He may have made them himself. You can buy the Givi mounting knobs and a template, then all you need is a drill and some careful matching up.
Options are: I was smoking crack or those were REALLY COOL!
OK, so 2 weeks ago when I was on my honeymoon in Victoria, I thought I saw something that was totally awesome... or I was just smoking crack.
Anyways, I was sitting at a stop light and a BMW g-whatever-wannabe-Versys pulled up along side me. I looked over out of natural curiosity and saw that he had crash bars around his engine... but they didn't look right.
So as I took a second look and asked the wife to get the camera, I saw that the crash bars on his bike had the 4 little knobs that my Evo racks have for mounting hard luggage on either side of the tank.
Unfortunately the light changed and we couldn't snap a pic fast enough.
Anyways, my google-fu is failed me and I don't know if those were A: a one-off job by a guy with too much time, B: some new framework coming down the pipes or C: my crack habit flaring up again.
Any ideas guys? Have any of you seen these before? I'd love to have a set for my V and get some more Alu-Trax up front.
Thanks all!
Anyways, I was sitting at a stop light and a BMW g-whatever-wannabe-Versys pulled up along side me. I looked over out of natural curiosity and saw that he had crash bars around his engine... but they didn't look right.
So as I took a second look and asked the wife to get the camera, I saw that the crash bars on his bike had the 4 little knobs that my Evo racks have for mounting hard luggage on either side of the tank.
Unfortunately the light changed and we couldn't snap a pic fast enough.
Anyways, my google-fu is failed me and I don't know if those were A: a one-off job by a guy with too much time, B: some new framework coming down the pipes or C: my crack habit flaring up again.
Any ideas guys? Have any of you seen these before? I'd love to have a set for my V and get some more Alu-Trax up front.
Thanks all!
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alex182, :interesting: Is this by any chance what you saw while smoking crack?
http://shop.sw-motech.com/cgi-bin/c...chutz.verkleidungsschutzbuegel&typid=18578241
http://shop.sw-motech.com/cgi-bin/c...chutz.verkleidungsschutzbuegel&typid=18578241
Not to zombie a thread here, but I've been using my old Dowco soft bags up forward on my V for quite a while now and while they work OK, my ankles do get VERY wet riding in the rain. I've been thinking of getting something different up forward, but I can't seem to find out if either of my oddball options exist. This is what I have currently:
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Do any of the following exist?
1: Hard mount luggage rack for up forward?
2: Lower fairing plates or something to keep the rain off my shins?
3: A set of bags designed to get mounted in front rather than my "creative" mounting system that looks nice? I.E. not a stuffed brick.
4: Larger fairing all the way around that covers more? I am somewhere between "My mind is being violated" and "That's neat!" on this one:
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So, what kind of options are out there for a rainy rider?
BTW, never found a rain suit that a: fit and b: I could stand to wear for more than about 5 minutes before I was swimming in sweat.
Do any of the following exist?
1: Hard mount luggage rack for up forward?
2: Lower fairing plates or something to keep the rain off my shins?
3: A set of bags designed to get mounted in front rather than my "creative" mounting system that looks nice? I.E. not a stuffed brick.
4: Larger fairing all the way around that covers more? I am somewhere between "My mind is being violated" and "That's neat!" on this one:
So, what kind of options are out there for a rainy rider?
BTW, never found a rain suit that a: fit and b: I could stand to wear for more than about 5 minutes before I was swimming in sweat.
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Maybe you should consider a car?
What on earth do you put in all that luggage?
There is this:
http://www.wolfmanluggage.com/Expedition/expd_dry_tank_panniers.html
http://www.wolfmanluggage.com/Tank/tank_panniers.html
http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-luggage/famsa-260/
That's funny! No, I'm good not owning a car, I'm only on land for about 2 months a year anyways, why let a car sit and rot?Ivan V said:
As for what I put in it, I have an Icon Variant helmet that takes up the entire tail bag, which leaves the side bags for groceries, soda (I can get 4 12-packs in each side), and whatever else I might need, plus my bungee net, extra gloves, etc. etc.
Or when I'm not grocery shopping I can carry around a few Oompa-Loopas to answer stupid questions like "Have you considered getting a car?"
Or, when the zombie apocolypse comes, I can strap a pair of machine guns to the mounting tabs on top and have almost enough ammo.
(You can never have enough ammo.)Can't wait 'till I get the Kaboodles installed to go with the Kit.
He's from Kirkland, WA, home of Costco. You figure it out...Maybe you should consider a car?
What on earth do you put in all that luggage?
They could have been frame slider pucks for his guards. You never know.
As for the freight train, I was going to ask the same car question, only how 'bout a pickup truck. And yeah, there are 265 days of gloom and mist there. I know, spent the first 35 years of my life there. Trees, grass, moss, and lots of slugs.
As for the freight train, I was going to ask the same car question, only how 'bout a pickup truck. And yeah, there are 265 days of gloom and mist there. I know, spent the first 35 years of my life there. Trees, grass, moss, and lots of slugs.
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