I purchased my R1250R Sport about two months ago. Fantastic bike. Very impressed with virtually everything about it.
It came pretty standard. So, after a good long think about luggage it was decided to order a set of bmw panniers. Then by chance I spotted just how wide they are. Hold up a minute. Are you serious! How can they be that badly designed! Brakes on. Ain’t having them.
The BMW topbox is ugly and expensive IMHO. Also needing a £200 rack.
So I thought what’s my next best solution. I then purchased a Kappa AH203 Expandable Mini Tail Bag. This was £40.49 from eBay. It’s a tidy little bag for not much money.
Then I looked for a rack. I didn’t want the BMW version. Best I could find was a SW-Motech Ali-Rack for the R1200R. As luck would have it, there was a used one on this forum. So I purchased that from the seller. Only to be informed a few days later that it had been sold a few months earlier, and that he forgot he had sold it.
I found a new one from a German seller. There are two types from what I can see. One for the R1200R and a more flimsy looking version for the R1250R that was about £20 dearer. I went for the cheaper stronger R1200R rack. Cost was £121.80 including post.
That arrived in about four days. Fitting only took a few minutes. There are extra spacers in case you want to fit with the BMW Pannier rails. But I removed mine as no intention of buying the panniers.
With the rack fitted, I then looked into buying and fitting a suitable Peli Storm waterproof box. I wasn’t sure on what size I wanted. Or how to fit.
Checking out the sizes and prices, I went for a smallish IM2075. This cost £63 posted.
Fitting was done with three stainless steel M8 x 30mm round head bolts with M8 locknuts.
I wanted to rubber mount and prevent the box from marking the rack. So purchased 6 x M8 x 22mm stainless roofing washers. 3 x 3/4” Tap washers and 3 x M8 x 12mm spacers.
Please see the last picture.
This seems to have done the trick. I may look for a bigger Peli case if I find I need more luggage room. Once drilled, it only takes a few minutes to remove and refit.
If anyone needs details of the fixings, they were all obtained from eBay. Happy to supply links if required.
It came pretty standard. So, after a good long think about luggage it was decided to order a set of bmw panniers. Then by chance I spotted just how wide they are. Hold up a minute. Are you serious! How can they be that badly designed! Brakes on. Ain’t having them.
The BMW topbox is ugly and expensive IMHO. Also needing a £200 rack.
So I thought what’s my next best solution. I then purchased a Kappa AH203 Expandable Mini Tail Bag. This was £40.49 from eBay. It’s a tidy little bag for not much money.
Then I looked for a rack. I didn’t want the BMW version. Best I could find was a SW-Motech Ali-Rack for the R1200R. As luck would have it, there was a used one on this forum. So I purchased that from the seller. Only to be informed a few days later that it had been sold a few months earlier, and that he forgot he had sold it.
I found a new one from a German seller. There are two types from what I can see. One for the R1200R and a more flimsy looking version for the R1250R that was about £20 dearer. I went for the cheaper stronger R1200R rack. Cost was £121.80 including post.
That arrived in about four days. Fitting only took a few minutes. There are extra spacers in case you want to fit with the BMW Pannier rails. But I removed mine as no intention of buying the panniers.
With the rack fitted, I then looked into buying and fitting a suitable Peli Storm waterproof box. I wasn’t sure on what size I wanted. Or how to fit.
Checking out the sizes and prices, I went for a smallish IM2075. This cost £63 posted.
Fitting was done with three stainless steel M8 x 30mm round head bolts with M8 locknuts.
I wanted to rubber mount and prevent the box from marking the rack. So purchased 6 x M8 x 22mm stainless roofing washers. 3 x 3/4” Tap washers and 3 x M8 x 12mm spacers.
Please see the last picture.
This seems to have done the trick. I may look for a bigger Peli case if I find I need more luggage room. Once drilled, it only takes a few minutes to remove and refit.
If anyone needs details of the fixings, they were all obtained from eBay. Happy to supply links if required.