jakfrost Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Anyone had any experience with these products...or recommendations for similar products? I would like to have an option for the large top case when traveling solo since I find it is responsible for some of the handling issues in windy/turbulent air. http://www.touratech-usa.com/shop/show.l...2B5CF8BE996704E and http://www.touratech-usa.com/shop/show.l...2B5CF8BE996704E Jim Link to comment
John Bentall Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I've got a BMW Softcase as in this thread http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/sh...true#Post672835 Holds my flip-up helmet. Link to comment
tallman Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 An advantage to hard topcases is that they can be locked securely. This provides additional storage and peace of mind. I rarely have an issue with handling using a GIVI 52L topcase. Then it is wind related and don't know that it would be different, or very much so, w/out it. Link to comment
John Bentall Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I agree with you Tim. I do indeed have a topbox as well for my laptop etc. ....but every time I lifted that heavy thing off the bike to clean it, I wondered how much more I would enjoy the ride with a soft tailpack. Comparatively harmless pleasure, I would say. Link to comment
Kritou Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 John - I'm shortly off to Morocco with a laptop - any tips or thoughts on packing/protecting it? Link to comment
Ken H. Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Pillion packing... Yes it's always good to pack your pillion with you. Opps, wrong question... Link to comment
Geraldh Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Jim, Motor Sports World is now an autorized dealer for Touratech. Link to comment
John Bentall Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Since I am just carting mine to work, it stays in its laptop bag. Sorry, no tips from me. Link to comment
s3steve Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Gerald, where is Motor Sports World? I'll assume up in Ottawa, can they order Touratech seats? Do you have any contact info? Thanks! Steve PS. GO Leafs GO!! We need all the help we can get! Link to comment
Geraldh Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Steve, yes MSW is located on Ottawa in the west end and in Kemptville (just south of Ottawa). Here's their website: Motor Sports World I'm going to Toronto next weekend if you need anything. Link to comment
Albion Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Yes, I bought the Touratech tail pack May last year. I can do no more than quote the email I sent Touratech after receiving the item: QUOTE It fits onto the tail of the RT1200RT beautifully and looks very nice indeed, complementing the BMW tank bag. However, I wonder if you have sent me the correct item, as it differs considerably from the description given on your website, and indeed on the catalogue you kindly included with the delivery? Specifically: Size: given as 20 litres, but on measurement, even being generous, this one is no more than 16 litres. This difference of 20% is significant. “Can be used as a shoulder bag using the straps supplied”: there are no straps beyond the ones attached to the bag itself. Not sure how these straps might be used to work as a carry strap, so perhaps there is something missing from the delivery? There is one plastic D-ring only, at the back of the bag where your swing-tickets are attached, which presumably is there to serve some purpose? “Small additional bag can also be stowed on the elastic luggage net on the top”: there is no elastic net on this one. (And whether the description implies that the small additional bag itself should be included within the deal, is not clear, maybe, maybe not. I could take it either way, so this is not an issue. I merely point that out just in case something else is missing.) I look forward to your comments. UNQUOTE YOU WOULD have thought that after all that they would amend their website entry. But no, the mis-description remains nearly a year later. Clearly no-one gives a stuff. I have to say that dealing with Touratech on this transaction was a complete nightmare for a variety of reasons. Including extremely slow deliveries, lousy communication. My view was that the UK distributor was working with both arms tied behind his back due to the Germans' utter lack of any recognisable organisation, and that any thoughts we might harbour about German efficiency have not visited Touratech head office. My thoughts regarding Touratech on admittedly this one occasion is that they could not successfully organise a bierfest in a brewery. So my friends, my advice is, approach any transaction regarding their luggage with extreme caution. Things ain't always what they seem. Oh, the bag itself is nice enough, they sent me somes staps, but I don't use it that much, cos it doesn't hold much more than a pack of sandwiches. Ho hum. Link to comment
Huzband Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Phooey! I thought this was another gun thread. Link to comment
jakfrost Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Thanks all...I had heard a couple of negative reports before regarding the Touratec gang and hence my queries. The K1200R sports bag looks like it might be worth looking into. I know I am one of those rare sensitive types that is annoyed by the lack of stability acerbated by use of the LARGE top case when riding solo and encountering windy and/or turbulent conditions, but since I have not been able to test the new Avon Storms presently wrapped around the front and rear hoops in the hope that THEY will help relieve the condition, I am continuing to look for other solutions before giving up and accepting the bike is a 'wanderer' in dirty air, especially with all 3 cases on the bike. Hope springs eternal, and I eternally hope for spring Link to comment
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