Photos - not great
 

Photos as promised, but the quality is not great.

I guess the key is that I have carbon Termis, so the bungees don't melt where they wrap down alongside the exhausts at the rear...

...and panniers do make a narrow bike rather wide (as the paint scuffs on mine prove, picked up while filtering through the usual queues on the Autostrada around Genoa...)!

Thanks for the pics. I have been looking at some humpbacks in a sale, so I think they may be the way to go. Sadly I dont have carbon termis, but I do have a bip, so I hope that the footpegs will help. I have a trip planned in a few weeks, so need to get myselt geared up!

No idea how much Ventura racks and stuff are new, but I came across this one this morning..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DUCATI-916-996-998-VENTURA-LUGGAGE-BAG-MOUNTING-RACK_W0QQitemZ130032766940QQihZ003QQcategoryZ30240 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Have to say, when we did Raid the Lakes earlier this year, I was extremely jealous of the guys with the Ventura luggage - did look incredibly easy and effective

Martin

This is a bike made for touring....




And this is a bike made for racing ( on race tracks )



One gets you there in comfort, the other gets you there in agony...

Why dont you get one of these insted?



Much more practical and easier on the Lower back, neck and wrists...

I have a Ventura system for sale
£120 if your interested ?

Quoting Van der Mauler
"a bike made for touring"

Surely that is a car - It has 4 wheels!

Certainly looks bigger and heavier then most cars, but you know what I`m saying...:lol:

The idea of "touring" on a luggage laden Ducati sports bike fills me with dread...

I would come back crippled and hating my bike and not wanting to ride it for months...

Its a crazy Idea, why do you think there are different types of bikes? stangely enough designed for a specific purpose ie:

Sports bikes - Race tracks
Tourers - touring
Sports tourers - fast touring
Cruisers - cruising/posing
Off road - off road riding.............the list goes on.

Why dont we have an off road/motoX day for everyone who owns a 999 or 749 :lol:

Van's comments are obviously made tongue in cheek, but of course some of us, I suspect, can only run to owning one bike (certainly only one Ducati! :rolleyes: ). So some compromises have to be made.

Of course, some posters here seem to change bikes every time the ashtrays are full, or run a large fleet of bikes, but that's beyond the means of those of us who don't work in organised crime or IT.

Organized crime or IT huh!!!

You shouldnt of shy`d away from hairdressing when you were 17, you could`ve been the next Nicky clarke.

Hairdresser`s....always the butt of the joke, but always have the last laugh...(all the Hairdresser I know are living very good lifestyles,Nice houses, FLASH cars,Birds,parties...its not a bad life )


And YES!!!! Very tongue in cheek...:D

More photos to show it can be done.

Sure, I could have done the journey from Istanbul-London_Istanbul on my BMW K1200RS ( comfy seat and riding position, heated grips, luggage, cruise control (!) etc etc) but that would have been tooooo easy :) Where is the challenge in that ?

...and yes it hurt a lot :)