I was going to start a thread a few weeks ago about the various pannier versions and what goes with what, but I didn’t!, so I only have myself to blame for my current predicament....
The first photo shows the rack that I acquired with the sundry (early) R45 parts that I picked up a few months ago.
The next 2 photos are of the panniers that I picked up yesterday and clearly, they mount very differently. The last photo is stolen off eBay and I assume that is the correct mount for these panniers.
I had checked with the seller and he confirmed that the panniers were original BMW and he had them advertised as being R65. When I picked them up he told me the story of how he acquired them and it turns out that they were actually from an R45.
Of course once I got them home I realised that they had no chance of fitting my rack.
The seller was a very nice bloke and he has had a string of R65’s over the years, but he should known that these were incompatible with the early style mounts. As far as I can work out, these would fit the mounts on Monoshock R65/80/100’s, as per the eBay mount? As far as I can see they didn’t make a Mono R45?
So, before I ask for my bux back, could someone please confirm that I’ve got my facts straight? And I guess the next question is if the later style mounts can be adapted to the earlier shorter twinshock subframe?
Thanks for your help.
