Old-Git wrote:
Bah. I would have had these. Ah well, question for you please - like you I ride with just the top box most of the time, but panniers will go on for longer rides / tours, how long does it take to fit / remove these bars?Thanks Nick
Hi Nick. Well, they're not quick, but I'd say you could do it in thirty minutes once you'd done it a couple of times.
The only awkwardness is where the BMW designers, in their wisdom, decided to have part of the bodywork under the seat swoop over and partially cover the upper of the two footrest bracket mounting bolts... But there is a simple workaround. There is a bolt securing part of the underside of the bodywork a few centimetres further along towards the rear of the bike. Remove this and you can gently bend the bodywork up and get access to the footrest bracket bolt. I used three layers of electrical insulation tape on the bodywork at that point to make sure I didn't mar the paintwork. I've done it twice now and there's not a mark on the paint.
I would say that the Heed bars are well made and, unlike the Wunderlich engine bars I have, all the holes lined up perfectly.
Hope that helps.
You can see the offending area of bodywork in this pic:
