hiya, I know this is an old thread but it helped me in getting a set of bike bins sorted out for my bike, a YBR custom 125.
I'd looked into panniers for my bike - non-existent or to large and unweildy/unsafe & wanted something big enough / strong enough without being overkill for my needs.
I already owned a pair of bikebins from my bicycle touring so knew that although the top flick over catches were good enough to keep the bin on the bike rack, the sideways bottom bit that goes around your rack post wouldnt be good enough and study enough for a motorbike. I tinkered around with various ideas involving bungees etc till I found klickfix (also called Rixen Kaul) had just started making moto parts - I sourced a set from here:
https://www.gundgshop.de/english/mountings/ - the ones which are lockable were the ones suited for me, they even do little 'universal' racks that can be used if your thinking about doing this yourself, but I had already had an excellent set of racks fabbed up and custom made for me by a mate. I had to take all the fittings off the back of the bikebins and redrill 3/4 holes in them and a larger hole to fit the lock part through into the inside of the bikebin, I used the plastic epoxy stuff you can get quite cheap off EBAY, DIY stores etc, to fill in the holes and make watertight around the inside edge of the lock part going inside the bin etc, its by no means neat but does the job well. I have wrapped some heatproof wrap stuff around the bottom of one bikebin, over the exhaust side of the bike, but tbh its overkill, as the exhaust never gets that hot anyway and the clearance is quite high on my bike as the exhaust is low-slung compared to standard YBR's! In regards to keeping the bins in one place on my rack, you get little clamp thingys with the moto sets when you buy, but these where too small for my rack bar thickness so I just used small hose clamps and wrapped plumber rubber amalgam tape around them a few times to take pointy edges off and keep waterproofed. Works a treat and solid.
Best bit is the profile of the bins is just a bit less than my bars so I know if I can fit my front end thru whatever gap I'm tryna get thru then my back end is ok also. The locks on my bikebins [older versions had locks built in, they now just have a gap bit you can put your own lock thru which is better] are flimsy but as a deterrent there ok, but yeah a determined thief would have no trouble getting into them. The locks onto the racks are great again as a deterrent but yeah again wouldn't take much to snap them off the bars if a person really wanted to nick 'em. I rarely leave my bike unattended in this way so not an issue for me. Thats pretty much it. Thanks to the original post person and the guy who posted photos of his bike with bike bins on them, for aiding me move towards a solution for this.
I got my bikebins for like £20 [b-stock was selling them on EBAY] each years ago, there roughly about £40 each when you buy a pair atm. 59euros for the Klickfix MOTO fittings, universal rack If you want it - 89euros, I got my racks made for about £50 by a mate who makes bespoke gates. Misc bits - glue/tape etc say around £10/15 at most. Job done.
Image shows bikebins on my bike - no image of other exhaust side atm or close up of the racks I got made but if anyone is interested I can post those pics up for you.
