Installation instructions for R1200S pannier rails

DaveH · Post by **DaveH** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:55 am

Droptarotter wrote:Paul;
Are you going to keep the passenger pegs on?
If not.....you can mount the rail directly to the subframe. No spacers are required when the passenger pegs are removed.
Cheers

Have just arranged the purchase of Steves panniers so will be fitting em asap.

Is the above statement correct - it seems logical that with the passenger footpegs removed, spacers WOULD be needed to keep everything in line rather than the other way round as the lugs are designed to bolt on top of the footrest brackets rather than directly to the subframe acording to the diagram in the RepRom.

herrman · Post by **herrman** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:33 am

Hi,
If you are going to fit spacers they should go between the pannier rail and the subframe. When I did mine I just bolted direct to the subframe with shorter bolts and its been like that for over 60K miles with no problems.

Regards Peter.

Steve1200S · Post by **Steve1200S** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:17 am

Dave, the hanger on the pannier is adjustable to suit the rack position. I'm sure you could do without the spacers and adjust the hanger to suit.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:11 pm

If you're using a hole cutter for plastic, try it in reverse - saves splintering the plastic as it comes out the other end

DaveH · Post by **DaveH** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:01 am

dave the german wrote:If you're using a hole cutter for plastic, try it in reverse - saves splintering the plastic as it comes out the other end

Will be using a cone cutter - much neater