accessories » Luggage colour.

Hi all,
Before I finalise my order on a R1250 RS SE, I would appreciate your opinions on the best colour option of the luggage to go with the exclusive blue.

Thanks
Robin.

Unless they have added the dark blue option for lids I would thing the standard grey lids would be best.

Gloss black might be ok but I would want to see a picture first.

Hopefully members will post pictures showing which lid colors they have.

Last time I looked there was matte grey, gloss black, gloss white and gloss red.

Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #2

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Last time I looked there was matte grey, gloss black, gloss white and gloss red.

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the OP is in the UK. The UK website configurator shows a choice of black or grey luggage

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Hi all,
Before I finalise my order on a R1250 RS SE, I would appreciate your opinions on the best colour option of the luggage to go with the exclusive blue.

Thanks
Robin.

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Having them painted to match the bike is a good idea, I'll have a look.

Robin,

Where are you in the UK?

There was a dealer down South selling new with colour matched panniers. I suspect that is where mine originally came from because I bought 11 months old with colour matched panniers and then got a local paint shop in Bolton to colour match a 2nd hand Givi topbox.

Chris

PlacidoD I'm in Cumbria.

I may be wrong but I think it was Reiten Motorrad Cambridgeshire way that was offering colour matched luggage. Cannot see anything on their website currently.

There is one used bike for sale used which has the silver grey panniers on the MCN website. I don't think they work. I would go for the darker colour then get them sprayed at your leisure. If you plan to tour and want a top box the BMW offering is rather small. You are better off with Givi or similar. I went for an E460. I think anything much bigger does not look right on the RS.

I can dig out the paint code colour but doubtless your vendor can advise.

It cost me £100 to get the top box spray painted. I just supplied the paint code number. I doubt that you would triple that for 3 items. Half the work is ordering in the paint and cleaning up gear when finished.

P.S. You might want to consider Fred_jb's bike which is for sale via this site and comes complete with luggage? Of course if you are tied to a trade-in that will not be an option.

Chris

P.P.S. Have added a photo of mine for you to compare/consider.

Chris,
Many thanks for that, and may I say, "that is a very nice bike you have there".
The colour match really works for me. I have a givi top box which I intend to use, one quick question, does the givi plate fit ok on the BMW rack?
I've seen Fred_jb's bike for sale, and certainly looks a good deal. I'm treating myself to a new one for my 60th birthday, no part exchange, but my dealer is being kind to me on one or two extras.

Robin.

Robin,

The Givi plate fits fine on the BMW luggage rack (To be clear the luggage rack is an optional extra that you will have to specify. I had to buy one in lightly used for my used bike purchase)

However, if you can locate one, look to grab a Baccaruda plate. They set the top box further back by about 2 cm. A fella on this site and others (Norwegian from memory) did a limited production run of them. I fitted the Givi plate but then read about his plate and recently acquired one. The advantage is more space for a pillion. I have a back rest for the E460 but I took it off to give more space for the occasional pillion passenger.

If you ride mainly solo it is not something to fret about especially if you do as I did and leave the back rest off. And I think I would be wary of say a heavily loaded 56 litre top box set back further on the Baccaruda plate. - I very much like to keep weight inside the wheelbase.

Not sure when you will get delivery of your new stead but if it is long enough into the future you can maybe have my Givi plate when I swap. My mechanic Brian was liberal with the thread lock when fitting it so I am going to leave him to do the swap post 29th March as I think I may struggle!

P.S. Can dig out details of my paint shop man if you don't know anybody local. He has worked on my car as well as this bike. But of course best of all would be to haggle with you local dealer to include the spray job in your total price.

P.P.S. I am no keen on riding with the big Famsa tank bag - I just put it on for the photo but the smaller 10 litre bag looks just right and is permanently on the bike (And I picked up another one on Ebay for my F800GT. Shame they have gone bust.)

Chris

Chris,
Thanks for the information.

I have ordered the BMW rack, and like you I have the E460 givi top box, so hopefully all will work well.

I never ride with a pillion so position is not too crucial.

Having had a better look at the Motorrad brochure, and just about every picture available 😀, I'm going for the asphalt grey panniers and looking into having them and the top box lid colour matched (yes I'm copying yours 🤣)

Robin.

I strongly advise fitting a mud slinger to protect that expensive shock plus head guards (of which there lots of different makes). Everything else is down to personal preference. I have bar risers , a Givi screen, a Motomate remount of the Nav 6 holder above the TFT plus SW-Motech lowered footpegs.

There are loads of barely used Nav 6 Satnavs on Ebay if that suits your needs.

When do you expect delivery?

Chris