your old varios on new w/c bike

flying circus · Nov 27, 2012

looking round the new w/c 1200 at nec show, well it is very,very good. noticed that one of the show bikes was fitted with vario panniers and top box suppose this could save you up to a thousand pounds if you p/ex your hexhead but keep your luggage, i thought this was good when you consider that the new bike is all new.

Mr K · Nov 27, 2012

Surely the silencer is on the other side on the WC?

:rob

original_concept · Nov 27, 2012

flying circus said:
looking round the new w/c 1200 at nec show, well it is very,very good. noticed that one of the show bikes was fitted with vario panniers and top box suppose this could save you up to a thousand pounds if you p/ex your hexhead but keep your luggage, i thought this was good when you consider that the new bike is all new.

You might need a trip to the opticians first.

flying circus · Nov 27, 2012

Mr K said:
Surely the silencer is on the other side on the WC?

doh!!!bugger never thought of that, deffo saw a jerry doing a demo of varios though

flying circus · Nov 27, 2012

original_concept said:
You might need a trip to the opticians first.

sorry eyesight good suspect my problem is grey bit behind the eyes doh doh doh

Alan R · Nov 27, 2012

flying circus said:
looking round the new w/c 1200 at nec show, well it is very,very good. noticed that one of the show bikes was fitted with vario panniers and top box suppose this could save you up to a thousand pounds if you p/ex your hexhead but keep your luggage, i thought this was good when you consider that the new bike is all new.

You must have looked at the bike through a mirror over your shoulder not to notice that the cutout for the exhaust is reversed in comparison to the so called 'hex head' ( who came up with that stupid name?). Also, the fitting for the panniers are completely different. So the only way to save your notional thousand pounds is not to buy the new ones at all.
Alan R

Magnon · Nov 27, 2012

Took this picture today

Nutty · Nov 28, 2012

It's a pain that the luggage from the current 12 won't fit, but I'm guessing that anyone with Touratech or other ally boxes will be able to just get new brackets and use their existing boxes. :nenau

JohnnyBoxer · Nov 28, 2012

The Nutty GSER said:
It's a pain that the luggage from the current 12 won't fit, but I'm guessing that anyone with Touratech or other ally boxes will be able to just get new brackets and use their existing boxes.

The Hexhead ally ones have a cut out for the exhaust, so thye'll be in the same boat i guess

Yellow Peril · Nov 30, 2012

Look closely enough and you will also notice that the mounting system for varios has been completely changed, maybe to the same system as the 800 ?

Nutty · Nov 30, 2012

JohnnyBoxer said:
The Hexhead ally ones have a cut out for the exhaust, so thye'll be in the same boat i guess

I thought the frames for the Touratech ones come out further than the exhaust?

Malvern_Beemer · Nov 30, 2012

The Nutty GSER said:
I thought the frames for the Touratech ones come out further than the exhaust?

Nope. I have the touratech panniers and the left hand pannier has an exhaust cutout.

Magnon · Nov 30, 2012

Malvern_Beemer said:
Nope. I have the touratech panniers and the left hand pannier has an exhaust cutout.

Mine don't.

Deleted account 190920001 · Nov 30, 2012

The good news for the alloy box owners is that at least they can be cut and welded. Probably just a couple of hours work and a good welder should make a good looking job. You could also just pop rivet and goo if your really tight.

Magnon · Nov 30, 2012

Marki_GSA said:
The good news for the alloy box owners is that at least they can be cut and welded. Probably just a couple of hours work and a good welder should make a good looking job. You could also just pop rivet and goo if your really tight.

Not with these.

dave hendy · Dec 6, 2012

One bit of good news though the inner bags will fit OK :rob

Mark Hooton · Dec 9, 2012

Nah they don`t fit

I initially had the same concern - will I be able to transfer my vario`s over? Within minutes (which is fast for me) I realsied they wont fit.

Have ordered a set with my new WC but they can`t tell me how much.........................

I am thinking of designing and making something which will allow my Ali GSA panniers to fit the new WC..............

Deleted account 190920001 · Dec 9, 2012

Magnon said:
Not with these.

No but you just need to swap sides with them.

Magnon · Dec 9, 2012

Marki_GSA said:
No but you just need to swap sides with them.

Read on brother.

Nutty · Dec 9, 2012

Mark Hooton said:
I initially had the same concern - will I be able to transfer my vario`s over? Within minutes (which is fast for me) I realsied they wont fit.

Have ordered a set with my new WC but they can`t tell me how much.........................

I am thinking of designing and making something which will allow my Ali GSA panniers to fit the new WC..............

I'm surprised you haven't designed and put your own panniers into production Mark. :nenau

I'd be interested

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