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'94 Transalp hard luggage

Hi folks,

Having just bought my first "big bike", a '94 Transalp, I am completely new to the world of bike travel. I intend to use the bike for commuting, travels to the Scottish Highlands and one or two longer trips per year, i.e. Eastern Europe, North Africa, etc.

I was planning to equip the bike with hard luggage, but neither of the top two contenders (Touratech & Metal Mule) offer a frame for a Transalp of this vintage. Could anyone recommend a good quality alternative, or does anyone have a second-hand pannier frame available for sale (in good condition)?!

All tips gratefully received!

Cheers,

Andy
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1. You could learn to weld? This guy here did a nice job:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/0ravem/

And this is a good model to copy:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...highlight=mamf

This aint bad either:
http://users.libero.it/elio.man/moto/panniers.htm

2. Find someone to make a rack for you

3. Otherwise, Happy Trails in the USA most certainly make a rack for the Transalp. I am pretty sure Givi do to. Most boxes will fit, with minimal modificatiopn onto a rack from another manufacturers: I know that Happy Trails make theirs so as to take a Givi box, for example.

This site has all you need for Transalps:
http://www.ta-deti.de/ta/index.html

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got a 97 transalp, and have just ordered some panniers from paul cave at eibc ltd. they come very highly recommended.

i'll let you know how it goes if you can wait.

dan
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Andrew, your email address is bad - all replies to this post bounce. If you'd like to get replies you need to correct your profile.

Besides. I'm tired of deleting your bounces!

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Check out Hepco & Becker, they make a great system for all year models of the TA, but expensive. Also, as stated above, Happy Trails in the USA makes a good system that I am currently using on my '89 TA.

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