Going on a 3 week 4000km ride around Turkey in two weeks time, so I thought I'd make my own pannier racks rather than fork out a couple of hundred €€€'s. I bought some Kappa soft sling overs for when I went on a week long ride & had them resting slightly on the cans. There wasn't a problem with heat, but more with them sagging over, especially when fully loaded.

Anyway, here are the pics of my handy work, I got my mate to do the welding though...







So what do you guys reckon? The only thing I'm thinking of is putting a longer bolt through the zorst bracket. If you look in the picture you'll see it does not thread all the way through?

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I HAVE BEEN THINKING THE SAME ABOUT DOING MY OWN AND LOOKING AT YOUR HANYWORK I HAVE DECIDED TO DO THE SAME ,THANKS FOR THE IDEA WHAT CANS ARE THOSE

That's a tidy job, well done.

Cheers lads!!

Them be the almighty Carbon Cans that we all like to hark about

Get a set & you too will be annoyong your neighbours and spitting flames on public highways

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Nice - have you any pics of the front bars and are they commercial or home-made?

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Front bars are Givi engine guards...

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Thanks for that and have a good trip.

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