[quote=tripletom;79127]Blimey I knock up a set of bespoke pannier racks in a weekend whulst under the effects of manflu and everyone wants to know about the Kriega stuff!!!quote]


Sorry mate..........Great work with the pannier frames, thanks for putting up a report about them....




Better now? :thumbsup[1]:



Serioulsy, the more I look at whats availabel the more I think about making my open panniers......not sure I would trust my welding to make my own frames tho'.....


Nick.


PS. Had the man flu for two feckin' weeks now...not nice.

nice one Tom - looks like it will work well.


sorry tom - i don't mean to hijack

i kinda did something similar - i upgraded from a XTR to the Ten' and subsequently had a surplus TT pannier rack - with a bit of careful chopping, welding and tweaking i made the rack fit the bike, through the yamaha monting points, re-used all the mounting lugs etc and actually had spare bits of rack left over - once i had dressed the welds and had the rack blasted and powdercoated (�25) thet look and work as well as any other. i can take pics for anyone considering the same.

That is good to know it can be done - I guess an ebay find of an XTR rack might be an option for people too? Mind you, if you had to buy one, mod it and get it powder coated, it might be better just to stump up for the Touratech Tenere version? - but if you have one already, then excellent!

xxx

I don't mind about the mixed discussion at all guys and gals, it's often the best way forward. JMo you're absolutely right I could've used the bare TT mounts but my reasons for not doing so were as follows-

I already had the panniers and the mounting bobbins are set up for 16mm (Givi) mounting racks thickness wise anyway.
The spacing of the bobbins is to suit the existing rack as I will continue to use it on the Speed Triple; I didn't want to have to remount the bobbins each time I swapped bikes.
I was able to get hold of 16mm tube.
I like building stuff.

With regards to the position of the panniers and pillion, I've had a pillion on there and they can sit with the arches of their feet on the pegs with no hassles. One thing I was aware of from mounting the previous rack on the DR was that it was too far back and the weight distribution meant the front end got light, even left the ground in some situations (honest officer ;) ) and I wanted to avoid this. As it is the centre line of the panniers runs straight through the axle.
The pannier racks bolt on using 10mm hardware to the pillion footrests and the mounting holes in the rear frame. The under-mudguard loop is the final point of reinforcement and once bolted up I would expect very little movement. The previous rack had the same system and no problems, even when dropped. I will have a look to see if there's a vertical mount point under the rear mudguard for additional stability if I feel it's warranted.

The panniers I sourced through Klaus at- http://www.motorradalukoffer.de/ a couple of years ago and I see he's now doing different sizes.

Ok, I've done a write up on the Kriega stuff- http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?p=79239#post79239
If enough people decide to go for stuff then we may be able to do a group buy. Comment in the above thread.