► Hard luggage--panniers and topboxes

[nikp]

Locks

Right, finally made my decision, and went with the Stahlkoffer "City Koffers" for my F650GS... will be fitting them at the weekend!

Now, what do you other Stahlkoffer owners use as locks for the lid latches?

I've bought a set of four small padlocks, but it strikes me they'll rattle a lot when "making adequate progress." Are there any quieter alternatives?

I guess I could just use split-rings to make sure the latches stay closed, or re-usable cable ties, but that's not very secure...

Any thoughts?

I've just got normal padlocks on mine;



I thought about the rattling so bought some sticky backed foam off of fleabay for a couple of quid (zoom in on the pic and you can just make it out) . Does the job nice... never hear a peep out of 'em.

 

[Blind Lemon Ade]

Stahlkoffer "Citys" on F650GS

Tis done! Here they are:

Pics removed at BLA's request. Aidan.

With Touratech rack (don't ask...) and Humvee reflectives.
Also a pair of "Bags2Cover" pannier liners, keep me shreddies dry...

 

[divelandy]

The panniers look very nice - shame it makes your bile too wide to get in your garage

 

[SamD]

The panniers look very nice - shame it makes your bile too wide to get in your garage

I hope that's a trick of perspective or they really are very wide

 

[Blind Lemon Ade]

98cm...

That's the same as the R1200RT, or two-thirds the width of a Smart car...

 

[Ferret55]

Givi

As I already had a pair of Givi panniers and an old topbox, I went for the Givi racks. They went on quite easily and seem robust. There are lots of Givi items on Ebay, so these are a good cheaper option.

The whole set-up cost about £320.

 

[SERVDAVE]

Thinking about buying a set of vario panniers for my 650gs. Are the available anywhere else other than a BMW dealership?

Cheers,

Dave

 

[v8legend]

Thinking about buying a set of vario panniers for my 650gs. Are the available anywhere else other than a BMW dealership?

Cheers,

Dave

Only second hand

 

[jimbob59]

Here in the USA there are some new sets available on eBay for about $550 USD for side cases without the mounting rail.... not sure that is it helpful, but it's worth a look perhaps?

 

[SERVDAVE]

Hi,

I've decided that I'm gonna fo for the Trax panniers of the STAHLKOFFER. Was wondering if anyone in the brighton area would mind meeting up for a ride so I could take a look at them? Cheeky I know

Cheers guys

 

[Passing Phase]

Im looking at selling my 1200gsa and am wondering if I can hold on to any of the panniers or top box of the gsa? will thay fit the 800 thanks.

 

[zippygser]

Im looking at selling my 1200gsa and am wondering if I can hold on to any of the panniers or top box of the gsa? will thay fit the 800 thanks.

they will fit but you will have to buy the Holan racks
http://holan.pl/en/product/24/29/12...stem_for_cases_BMW_Adv_for_F800_650(Twin)_GS_

 

[Passing Phase]

Thanks for that seems the way to go then I can leave all the stickers on the ones I allready have.

 

[sijohnston]

hard to soft panniers...

Yesterday I shelved my hard cases in favour of soft panniers. As I'm less than a month away from a long long overland trip, I played around for some time over the luggage I want to bring. Various things influenced my choice for and against and you know the arguments, but the soft ended up being more advantageous in the end. I bought these new wolfman panniers from winding roads (martin is very helpful). I fitted them last night and got an aluminium plate made for the inside of the right rail to hang my 2L fuel bottle on as soft panniers obviously don't allow for that. They are 20L each bag and have been very well thought through. Besides that, they are really easy to attach/detach, will be completely waterproof, and will not bust my ankle off-roading (hurt it once before with the hard cases). £177 delivered.

 

[sijohnston]

and another photo

wolfman panniers. and enough of this...am away to the NW200 practices!

 

[mikebarr]

Bike looks great mate.

Looking forward to a beer tomorrow and/or Saturday.

(I think it's your round.....?)



mb

 

[GS Biker]

wolfman panniers. and enough of this...am away to the NW200 practices!

Nice setup, what rails you got there?

 

[sijohnston]

SW motech

Nice setup, what rails you got there?

 

[Phluppe]

they will fit but you will have to buy the Holan racks
http://holan.pl/en/product/24/29/12...stem_for_cases_BMW_Adv_for_F800_650(Twin)_GS_

Anyone managed to place an order with them, tried to do so, the site says they'll contact me with the details, and haven't heard of them in more than a week orso? Send an email, still no answer

I do need the rack as refered to above, since I've gone and bought the 1200Adv panniers, to fit on both my 1150GSA (with the use of the TT pannier rack) and on the 800GS with the Holan rack.

Grtz, Philip!

 

[nutter_on_the_bus]

another Happy ARDCase user

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2351879&postcount=342 for more pictures