Standard vs Kit tt panniers...

[mosaito]

I'm thinking of buying some tt panniers. I read somewhere that the kit panniers with a cut-out for the exhaust can have problems with things getting too hot. Anybody had any experience of this? Should I opt for the standard panniers?

Thanks
Mo

 

[the civil one]

The First Question is What Bike.
The Second is , whats your intended use.
You do of course know that there are lots of other Pannier makers that
make all different types for all different uses.
Whats your Budget.

 

[MikeP]

If you buy the Special Set (with the cut-out) as a kit, it includes an extender pipe for the exhaust.

It works.

 

[Urban Rider]

Mosaito, I have the "Special" Pannier kit on my GSA and, as Mike P says, the connector pipe works. If you choose to use the panniers without it they will get hot. I had a new rear lower mount made out of billet alluminium because I did not like the look of the connector pipe and when I used the panniers without it the lower mount melted....... BADLY
I then decided to fit a stubby exhaust which sounds better and now causes no problems with the panniers...