Top Box and LOMO Painter- advice pls!

[Gingerbiker]

Hi
I will be trading in my 2017 Rallye and Vario cases, for a new GSA on Friday. Suffice to say I feel very fortunate and excited. I think I got a great deal on my new bike. All I think I need for it are a headlight guard and luggage: advice and experience welcome. I am not adverse to buying through eBay, or even AliExpress etc, second hand is fine as well!

Buying the bike, has left the bank account drained, I wonder what experience and advice people can share re less expensive top box options for me: definitely want one that’s big enough for a helmet and for Mrs Gingerbiker to sit against, when she is on pillion. I can’t afford the BMW offering!

The bike comes with the GSA racking on, so I know I may need a mounting plate for other makes of box.

When I have been looking at panniers I have noticed the LOMO offer looks great value and has good reviews. Is anyone using these successfully without an additional mounting plate? SW Motech, have a plate that I may get to help keep the right hand side away from the exhaust. Any other systems I should consider?

Both of the above will be for use in the UK and a solo European tour this summer. For day to day use I have a small bag for a lock, or use a Kriega backpack for laptop/ work commutes. The LOMO panniers won’t be staying on the bike year round.

 

[Gavla04GS]

Hello and welcome,

I’m a big fan of the Givi range of boxes, I had a V46 but now changed that for a Trekker. It does require an additional mounting plate and I’m now in the loop of Monokey examples.
I have Lone Rider semi rigid bags and can’t fault them….

 

[AndrewA]

Bumot do panniers and top boxes to fit the OEM BMW racks.

 

[fs996]

Givi Trekker 42 or Dolomiti 46 are both great choices that I've used on my Africa Twin (I had a plastic Givi on my GS). A few friends of mine use the Lomo panniers and they are solid. Not sure what support they would need on the GS though. If it's the GSA you're getting, a set of Aliexpress crash bar bags (or the Lomo bags) will add a few litres for essentials like tools or gloves.

 

[yoyo]

I've got the Lomo bags on my 2018 GSA, I also wanted something cheap and they work ok without any support on the right side, there is a curve to it but it's manageable.

I also have the Lomo crash bar bags which fit really well on a 1250GSA but less well on a 1200.

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[Victor c]

For headlight guard, I can highly recommend this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400...der_detail.order_detail_item.2.6a52f19ccgcmlp
The lens is thicker than in the picture and the quality appears 1st class. Only 5 mins to fit as well.

 

[DJ123]

Hi
I will be trading in my 2017 Rallye and Vario cases, for a new GSA on Friday. Suffice to say I feel very fortunate and excited. I think I got a great deal on my new bike. All I think I need for it are a headlight guard and luggage: advice and experience welcome. I am not adverse to buying through eBay, or even AliExpress etc, second hand is fine as well!

Buying the bike, has left the bank account drained, I wonder what experience and advice people can share re less expensive top box options for me: definitely want one that’s big enough for a helmet and for Mrs Gingerbiker to sit against, when she is on pillion. I can’t afford the BMW offering!

The bike comes with the GSA racking on, so I know I may need a mounting plate for other makes of box.

When I have been looking at panniers I have noticed the LOMO offer looks great value and has good reviews. Is anyone using these successfully without an additional mounting plate? SW Motech, have a plate that I may get to help keep the right hand side away from the exhaust. Any other systems I should consider?

Both of the above will be for use in the UK and a solo European tour this summer. For day to day use I have a small bag for a lock, or use a Kriega backpack for laptop/ work commutes. The LOMO panniers won’t be staying on the bike year round.

Depending on how quick you want a top box, i'll probably be selling my GSA top box (BMW aluminium one) in June some point - i'll be sticking up a post for that on here when its time.

I had Givi top box before the official BMW one i bought 2nd hand from here. It fitted just as well - i had both the 42 & 58L versions.

Panniers; i have the Lone Rider Semi Rigid luggage. Great bit of kit to use and fit with no issues to the BMW racks.