Bmw Gs1200 Fitting Givi E41 Keyless panniers

[advancedbiker]

I have had a look on the forum and can not seem to find anything on this.

Has anyone fitted the Givi E41 panniers to a GS1200 and have any images.
Are they OK
Are the too bulky
Do they stick out too far

I have a pair from another bike and was wondering if they are worth fitting instead of the VARIO ones, which do not seem to hold as much. And I miss that top flap.....

Regards

Nigel

 

[BBB61]

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70496&highlight=big+fat+ass

I think this is what you are looking for.

 

[Brian ROSEN]

Standard vario panniers

I had a Givi topbox on a previous bike and the advantage was that it was larger than the standard. However when the supports fractured and stripped the threads etc; the dealer would not believe that I had not overloaded them; I fitted the standard panniers on my present bike - and if anything breaks or goes wrong the dealer will carry the can (and of course one key fits all three bits of luggage, plus ignition, petrol tank and seat.

 

[GoldenGS]

full Givi set

Hi Nigel

Yes, i have them. I have the later V46 carrier on the bike too which seems to be a better designed solution to the older one. I will take some pictures later. I have yet to use them in anger having only done short hops with them. The exhaust side one does stick out a fair bit but that's the price of having unrestricted space, I will measure the full width for you for comparison. I secretly covet a normal pair of GS panniers but cannot justify the price when I had the Givi set from my old VFR. I also flirted with the Trax system as you can use the smaller slimmer pannier on the exhaust size but couldn't guarantee a proper fitting in conjuction with the Givi top box (which I wanted to keep).
Best
Mark

 

[kbada]

we's got a 55ltr Givi on our bike and all I can say is 'what do you wanna box for - to look the look or to pack things in?'

As for breaking the rack well, yesterday, we came home after a Swedish shopping trip (if you have been to Norway then you'll know why we all do this) and when I took the box off it nearly landed on me foot, "Shit" said I, "that box ain't never been dat heavy before". Sooo, upstairs, I put it on the scales and read 21kgs (46lbs to you sir) - 2 x 3ltr boxes of wine 6 x 0.5ltr bottles of Bishops Finger 3kgs of minced beef and so on and so on....... try that with da standard top box - oh, must'nt forget the boss on the back as well and she ain't no light weight either

The GS never ceases to amaze me

 

[GoldenGS]

Givi pannier set on a GS

A long time overdue - and I forgot what the width was! But here's some pix with a full set on.