Touratech Pannier Frame

The reason the frames have a page to themselves is that there are different options. Touratech have 3 different setup's. There's the standard system (which I went for), the special system and what they call the street version. The street version were dismissed as being suitable for our trip as the panniers fit to the BMW plastic pannier rails, fine if your only driving round on sealed streets, we're not.

 

The only real difference between the special and standard frames is that the special frames fit closely on both sides of the bike, where as the standard frames are set so the left frame sits outside the exhaust silencer. This effects which panniers you choose. Touratech offer 35 litre or 41 litre sizes. If you choose the standard frames then to keep the proportions of the bike looking right it's best to go for a 41 litre pannier on the right and the 35 litre on the right. With this setup both panniers are an equal width both sides. The total width is 94cm which is surprisingly 4cm less that the BMW panniers.

OK, so why didn't I go for the "special" set? Well a couple of reason:

  1. There £200 more than the standard set
  2. I've got a Remus exhaust system, which I believe is better than the stock BMW one, however, the Remus silencer is oval not round like the BMW and is slightly longer. The result is that without a lot of modification the Remus system wont fit the cutout shape that's been designed into the "special set" left pannier.
  3. You actually lose 2 litre's of carrying capacity on the left special pannier because of the cut out.
  4. With the exhaust silencer residing so closely to the left pannier (practically inside it) I've heard stories of the pannier and more importantly it's contents overheating.

  • Instructions:

    The frames bolt directly onto the subframe.

    1. attached with the supplied bolts the left and right frame. Two bolts attach under the pillion seat, front and back and a third attaches to the pillion foot peg assembly. Make sure you only do the bolts up lightly, you need some free play in order to finish the job.

    2. When both sides are loosely bolted on, attach the rear brace. This brace adds rigidity to the frame especially needed over rough terrain.

    3. Tighten all the bolts up and you ready to go.

     

Supplier: Bracken Motorcycles