My wife has an F650 GS 2006 single cylinder in black which I 'tricked up' for her. I sprayed her crash bars black, got her a K&N filter (not that she really cared about that one), Baglux cover and bag, high screen, and as her stock panniers had minor scratches and dents here and there, I put a huge amount of work into cleaning, sanding, and then respraying them so they are eggshell matt black. I was really impressed with the end result they look the business and suit the black bike much more than the aluminium ones in my opinion.
As we were planning a tour to Portugal I got her the lining bags for the panniers too. My last modification is where I messed up as for her birthday I bought her a Remus exhaust system. Little did I realise that the stock panniers do not fit with these.
Rather than taking the advise that everyone else had given on test packing the bikes 2 weeks in advance, I waited until the last day (I can be somewhat forgiven as we were very busy and had so many other preparation jobs to do), and once my wife had packed I tried, and tried....and tried to fit her panniers. When it dawned on me that they would not fit with the Remus cans I was gutted as I'd put a lot of work in. In the end she used some soft panniers from Hein Gericke which cost just £25 and are absolutely brilliant (Streetline model).
What I wanted to ask is if anyone knows a cheap way to modify the brackets so that the stock panniers will fit with the Remus cans?
If not then its either fit the original cans or maybe sell the panniers. My wife is a tomboy which was even more evident when she said there is no way I am removing her Remus cans!!!
As we were planning a tour to Portugal I got her the lining bags for the panniers too. My last modification is where I messed up as for her birthday I bought her a Remus exhaust system. Little did I realise that the stock panniers do not fit with these.
Rather than taking the advise that everyone else had given on test packing the bikes 2 weeks in advance, I waited until the last day (I can be somewhat forgiven as we were very busy and had so many other preparation jobs to do), and once my wife had packed I tried, and tried....and tried to fit her panniers. When it dawned on me that they would not fit with the Remus cans I was gutted as I'd put a lot of work in. In the end she used some soft panniers from Hein Gericke which cost just £25 and are absolutely brilliant (Streetline model).
What I wanted to ask is if anyone knows a cheap way to modify the brackets so that the stock panniers will fit with the Remus cans?
If not then its either fit the original cans or maybe sell the panniers. My wife is a tomboy which was even more evident when she said there is no way I am removing her Remus cans!!!
, I'd suggest keeping the cans & replacing the luggage.
