haditlowered
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Having had a mis-hap with that Vario cases and discovering their limitations, breaking both a bracket off the bike and a lug off one of the cases, i have just fitted a set on Aluminium panniers from Adventure Bike Warehouse. I had been looking for a while when i saw them in the LC section, i called Cliff at Adventure Bike Warehouse and they had a set in stock £600.00 for everything i needed to fit them on the bike. Ordered Friday, dispatched Monday, arrived and fitted Tuesday!!.
First impressions, well, i regret wasting my cash on the Vario's, they are expensive for plastic boxes £560.00 if you have to buy the hangers as well, i did like the fact that my helmet would fit in that Vario once extended, but that's a high price to pay for a helmet holder. These are very robust, a good size, far more practical and more usable space than the Vario's, they come with a tool box, and to top it off - look good on the bike, fitting was straightforward and the kit included a pair of "Indicator Extension Brackets" that move the indicators back about 60mm so that they are level with the rear of the boxes.
It was a bit fiddly fitting the indicator extensions, and i accidentally snipped a wire to one of them that i then had to repair, so be careful, the wires are just long enough to fit the extensions, but they look good when they are done.
The fittings are all made of aluminium, and well made too, there are two sets of split blocks that fit to each side, one around the trellis frame where the plastic block on the Vario's fit, the other around the rear footage hanger, i decided to put a band of tape around the area these fitted to, just to protect the paint when the brackets were tightened up.
The locks are sturdy, the bottom of the case is 4mm, it has been dropped inside the case, sealed and riveted in place, the box has a bevel on the bottom edge so it sit's into that bevel adding plenty of strength, the top looks watertight with a rubber seal, and the hinges are quite meaty.
Hanger frames are solid when fixed, as well as the fixings to the foot peg hanger, the frame and the original hanger fixing point under the luggage rack, there are two bars passing from one side to the other locking the two frames together, one behind the number plate, and another bolts up through the upper mud guard using the bolt holes that fed the tail light unit to the frame (two aluminium spacers are provided) Thats It... few pictures..
First impressions, well, i regret wasting my cash on the Vario's, they are expensive for plastic boxes £560.00 if you have to buy the hangers as well, i did like the fact that my helmet would fit in that Vario once extended, but that's a high price to pay for a helmet holder. These are very robust, a good size, far more practical and more usable space than the Vario's, they come with a tool box, and to top it off - look good on the bike, fitting was straightforward and the kit included a pair of "Indicator Extension Brackets" that move the indicators back about 60mm so that they are level with the rear of the boxes.
It was a bit fiddly fitting the indicator extensions, and i accidentally snipped a wire to one of them that i then had to repair, so be careful, the wires are just long enough to fit the extensions, but they look good when they are done.
The fittings are all made of aluminium, and well made too, there are two sets of split blocks that fit to each side, one around the trellis frame where the plastic block on the Vario's fit, the other around the rear footage hanger, i decided to put a band of tape around the area these fitted to, just to protect the paint when the brackets were tightened up.
The locks are sturdy, the bottom of the case is 4mm, it has been dropped inside the case, sealed and riveted in place, the box has a bevel on the bottom edge so it sit's into that bevel adding plenty of strength, the top looks watertight with a rubber seal, and the hinges are quite meaty.
Hanger frames are solid when fixed, as well as the fixings to the foot peg hanger, the frame and the original hanger fixing point under the luggage rack, there are two bars passing from one side to the other locking the two frames together, one behind the number plate, and another bolts up through the upper mud guard using the bolt holes that fed the tail light unit to the frame (two aluminium spacers are provided) Thats It... few pictures..
, i,m not anti Vario now, but i have learnt something.., Ive seen sets at twice the cost of Burmots, seeing them in the flesh i can't imagine that other cases can be twice as good... i would have no bother recommending these, especially so if The 
