit behind the panniers which might work for this........
+1
The bike isn`t really made for panniers, even the BMW ones don`t look right and spoil the lines. At a push maybe soft luggage but even then, and only IMHO, it still wouldn`t look right.
Yes I agree as they are `styled` on the GS(A) ones anyway as out of all the panniers out there its the GS(A) ones that, IMHO, look anything like!
Not camping and up to two weeks away I would agree - we always seem to take too much gear and I`ve learnt to travel light and still get by!
and THANK YOU fella! I can`t seem to find any panniers that actually look nice for the XR, even when I design them myself around what I do think looks nice (GSA panniers for instance).
So the ones I came up with (and I realise its a very polarising subject) are in my humble opinion are not the answer but as close to any acceptable answer that we may find and to see someone say "Those back boxes look ok" despite all the other negative points is somewhat cheering.
Sadly what no one can appreciate, from just images, is the over engineered quality of the work and the fantastic Tig welding (done by a colleague craftsman/my foreman) - they might be objects of scorn (understandably) but they are beautiful objects of scorn made by craftsmen in an environment of the usual `made by the millions, as cheaply as possible, by faceless Chinese gits who have no idea what they are making or even care and wow, there`s a shocker, its all fallen to bits................"
Lol, whoops what I meant to say was................
Rant over and back to your point - thankes fella for a modicum of recognition of all my efforts
+1
The bike isn`t really made for panniers, even the BMW ones don`t look right and spoil the lines. At a push maybe soft luggage but even then, and only IMHO, it still wouldn`t look right.
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totally agree fella, and that was the best I could find on the net....................
I've said it before, Kreiga US30 on the back for a week away, then strap another US10 or 20 on top if you need more luggage capacity.
If you're taking the wife/ girlfriend/ local masseuse away for a couple of weeks, and want to pack the kitchen sink, this is the wrong bike for you.
If you're taking the wife/ girlfriend/ local masseuse away for a couple of weeks, and want to pack the kitchen sink, this is the wrong bike for you.
There's still ONLY so many bottles of wine I can carry Nuts 
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There's still ONLY so many bottles of wine I can carry Nuts
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Get it delivered to your hotel.
Good idea, that's that sorted then. Why am I fekkin get about with panniers in the first place lol
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Get it delivered to your hotel.
Nutty's early attempts to get 'Wines to your door' up and running, were not a great success:
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Well obviously I'm not going to listen
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