NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/motorcyc/45232

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From: [e-mail] (William E. Johns)
Subject: SUMMARY:  Hard Luggage for R80Rs
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 23:53:59 GMT
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A few days ago, I asked for info on hard luggage for an R80RS.  Here are
the replies that I managed to get.  I lost one somehow.  The gist of
that note was to contact a friendly local BMW dealer and see if they
could find luggage off of a pavement challenged bike.  I am including
the whole message I sent out with the first reply.  YO Pasker, I think
there is an address or two in here you might want to check against the
Yellow Pages.

Hope this helps someone.

Ride Free,

Bill
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From: Mark Bergman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:Hard Luggage for R80RS

In article <[e-mail]> you write:
>A student here at WSU has a really clean R80RS >without< hard luggage,
>something he is thinking about correcting.  He is looking with horror at
>the list price and wonders if ===>
>
>a) anyone knows the best place to get hard luggage for something like an
>   R80RS, including the mounting frames, or,
>
>b) if anyone has any hard luggage and or mounting frames for his bike
>   they are looking to sell.
>
>Please send mail directly to Bob Frasier at [e-mail]
>or you can reply to me and I'll forward your info.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bill

Please summarize replies to appease the hungry net-gods.
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Mark Bergman    '77 KZ1000  (Biker, Stagehand, (former) Unix user support grunt)
Brooklyn, NY
718-855-9148

[e-mail]
{cmcl2,uunet}!panix!bergman
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From: Your Name Here <[e-mail]>


Well funny you should ask!!!

I am in the process uncluttering my life and garage.

I have a set of Krauser bags with universal mounts that I would
be willing to part with.

Also I have an old Windjammer with the external turn signals and
a mount that was last on an old style 750 Honda. The windjammer
is a silver color. with pop vents, storage pocket and lockable
compartment.

My present livery would not look good with this equipment

Andrew Wolf
home
 208 342 6428
Boise ID

67 Triumph Bonneville
66 BSA Spitfire
74 Ducati 750GT RED
65 MGB
67 Honda 305 superhawk for sale

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From: [e-mail] (Gary Wasserman)

Tell him to call Capital Cycle in Sterling, VA at 1-800-642-5100.

If they can't fix him up with luggage no one can.

By the way, Bob's BMW (formerly Used Parts) is a good source, too.  They
may have a set of bags/mounts off a wreck, etc..  Try them at 301-924-5155.

-Gary

Gary Wasserman      "A completely irrational attraction to BMW bikes"
Interleaf, Inc.      Prospect Place, 9 Hillside Ave, Waltham, MA 02154
[e-mail]        617-290-4990x3423 FAX [phone]       DoD#0216
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From: [e-mail] (Charlie Smith)

Here's one solution, not sure if it's feasable for his needs.

I wanted to put hard bags on my '84 R80-GS/PD, and already had a K1100-LT
sitting in the other corner of the garage.  After studying the situation
for a bit, a friend told me that BMW made bag holders for an R bike to
take K bike hard bags ...  :-), investigated further.  They sure do, but
the holders are for a regular R bike, not a GS (which has a high muffler
along the left side of the luggage rack).  I got the R/K bag holders anyway
and constructed brackets to install them on the R80-GS/PD; this lets me
use the K1100-LT bags on the R80 - particularily since the K1100 bags are
even larger than the earlier ones this works real good.  That is, if you
ignore the aqua colored hard bags on a white and orange R80!!  Now if I
can just weld up a frame to mount the LT tail trunk onto the R80 luggage
rack ...

For your friends need - if he gets the BMW R bike holders for K bags, they
should bolt right onto the R80-RS, and then he should get a set of older
K bike hard bags from a scrap yard, like Bob's BMW in Maryland.  Going this
way, he has lockable hard bags using factory parts, which should enhance the
resale value of his bike when that time comes around.


Charlie Smith   [e-mail]  [e-mail]  whois ces10
  DoD #0709   doh #0000000004  &  AMA, MOA, RA, Buckey Beemers, BK Ohio V
                BMW K1100-LT, R80-GS/PD, R27, Triumph TR6
                          Columbus, Ohio USA

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Subject: Re: Hard Luggage for R80Rs
From: Dustin Kassman <[e-mail]>

Bob,

Capital Cycle, Inc. sells the old style (pre-K bike) Krauser saddlebags
under the name Hepco & Becker.  The July '92 issue of Rider magazine had
a review of them.  You can contact Capital Cycle at [phone] or
1508 Moran Road, P.O. Box 528, Sterling, VA 20167 for a set of brochures
on Hepco & Becker and Givi brand saddlebags.

Also, Swanee & Co., Inc. just started to advertise fairings, air dams,
and luggage in Rider.  I have not dealt with them but am going to give
them a call at [phone].  Their address is 1550 Main Street,
Milton Freewater, OR 97862.

                                Good luck,
                                Dustin Kassman