tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post3932939365283334896..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: LuggageRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-57022536954553125812010-05-05T08:43:03.542+01:002010-05-05T08:43:03.542+01:00Ventura looks fairly pricey too - well over 300 no...Ventura looks fairly pricey too - well over 300 notes for a rack and single bag combo. I like the idea, though, and it's helpful to have the endorsement of someone like yourself.<br /><br />Have a good break, and tell us about it when you get back.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-15442140329682219952010-05-04T23:16:19.493+01:002010-05-04T23:16:19.493+01:00I rate the Ventura system as well, if that's a...I rate the Ventura system as well, if that's any help!<br /><br />Didn't think the Triumph rails were particularly steep, I must say - they seem to retail at around £110 a pair. It's a lot for something that doesn't actually do anything per se, but cheap by luggage and pipework standards. Still, if you can get a bargain from the States, so much the better.<br /><br />I have, ahem, practical luggage mounting (rebadged Givi, I do believe) - which means no attempt has been made to disguise its ugliness at all. Lucky it's a fairly camel-shaped bike to begin with, otherwise the side-scaffolding might look a bit out of place. Anyway, quite glad of it - will be clipping on the panniers and departing for foreign shores in the morning. Time for an early night...endemoniada_88noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-7219718383850702262010-05-04T11:24:51.714+01:002010-05-04T11:24:51.714+01:00Keep looking! I have tried every system known to ...Keep looking! I have tried every system known to Man, from a full 3-box Givi system to an old rucksack strapped to the pillion seat, and none of them is an outright winner. I agree with you about spoiling the lines of the bike. Unless it is a dedicated tourer, it's nice to be able to strip it off and have a normal bike in between times. I think the discreet rails and a pair of throw-overs will do for what I need in the foreseeable future.<br /><br />I was talking to another Triumph owner on a ride-out a few weeks ago, and she had a Ventura system. Said it was excellent, so that may be a possibility. She only had a small day bag attached that day, but she uses a huge tailpack for camping trips. Convenient, well-made, stable, and best of all most of it comes off when you don't need it.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-45253068509142423712010-05-04T06:05:34.291+01:002010-05-04T06:05:34.291+01:00This luggage issue is causing me a headache too. I...This luggage issue is causing me a headache too. I recently changed from a Guzzi to a K1200s and baulked at paying £600+ for BMW's tricky expandable panniers, expecting to "pick some up on eBay".<br />Turns out one can pick them up there, at around £400 a go. Other options from the likes of Hepco & Becker and similar seem to involve fitting so much metal to the back of the bike that its rather pleasing lines will be ruined forever.<br />Even tank pads and tailpacks are hard to come by in aftermarket form (plastic tank, of course).<br />I expect I'll have to go for the Beemer stuff eventually but in the meantime I"m doggedly holding out hope of "something turning up". Obviously it won't, but....OscarIndiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738557392950122273noreply@blogger.com