Touratech Pannier Racks Installation: BMW R1300GS

[@tapadog1941]

Another great video. Even a complete clown of a mechanic like me can follow the steps and get it done!

[@Wattorok]

Nice of you to show how to hide the leftover wires

[@dfrick09]

My wires were secured under the seat with zip ties which were not obvious. Once I clipped them the wires were easy to push up through.

[@hansbakken5805]

This video does not talk at all about replacing the main fasteners that hold the whole rear turn signal / blind spot radar / license plate assembly to the bike’s subframe. After removing the final bolts holding the Vario pannier mounts, (they were the third Vario mounting point underneath the fender and are not used to mount the Touratech racks) - the BMW bolts are too long to bolt the assembly back to the subframe after removing the Vario racks. You will need to find some shorter fasteners or some spacers, neither are provided with the kit. If you don’t put any fasteners in here, the whole rear assembly is loose and flopping around. Also the instructions for stashing the wires are wrong - the “middle” bolts that the mechanic in the video removed have nothing to do with the sub fender, they only hold the BMW grab rail in place. There’s a completely separate set of bolts in the sub fender that you have to remove so the assembly comes loose. Then there are four more zip ties that have to be cut, two on each side otherwise you can’t even move the wires. This video could use some work, especially since the kit does not come with any sort of printed instructions.

[@tubetypechannel]

Not yet seen a video explaining just that, and if you just want to remove the vario racks you will also need to replace one very long bolt on each side.

[@Den-g9e]

I was left with a small rubber bung in the bolt package what is this for 🤔

[@lancechia6716]

@hansbakken5805 100% Correct; just installed mine yesterday. At first I thought I'd made an error but then realised what those two extra T40 bolts were for. It would look ridiculous if you used spacers to use the original bolts. Luckily I have a number of bolt sets and had two shorter bolts of the correct thread to replace them with and hold the rear assembly (used threadlock to be sure). The two T25 (I think) bolts (way up inside the tail assembly moulding at a bit of an angle) do provide some fixation of the assembly but not enough on their own. As for the wires, 100% again. You pretty much have to pull that rear assembly apart and clip two sets of cable ties to release those cables enough to relocate them inside. Touratech have been doing this for a while so I'm sure they'll address this deficiency in time.

[@solobobo2158]

Really? The hard wear is one allen head, one hex head and one torx head. SMH