General topics » Shad SH35 panniers fitted

I replied to an earlier thread about slimmer panniers saying that I would post when I had fitted mine. I've just got them on and taken a few pictures and measured the width.

Using my measuring sticks as shown in the first photo the width seems to be about 995 mm. The bars/mirrors seem to be about 900 mm wide, so the luggage sticks out nearly 50mm wider on each side which is a shame as I will have to remember this when filtering. Maybe I will stick something to the end of the bars to give me an indication of the rear width so that I can more easily assess whether I will fit through a gap! I could maybe mod the Shad RS frames to get a bit closer, but without removing the bits of rear bodywork below the pillion seat, it looks like what could be achieved would be very limited.

For comparison, my previous bike was a GS, and the bars on this were about 980 mm, but I managed to get the same SH35 panniers mounted in such a way that their width was exactly the same at 980 mm (15mm less than I now have on the RS) and being the same as the bars was ideal for knowing if I could get through gaps when filtering. However, I went to some lengths to achieve this by lowering the exhaust and fitting some Shad frames intended for another bike, after heavily modifying them to fit closer to the bike. The Shad frames intended for the GS were far too wide and not suitable for the mods I needed.








Here are the same panniers on my GS:

Good pics, looks great!

Fred,

Could you post a pic of the RS without the bags mounted? I would like to see what the mounts look like.

Thanks

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #3

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Fred,

Could you post a pic of the RS without the bags mounted? I would like to see what the mounts look like.

Thanks

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Here a few pictures hastily taken today (it started raining) of the Shad frames without the panniers fitted. As you can see the Shad frames are very unobtrusive, more so than the BMW ones IMO. This is one of the reasons I changed to Shad for most of my recent bikes, having used Givi in the past. The Givi scaffolding is really ugly, and I know they do a quick release version, but it is a faff having to remove it so I tended not to bother when I had it.








Standard BMW frames:

Fred;

Thanks for posting the all the pics. IMHO, with the bags fitted, the Shad units are better looking than the OEM units. Whether or not the bare Shad or OEM prackets are less obtrusive is debatable. The price difference between the Shad and OEM bags is not.

Here are some photos of the Shad mounting brackets on my RS. I installed these very soon after they became available and discovered that the muffler side didn't fit quite right and needed some adjustments to make them fit on the muffler hanger. I complained to the US Shad importer and it looks like they fixed the problem. However it all worked out OK and I have been happy with the panniers and the mounts. I especially appreciate how I can use the left side bracket to hold onto while placing my bike on its center stand.

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Fred, can you fit a modular, ie. Nolan N1xx, or the like, helmet in either case and lock it? It appears from the pic's that you most likely cannot. Stick

Hi Stick,

No you can't fit a full face helmet of any type in the SH35 panniers. I have previously owned the SH36 panniers which fit on the same mount, and you can get helmets in those, but they are 3 cms wider giving another 6 cm on the overall width. I use the Shad 58X top box which adjusts between three volumes, so can be used in the minimum slim setting while riding, and then expanded to take up to two full size helmets when parked, depending on what else you have in there of course!

Fred

That's uncanny.... how come you can fit a helmet in the BMW Touring and not in the SH35 ?

Zitat von Romawo im Beitrag #10

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That's uncanny.... how come you can fit a helmet in the BMW Touring and not in the SH35 ?

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