'94 Transalp hard luggage
 

Hi folks,

Having just bought my first "big bike", a '94 Transalp, I am completely new to the world of bike travel. I intend to use the bike for commuting, travels to the Scottish Highlands and one or two longer trips per year, i.e. Eastern Europe, North Africa, etc.

I was planning to equip the bike with hard luggage, but neither of the top two contenders (Touratech & Metal Mule) offer a frame for a Transalp of this vintage. Could anyone recommend a good quality alternative, or does anyone have a second-hand pannier frame available for sale (in good condition)?!

All tips gratefully received!

Cheers,

Andy

1. You could learn to weld? This guy here did a nice job:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/0ravem/

And this is a good model to copy:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...highlight=mamf

This aint bad either:
http://users.libero.it/elio.man/moto/panniers.htm

2. Find someone to make a rack for you

3. Otherwise, Happy Trails in the USA most certainly make a rack for the Transalp. I am pretty sure Givi do to. Most boxes will fit, with minimal modificatiopn onto a rack from another manufacturers: I know that Happy Trails make theirs so as to take a Givi box, for example.

This site has all you need for Transalps:
http://www.ta-deti.de/ta/index.html

Good luck.

Simon
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/kennedy/

got a 97 transalp, and have just ordered some panniers from paul cave at eibc ltd. they come very highly recommended.

i'll let you know how it goes if you can wait.

dan

Andrew, your email address is bad - all replies to this post bounce. If you'd like to get replies you need to correct your profile.

Besides. I'm tired of deleting your bounces! http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb/smile.gif

thanks, Grant

Check out Hepco & Becker, they make a great system for all year models of the TA, but expensive. Also, as stated above, Happy Trails in the USA makes a good system that I am currently using on my '89 TA.

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Dave
www.mototrekker.com

[This message has been edited by davidmc (edited 20 August 2005).]