Panniers/racks Fitting

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  1. Bryn

    Bryn Well-Known Member

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    #1 Bryn, Jul 16, 2020
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    Total Triumph are doing deals on Bonneville Pannier kits for the watercooled models

    There is mention on one review that they were modified to fit an older bike ie EFI Air cooled
    Anyone know if that will work on a 2012 SE ? I assume the panniers will be the same, but the frames may differ .......

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  2. Samsgrandad

    Samsgrandad Senior Member

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    The panniers themselves are for the later models, if your bike has two threaded holes in the rear frame rails, (under where the passenger seat is)
    then the pannier kits will fit.

    The earlier bikes did not have these threaded inserts and the panniers were linked together with long straps. If your bike does not have these threaded inserts then it will be difficult to fit the later panniers.

    Look at the pictures of the pannier kit and you will see that the panniers zip to two small pieces of leather and these bolt to the frame so they can be left on the bike while the panniers are easy to remove.
     
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  3. Bryn

    Bryn Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the reply... are the frames the same?
    Could the leather bits be cable tied to the frame to achieve the desired result?

    it’s a good price and may be worth a bit of modding.....
     
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  4. Samsgrandad

    Samsgrandad Senior Member

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    Total Triumph have modded the frames so that they fit the air cooled Bonnies, I am sure that with a bit of ingenuity the pannier mountings could be modified to fit but they won't fit straight on.
     
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  5. Bryn

    Bryn Well-Known Member

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    Thanks again :) I think though all I’ll need them for is the odd overnight with the Mrs....and I’ve had a rummage in the garage and found a custom made rack extender I had on my GS... I reckon a touratech 30L waterproof bag on that will do what I need o_O

    just need to make up some fixings to hold the rack extender on.... you won’t see the GS on it when there is a bag covering it...and I’d only fit it when I need to.... 292F7842-F08E-465F-BC78-DF4E9DD6B5AD.jpeg
     
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  6. String

    String Member

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    Do you have a link for the deal please Bryn?
     
  7. Samsgrandad

    Samsgrandad Senior Member

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    Go onto the total triumph website, www.totaltriumph.co.uk
    Search in the shop there are a number of offers like the panniers.
     
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  8. Bryn

    Bryn Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for posting the link :cool:

    these are on the website

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  9. Bryn

    Bryn Well-Known Member

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    And these are on eBay....cheaper

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