accessories » SW Motech Urban ABS

Hi,

I planning on picking up my new R1250RS later this week and I’m trying to decide on whether to get the OEM side cases or the S-W Motech Urban ABS cases. I like the minimalist look of the Urban ABS but was wondering if anyone had any experience with them and what your thoughts were? Here’s a link to them - https://sw-motech.com/cgi-bin/cosmoshop/lshop.cgi . Thanks in advance for everyone’s help.

Dan

Zitat von Dan_R im Beitrag #1

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Hi,

I planning on picking up my new R1250RS later this week and I’m trying to decide on whether to get the OEM side cases or the S-W Motech Urban ABS cases. I like the minimalist look of the Urban ABS but was wondering if anyone had any experience with them and what your thoughts were? Here’s a link to them - https://sw-motech.com/cgi-bin/cosmoshop/lshop.cgi . Thanks in advance for everyone’s help.

Dan

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FYI, if capacity is more important than aesthetics, the OEM cases will each hold a full face helmet (with Sena 20S attached)

I haven’t tried the SW Motech Urban ABS cases, but I know I’d be reluctant to have less space than provided in the OEM panniers, so I’d go for the BMW ones. That said I do like the SW Motech City tankbag - works really well for me, nice quality too.

I saw a set this spring mounted on a Ducati and they looked nice.
Depends on how much stuff you carry on trip.
We had BMW Sport Cases on our K1300Ss and I think they were 17 liters unexpanded. We toured with them unexpanded.

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Picture of the mount.
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Interesting mounting for the Duc. Looks like it would make getting on the bike a little tight

Zitat von duccrazydave im Beitrag #6

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Interesting mounting for the Duc. Looks like it would make getting on the bike a little tight

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Thanks for all the comments. I'm just looking to hold a few things mainly riding gear, for any longer trips, I would strap a bag to the rack. I think on the BMW it does not ride up as high as on the Ducati. Here's a pic I found:

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Zitat von Dan_R im Beitrag #8

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Thanks for all the comments. I'm just looking to hold a few things mainly riding gear, for any longer trips, I would strap a bag to the rack. I think on the BMW it does not ride up as high as on the Ducati. Here's a pic I found:

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I'll second Lee's comment on the tailbag. Very secure mounting and amazing how much stuff you can cram in there, considering it's size

Zitat von Dan_R im Beitrag #1

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Hi,

I planning on picking up my new R1250RS later this week and I’m trying to decide on whether to get the OEM side cases or the S-W Motech Urban ABS cases. I like the minimalist look of the Urban ABS but was wondering if anyone had any experience with them and what your thoughts were? Here’s a link to them - https://sw-motech.com/cgi-bin/cosmoshop/lshop.cgi . Thanks in advance for everyone’s help.

Dan

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Zitat von duccrazydave im Beitrag #3

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FYI, if capacity is more important than aesthetics, the OEM cases will each hold a full face helmet (with Sena 20S attached)

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That's not the worst thing anyone has ever said about me, lol. Yeh, my medium Shoei Air GT and my wife's medium Sedici Strada both fit