Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > Panniers on a 748/916? Advice please

[Douglas]

Hi

Anyone used Oxford panniers on their 748/916? Or any advice on using panniers on a 748 etc?

[antonye]

Don't!

Get a Ventura Luggage System instead - best bit of kit for touring without doubt.

[Steve B]

Seconded.

Ventura makes the impossible - simple and comfortable.

1000 miles in two days last year in France with no problems.

Steve

[BDG]

Thirded, Ventura, throwaway the throwovers!

[BDG]

Ventura pic

[Douglas]

Chaps, Thanks for the advice. Having looked at the Ventura system on the web, I can see its the business, the only problem is trhat they are beyond my means at present!

What are the problems with panniers? I have an old seat unit which I thought i might fit with the luggage, so I can gaffer tape it up to my hearts content. I was wondering about the exhausts, do they touch the panniers, or does the shape of the seat unit hold them away? I need an interim solution until I can afford the pukka stuff!

[istanbulian]

I also could not afford Ventura but I recently did 3,000km in 2 days on my 748 SPS travelling from Istanbul to London and used a combination of a tank bag and an Oxford tail-pack on the tail section of the bike. Provided you put some sort of baffle between the tailpack and the seat unit your paint will survive. I used rubber table-matting; worked a treat. With plenty of bungess from the tail pack to the footrest hangers it was rock-solid.

The only problem with a tank bag is that it prevents you from getting close to the tank and thus limits effective top speeds to c 160-170kph unless you have a strong neck !

[bradders]

if you dont have rear pegs, ie not a bip, then tieing down is also difficult. I looked at doing this with a tail pack I have and, regardless of potential paint damage, there is no where to bungy them down.

[rcgbob44]

Luggage on a 916.................................blasphemy!

[Clippy]

Oxford Humpback Throwovers work quite well on a 998 - I've done 2 trips to Italy with these and they're far more stable than a tailpack as the weights lower down and therefore causes less wobble against the single pin-type lock at the back of the seat unit.

I bungee under the numberplate holder at the back, and run a bungee between the subframe and the heatguard at the front (just behind the shock) and everything stays where it should all the way to 150+ mph.

I'll post a couple of photos if/when I can find them...

Giles