7th April 2012
As part of the refurb of my 1983 R80RT...
I want to refurbish a pair of Krauser panniers I bought for the bike.
Now these are not strictly Krausers - they are BMW panniers, although I have a sneaking suspicion they may come from the same factory. They have the later 'clasp' style latches to hold them onto the tubular steel frame. I bought them mainly for their exterior condition - they're almost unmarked. I replaced one frame clamp and have the other ready to do. I've also replaced the BMW badges and fitted new rubber seals to the doors...
Inside they are not as pretty. There's quite a lot of corrosion on the door stays, and the straps are probably beyond redemption. I am considering cutting the straps off, as I have bought a set of Siebenrock fitted liners.
There is cleary a lot of work to do - mostly with a scrubbing brush and soapy water - to bring the interior up to match the exterior.
Here's a snag:
The bags are quite simply constructed - basically the plastic parts are held to the metal parts by staples. The ends of these staples are masked inside the bag by a sort of adhesive velvet strip which runs around the entire inside edge of the door and pannier body. Unfortunately, this seems to have shrunk over the years, resulting in this...
...mess in most of the corners. In other places the tape has just come off and has left an unpleasant sticky residue...
...you can see the exposed staples in this pic.
What I aim to do is remove all the tape, completely clean out the interior of the bags and then fit new tape.
The snag is - the tape isn't listed as a part by BMW. Information on vintage Krauser bags is pretty thin on the internet (I've turned up very little in my searches) - does anyone know where I might get tape like this please?
It's 15mm wide - and is almost (but not quite) like the 'wooly' side of Velcro.
Any ideas gratefully received...
Cheers,
Mike
As part of the refurb of my 1983 R80RT...
I want to refurbish a pair of Krauser panniers I bought for the bike.
Now these are not strictly Krausers - they are BMW panniers, although I have a sneaking suspicion they may come from the same factory. They have the later 'clasp' style latches to hold them onto the tubular steel frame. I bought them mainly for their exterior condition - they're almost unmarked. I replaced one frame clamp and have the other ready to do. I've also replaced the BMW badges and fitted new rubber seals to the doors...
Inside they are not as pretty. There's quite a lot of corrosion on the door stays, and the straps are probably beyond redemption. I am considering cutting the straps off, as I have bought a set of Siebenrock fitted liners.
There is cleary a lot of work to do - mostly with a scrubbing brush and soapy water - to bring the interior up to match the exterior.
Here's a snag:
The bags are quite simply constructed - basically the plastic parts are held to the metal parts by staples. The ends of these staples are masked inside the bag by a sort of adhesive velvet strip which runs around the entire inside edge of the door and pannier body. Unfortunately, this seems to have shrunk over the years, resulting in this...
...mess in most of the corners. In other places the tape has just come off and has left an unpleasant sticky residue...
...you can see the exposed staples in this pic.
What I aim to do is remove all the tape, completely clean out the interior of the bags and then fit new tape.
The snag is - the tape isn't listed as a part by BMW. Information on vintage Krauser bags is pretty thin on the internet (I've turned up very little in my searches) - does anyone know where I might get tape like this please?
It's 15mm wide - and is almost (but not quite) like the 'wooly' side of Velcro.
Any ideas gratefully received...
Cheers,
Mike
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