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Offline john11668

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Luggage sizes
« on: April 21, 2016, 11:58:08 AM »
My bike came with side tragkorbs but no top box . I was disappointed to find thet the tragkorbs did not have space for a helmet .
So I sought a top box and found one on Fleabay  All very nice and I now have full luggage,  but even that wont accommodate the Helmet either.
Wonder what BMW were thinking about?
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Offline F14CRAZY

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2016, 12:03:47 PM »
The 35L top case fits my medium HJC full face helmet and my wife's at the same time. I think hers is an XS.

I often keep my helmet with the bike on one of the pegs and use a bicycle cable lock to lock it to the peg plate. Doesnt work well if raining though.
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2016, 12:12:05 PM »
My previous XXL modular helmets fit in my tragkorb, but my Schuberth won't.  Had to position them just right but they did fit.  Don't care for a huge topbox so I carry my helmet now.
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2016, 12:28:35 PM »
Quote from: john11668 on April 21, 2016, 11:58:08 AM
My bike came with side tragkorbs but no top box . I was disappointed to find thet the tragkorbs did not have space for a helmet .
So I sought a top box and found one on Fleabay  All very nice and I now have full luggage,  but even that wont accommodate the Helmet either.
Wonder what BMW were thinking about?
30 years ago when the cases were designed...helmets were not as big as they are today, if worn at all.  not a BMW engineering problem....
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Offline johnny

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2016, 12:53:26 PM »
greetings...

i donts ride with my helmet in no luggage box... cause its on my head...

thats what bmw was thinking...

j o
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Offline john11668

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2016, 04:52:19 PM »
Quote from: F14CRAZY on April 21, 2016, 12:03:47 PM
The 35L top case fits my medium HJC full face helmet and my wife's at the same time. I think hers is an XS.

I often keep my helmet with the bike on one of the pegs and use a bicycle cable lock to lock it to the peg plate. Doesnt work well if raining though.

We do get a bit of rain here F14crazy  especially in my part of UK
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Offline john11668

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2016, 04:55:59 PM »
Quote from: johnny on April 21, 2016, 12:53:26 PM
greetings...

i donts ride with my helmet in no luggage box... cause its on my head...

thats what bmw was thinking...

j o

Hell I never thought of that Johnny.
But where do I put it when I park up for an hour or two ?
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Offline Chaos

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2016, 05:52:27 PM »
Emgo makes a very decent box that hold most helmets, I have one on my Ural and it has held up well.  You'll need some sort of rack to mount the base on.
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Offline Martin

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2016, 07:28:04 PM »
I can fit my helmet in one of my tragkorbs but not the other they are the Type 3. But I put my helmet closed on my RH mirror and cable lock it to the fork. If you close it, it won't get wet when it rains. In high crime areas you can also attach an alarmed disc lock to the strap buckle.
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2016, 07:47:16 PM »
On my 1100GS, one is a little larger, and will fit a helmet, even a Shuberth. But I hadn't tried to put those bags on the K100, though I don't see why they wouldn't mount. The K75 bags won't take the Shuberth. I use cable locks, cause the bags are already full of other stuff, and if I'm not hauling stuff, I don't ride with empty bags.So...........inquiring minds want to know, are 1985-1996 tragkorbs ( why do we use a French words for a German bag?), interchangeable for mounting on K75/100/1100? We should ask Laitch, he will know.
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2016, 09:09:59 PM »
Quote from: TrueAce on April 21, 2016, 07:47:16 PM
. . . why do we use a French words for a German bag?
Its mellifluence is more attractive than its Teutonic equivalent.
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2016, 09:24:29 PM »
OK, Mr. World Traveler, what's wrong with "TRAGKORB"! Kinda rolls off the tongue...........take this TRAGKORB  and ........!
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2016, 09:36:19 PM »
Quote from: TrueAce on April 21, 2016, 09:24:29 PM
OK, Mr. World Traveler, what's wrong with "TRAGKORB"! Kinda rolls off the tongue...........take this TRAGKORB  and ........!
Not a thing, Ace, and now that you're using it, it's bound to go viral. I can almost hear it echoing among the mesas and spectacular geologic formations of our great Southwest as they become veiled by the gossamer hydrocarbon clouds spewing from your Ural's pipes.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2016, 10:52:00 PM »
Well, since we have a perfectly proper word for "tragkorbs", I am requesting K Command to ban "tragkorbs" and require the proper term "Tragkorb" from now on!
BTW my FI BMW sidecar badged as a URAL as part of my disguise doesn't smoke at all, unlike the two Harleys here in the campground.
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2016, 10:56:46 PM »
Quote from: TrueAce on April 21, 2016, 10:52:00 PM
BTW my FI BMW sidecar badged as a URAL as part of my disguise doesn't smoke at all, unlike the two Harleys here in the campground.
Al Gore will be sending you a medallion, Ace. Drop him a line indicating the nearest general delivery on your itinerary.
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Offline F14CRAZY

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2016, 11:20:24 PM »
The decal under the seat and I think the manual just call them saddlebags, not side cases, not tragkorbs (which seems to be more of a bicycle term)
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2016, 11:27:22 PM »
Quote from: F14CRAZY on April 21, 2016, 11:20:24 PM
The decal under the seat and I think the manual just call them saddlebags
I think it has been pretty well established by now that they're called "tragkorbs" by the intelligentsia, although there are bound to be pockets of resistance—label manufacturers, for instance.
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2016, 11:53:01 PM »
Oh, that's authoritative ,F14, an ENGLISH LANGUAGE LABEL!. Let's just call a Tragkorb a Tragkorb, and be done with the issue. The term "tragkorbs" is actually a British affectation from an attempt to out-snob the French.
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Offline john11668

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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #18 on: April 22, 2016, 04:53:50 AM »
Wow ,
And there was I just wondering wher to put my helmet  :bmwsmile
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #19 on: April 22, 2016, 10:32:58 AM »
tragkorbs > carrying basket
tragkorb > basket
baskets > Körbe
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #20 on: April 22, 2016, 10:39:42 AM »
Quote from: john11668 on April 22, 2016, 04:53:50 AM
Wow ,
And there was I just wondering wher to put my helmet  :bmwsmile

And now you know.  Ain't this wonderful?
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #21 on: April 22, 2016, 11:10:09 AM »
From now on, when you see somebody use that snooty "tragkorbs", just give a BAMBAM-style shout "TRAGKORBS"!
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2016, 11:23:49 AM »
Actually, the word intended was "tragkorbs".
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2016, 11:27:10 AM »
HA! The High K Command has inserted an automatic conversion of "P-A-N-N-I-E-R" to TRAGKORB! Love it!
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Re: Luggage sizes
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2016, 11:52:14 AM »
Maybe I'll just use the term System 3 luggage
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