Side case mounts ever break??

[twilmotte]

Just curious if anyone has had (or heard of) a problem with the mounting "hooks" on the R1150RT side cases ever cracking or breaking off. I'm careful not to overload mine with too much weight, but looking at them, I can't see how they would be easily fixed if they cracked or broke off. Is there a metal "rebar" support in amongst the composite material? TIA

[Tony_K]

All plastic. Anything can break. Those usually don't. Load up and ride on!

[smiller]

The only time I've ever heard of them breaking is due to an accident.

[sqhunter]

I have never had a problem with the external plastic hooks. However, I had the lower metal locking device break when I had a stationary tip-over.

[Urban Surfer]

I broke one of those plastic hooks off when I hit a large pot hole in Mexico. It's possible that the case was not sitting properly. I also bent both rims,

 

I replaced the back of the case, kept the lid and locking system.

[tallman]

The only time I've ever heard of them breaking is due to an accident.

 

 

GT knocked over by an R1100 S which was pushed into it by a minvan.

All the bikes were legally parked.

Luggage rail on the landing side (opposite direction of push) broke.

[LGannon]

I've broken the cast alloy hook twice when the bike got knocked over, first time I paid the €120.00 for a complete locking mechanism, second time I put a screw through the plastic to keep the case in place

[Sidmariner]

Haven't broken the bracket hooks yet, but my starboard extra-large lid cracked along the length of the rubbing strake when a Lexus SUV pushed my bike over.

 

Also, the little plastic bracket on the inside of the lid that the lid-retaining strap snaps into broke. Several attemps to repair and beef it up have failed so I've had to jury-rig some bungy straps to the inside of the lid to stop it from hitting the ground when I load up.

 

 

[Gregori]

I once bought a system case that'd had a mount-hook repaired. The fix looked nicely done, and worked fine.