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

[VanDaMauler]

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...

[istanbulian]

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

[moto748]

Originally Posted by istanbulian

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

Fair play to you, istanbulian!

About how many kilometres was the trip?

[dst1]

I am sorry but looking at that pic of a fully laden 916/996 just fills me with dread...How on earth do you ride it with that big bag on the tank.

You guys have my respect for touring on a 916/996.

My backside looks like a baboons after only an hour in the saddle

[istanbulian]

Well it was a total of about 6,500Km.

Istanbul to London in 2 days on outbound leg(Bari to Calais in less than 24hours ); London to Istanbul ona more leisurely timetable of 3 days !

DSt1 you are absoluely correct.....its just as well that the fuel capacity only gives a range of 200km because after the first day of in excess of 1,000km by 200 your backside is screaming for a rest.

However the north Greek mountain roads and the Kavalla by-pass ( East of Thessaloniki) are just a dream on a Duke; makes it all worthwhihe

[BDG]

Total respect Istanbulian for doing that, i love the leisurely 3 day return comment. Top man.

[Douglas]

Well chaps, just to bring you up to date, I bought an Oxford Sports Pannier from M&P for £54. I have just returned from my trip when I did over 2100 miles in the week, all in the UK. The Panniers were fine, if a bit fiddly to take on and off.

I tie wrapped them to the pillion grab handle, and bungeed them as described by Istanbullian, and they were totally stable. I used plastic bags inside around the contents rather than the waterproof covers to keep things dry.

I will however look out for some Ventura systems when I have the means!