Just got the bike back after its month long engine rebuild. Straight away checked my pannier rubbers. Wow, they're built to get lost! Will drill mine (through the rubber & metal) and then shove black Sugru through the hole. Once that dries it'll look perfect and they won't budge.
Having lost one from my 2013 even though it was glued I decided to do something more permanent with the DVT Hole drilled but not all that way through. Thread cut, screw and hard rubber washer prepared Countersunk hole for screw head and washer' Screw in place Dab of black silicone to conceal screw
Mine are still drilled and cable tied. I have every intention of making it neater... One day [emoji6]
Good question, no particular reason for leaving them on other than the bike came with them like that and now it's done I can just forget about them.
True JH, one second to put the rubber on added to the five seconds to put the pannier on does drag things out a bit!!! Jon.
If you can fit them both in 1 second i'll rim a badger. If you use the panniers once in a blue moon, fine. I use mine about 40% of the time (and I ride A LOT!) so I much prefer them to not be one more thing I have to do, along with the boots, gloves, helmet & wait for it to hit 40 temp. It strikes me as odd that someone would rather store them and faff around, than fix the issue properly once and never have to deal with it again. With my usage it'd be like me having to fit a temporary fridge door handle every time i wanted to open the fridge. Long term it just makes sense
I did mean per side! True, you have a different usage to me, I use them only four or five times a year. My rubbers are stuck on with builder's industrial glue, and I take the pannier hangers off the pillion pegs when not in use (most of the time) because they look rubbish! Jon.
