SeabeckS
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You, sir, are treading on thin ice.
We'll cut him a little slack...this time!
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You, sir, are treading on thin ice.
Ron,
One thing I enjoyed on the R was having the OEM sport screen, and a much larger Cee Bailey shield. The CB used the exact same mount as the sport shield, so it could be converted from one to the other in a few minutes. Had a Sargent seat, but in retrospect it wasn't huge improvement in comfort, but did look pretty nice. Few other doo-dads, the best being a pair of Hella FF-50's hung under the shrouds, excellent for night rides...
The S wasn't much of a fold...rode Ducati 900's for ten years, the S feels like a touring bike in comparison...
Cheers!
I too had a 04' R1150R. Parabellum tall shield, bar backs, throttle control and factory bags. Love the the bike - Hated the brakes. now with 07' F800ST
I too had a 04' R1150R. Parabellum tall shield, bar backs, throttle control and factory bags. Love the the bike - Hated the brakes. now with 07' F800ST
Somewhere I saw old retro bags ,I just got to remember where?
Look at Parabellum cafe fairing. It sort like the old R90S style.Cool looking. Also yes did like ABS brakes but not the link part at slow speed ( 0-10 mph ). Eugene
It is obvious your bones & my bones disagree......
Or possibly just mount the City lids to the OEM bags, makes the cases really narrow. I've seen this mod, and believe there's a sort of quick change kit to facilitate changing the two styles of lids very easily.
I'v done this mod and to change back and forth between lids (if you need to) its just 4 bolts per lid. I travel light so the City Lids work for me. MUCH narrower and I don't find myself packing everything including the kitchen sink when I travel.
But they are not top lids.
True that!
But I've never seen any bags that mount to the BMW bags that are narrower than the City lids set up. Only other cases I've seen on a Beemer were Givi's (way wider than OEM) and Krauser's back in the day. Never saw any top loaders (other than some huge things on GS's) mounted on a BMW.
Or use your old Bates bags. I do remember Bates. 1970s. What did they come off of?
Thanks for the memory refresher guys! I'd totally forgotten about those Bates bag sets. Only ones I can actually recall seeing (now) seemed pretty small. But different strokes for different folks!
Cheers! B
To 71243 For narrow bags, top loading maybe try Shad or look at J.C. Whitney. Any way you go you will more than likely have to make your own mounting brackets for them.
One thing I did hear about,don't laugh, is to mount your bike from the right side. This does get your leg over wide bags.
Or mount with the bike on the center stand and push off. I have done the center stand mount myself.