I wonder if the rubber blocks are with the bike or a part of the touring kit/panniers. Anyone have an bike which didn't come with tour pack can you enlighten us ?
They come with the panniers My bike was touring - but I ordered standard S - dealer took off the brackets and rubbers to go with panniers that he was putting in stock to sell.
Only guessing but I suspect Ducati handed the whole pannier project over to Givi to sort out ... and they cocked it up.
I think Ducati also sub-out the LED lights, Hands Free system (inc. fuel cap), the dashboard and maybe even the handle bar switches to the the Zadi group. Just because the (detail) design and manufacture are subcontracted doesn't mean that Ducati have no responsibility for the component / assembly.
Been to my local dealer today and they've confirmed the S tourer is now being supplied with colour coded panniers as standard. They had the first one arrive this week. Don't know if that helps anyone.
Touring around, I have now removed and replaced the DVT panniers many times, including while fully laden. When you have unlocked and lifted the handle, you have to slide the pannier backwards about one inch, then you can pull it off the bike. I notice that if you do not do this very carefully, you can find that one of the hooks has come free but the other one is still engaged in its slot. And if you lift the pannier while one hook is engaged, that would place great stress on that hook. I think that is probably what has happened with hooks snapping off, as several people have reported. You have to make sure the pannier is slid fully backwards and both hooks are fully disengaged before pulling.
No doubt the position of detaching the panniers depends also whether you are on the side-stand or center-stand.
I've had mine on and off a good few times now I sprayed a little bit of silicone spray on the rubber and mounting points and it seems to be fine. Ensure that the panniers are fully forward before you try and lock them on and lock them in gently keeping an eye on the clips while doing so.
That's it rub it in some of us are stuck with silver ones till they start selling the panels as an option, enjoy the bike, looks great
Franksie, stick some gaffer tape over the silver bits so you can't see them, save £98 then,(£2 for the tape)
Thanks Bolds, I,ll see what Riders have to say, found them on a German website so must be available to order.
I was complaining already before I got the bike for small size (57l) of the side panniers. However after being now three weeks on the road I must admit that together with the top case we had two people enough clothes so that we washed only socks and few t-shirts during this whole time. The pannier liners are very handy but even having these fully packed there was left some extra space for a pair of trainers and phone chargers. Having red this thread earlier we've been very careful when mounting the panniers to the bike to avoid any damages. Using the extra space left over the liners meant that the panniers had to be mounted loaded. I found this actually making the mounting easier as the hardest part of this task proved to be bringing the pannier to the lock point after turning the key. One disturbing factor though is the 10kg limit per pannier plus the 180kph speed limit. Having been using Givi top cases for a while I chose to ignore the load limit and packed a hefty 18kg on it plus 12kg on each pannier. All cases seemed to have survived the load with no damage. I kept the speed under 180kph with only occasional bursts up to 200kph and at some point banged a 230kph when a group of 'cow' - read R1200GS- riders tried to contest me. I remember shifting down to 4th gear before I saw them fading on my mirrors in the horizon :Mooning:
