ho trovato delle interessantissime borse " anteriori laterali " della FAMSA che però non vengono prodotte per le nostre picie; qualcuno però è riuscito ad adattare in modo egregio un modello per un' altra moto, credo...
...perchè è scritto tutto in inglese e non ho capito bene come hanno fatto, chiedo aiuto, potrebbe davvero interessare molto a parecchi centauri spero...
-The FAMSA Tank Pannier Experiment
Never content with the status quo, I was curious as to whether FAMSA was going to produce a tank pannier variant, similar to the other kits in use. It seems that if properly positioned so as to not interfere with the flow-thru vents on the side panels, a set of tank panniers would be a valuable addition to the cargo carrying capacity of the 800.
Upon being advised that a tank set was not likely imminent, I set about to see if one of my current sets of tank panniers could be adopted, having already gone through the exercise with the Versys.
I had two sets available – one with short sleeves from an original GS set and one with longer sleeves from a DL-1000 tank set that had seen duty on one of the Adventures. In any case, the longer sleeve tank panniers, when positioned approximately where they would connect to the tank pad, were almost ideally located on the F800GS....
After taking some pictures, the whole thing got put aside for a couple of months. With a longer trip to Florida looming as opportunity to evaluate more stuff, a hasty sketch of a dummy-tank-panel pad was drawn up and faithfully produced in ballistic nylon by Eric, a fellow GS rider.
Eric’s rendering was laid across the dummy tank panel and each side pannier zipped to its mate that he had sewn on to the home grown pad – et voilà! Within another hour and in adopting a generic strapping approach, again similar to that used for the Versys installation, the test set was securely mounted.
The setup works well. I have repositioned the bags forward just a bit more to provide more clearance between the inner wall of the tank panniers and the edge of the side panel, keeping a good stream of warm air moving off the radiator and out the side vents.
I knew it was important to keep that air flowing....my legs were nice and warm during the cool late evening runs back from Daytona, but getting pretty toasty in the +20C temperatures we had over the final few days. The temperature gauge on the GS never moved however, so I the current positioning will work well.
A snap-in accessory vent kit is now available for the F800GS and from looking at the pictures of them in place, they might serve double duty: to better direct the air flow and, force more clearance between the side panels and the tank panniers. Once the vent kit has been procured, I will provide further feedback.
grazie e ciao a tutti