Pannier 'City lids' for R1200RT LC

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Re: Pannier 'City lids' for R1200RT LC

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Think he means filtering while cornering.  More than a god.
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Casbar wrote:
Wow must be a riding God, he can corner hard enough to scrape the pannier lids  8)

be  If only


No  but I ride across the centre of Manchester every day  and sometimes I need to make tight turns  between stationary vehicles and lean combined with the tighter circumference of the  rear means its a bit close.  ( Think blocked junctions and roundabouts)  Plus its easier to get the bike out of the garage in a morning. I have to fold the mirrors or move one of the cars. With the full size panniers I had to remove them and they are a pain to take on and off.


The RT is just a little wider than the Sprint GT I had before.


Richardb   Yes the central locking still works  that is in the case  not the lid.
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Re: Pannier 'City lids' for R1200RT LC

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I only put my panniers on when I'm touring. Otherwise, they stay in the loft.
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Touch down points in a stand still drop without them is a third way up the end can (550.00) and the end of the drive shaft just under the hole in the middle.  (Cost,  eye watering) 
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The cost is irrelevant - I don't drop it.
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I know. None of us ever do.
I just happen to have hiding in the attic an unused end can for a 2005 to 9 if anybody has though.
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Sullivj wrote: I only put my panniers on when I'm touring. Otherwise, they stay in the loft.

What???  You're happy to be seen in public on an RT without panniers.  Hope you wear a mask!


:alas: :alas:



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richardbd wrote:
What???  You're happy to be seen in public on an RT without panniers.  Hope you wear a mask!


:alas: :alas:

Add me to the list of folks who only put them on when absolutely needed.
I have a tail bag for back and forth to work.
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BMW spend years designing panniers that make the bike look better with them than without and then they end up in the attic.  Shame.
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I leave the panniers on my bike all the time and filter regularly without any problems. The slim panniers would be nice and it's a shame BMW don't make a slim top opening city pannier which mounts using the same points as the normal panniers. I was working in London last week and had no issues filtering through most of the traffic
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RTman10 wrote: BMW spend years designing panniers that make the bike look better with them than without

Not an opinion. I share. I think the bike looks better without.
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Somebody has to be in the minority or it would be a boring world.
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I seldom have my panniers mounted, and have Wunderlich crash bars... I like it
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Maz12 wrote: I seldom have my panniers mounted, and have Wunderlich crash bars... I like it

It gets worse!!


;-)
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Don't want to spread gloom, but.  With those bars and no panniers in any drop the bike will tip backwards over the bars and damage everything behind the pillion footrests. 
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