[speedtoys.racing]

Short story..after a stroke in 2017 its hard as all to raise my leg enough to cleanly clear the back of the bike every time, maybe 1 in 3 times a boot doesnt hit something...

I have Xpel film coming to cover bike surfaces (love this stuff on my 928)..and it will help, but will still show scuffing, but not mess up the paint at least.

Anything else I should be looking at?

 

[reg26]

Have you tried with the bike on the side stand putting your left foot on the riders peg and then swinging your leg over?

 

[speedtoys.racing]

Have you tried with the bike on the side stand putting your left foot on the riders peg and then swinging your leg over?

Honestly, I have not. But that will turn into a 'trust' issue, I lost my right side inner ear, so when I lose contact with 'level ground' a level of vertigo creeps in. But two feet on pegs, and the bike maintaining a 'level feel' as it leans and rides, allows that new sense of 'am I standing up straight' still work, and has proven to work the same way when flying too.

But..I'll try that out!!

Im literally learning to ride a bile all over again..had the 650GT scooter for 3yrs..was fun, but allowed a few bad habits to take hold I'm learning now too.

 

[PhantomBlade]

I step through the bike as Reg26 described.

 

[speedtoys.racing]

Honestly, I have not. But that will turn into a 'trust' issue, I lost my right side inner ear, so when I lose contact with 'level ground' a level of vertigo creeps in. But two feet on pegs, and the bike maintaining a 'level feel' as it leans and rides, allows that new sense of 'am I standing up straight' still work, and has proven to work the same way when flying too.

But..I'll try that out!!

Im literally learning to ride a bile all over again..had the 650GT scooter for 3yrs..was fun, but allowed a few bad habits to take hold I'm learning now too.

Ok..that "works", on and off. Thanks!

 

[AHD43]

I don't know.....no disrespect intended. If I was in your shoes the last thing I would worry with are a few boot marks on my panniers. Ride On!!!

 

[rockitcity]

I use my right hand to help my leg clear the panniers. Plus a little cleaner wax takes the scuffs off if not too deep

 

[judgedelta]

Perhaps different boots with softer soles would make the scuffs less severe. My FJR came from previous owner with Techspec pannier guards. These are for the RT: BMW R1200 / R1200 RT / K1200 GT / K1300 GT Snake Skin Pannier Guards

 

[speedtoys.racing]

They would drag just as much, perhaps more. Its a mechanics things to get on/off.

The good news its my new knee to stand up on the peg and rotate around.

 

[Edinburghbiker]

I bought some Isotta pannier top racks so that I could pack extra luggage on my bike when travelling with a pillion. A bonus (not the intended purpose) since buying these is that I can no longer scuff the top of the pannier cases.
It might be considered a bit overkill if you were only using them for their protective qualities though.

 

[speedtoys.racing]

Interesting idea, but now that I have a top case, the panniers will be coming off for city use.

 

[rapz]

I bought some Isotta pannier top racks so that I could pack extra luggage on my bike when travelling with a pillion. A bonus (not the intended purpose) since buying these is that I can no longer scuff the top of the pannier cases.
It might be considered a bit overkill if you were only using them for their protective qualities though.
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Those look good for loading stuff, but they also look like a pain to clean underneath.

 

[Edinburghbiker]

Not too bad to clean underneath, I have a flat washing up sponge about 10mm thick which does the job and I can slide it underneath to clean and then just rinse off.

 

[The_real_hati]

now that I have a top case, the panniers will be coming off for city use.

Can I just point out that the paniers, especially with the BMW "crash rubber" strips added make for excellent drop protection? For filtering purposes, the mirrors are the widest point of the bike so if the mirrors fit, the panniers will too

 

[Trilergy]

For filtering purposes, the mirrors are the widest point of the bike so if the mirrors fit, the panniers will too

Not always correct. I noticed some green paint on my left pannier. None on the mirror. I must have got just a little too close.

 

[The_real_hati]

I must have got just a little too close

LOL

 

[speedtoys.racing]

For filtering purposes, the mirrors are the widest point of the bike so if the mirrors fit, the panniers will too

Ohhh..that is so painfully not true..

 

[The_real_hati]

Ohhh..that is so painfully not true..

But it is. Check the specs, widest point, the mirrors at 38.8" or 985 mm, exactly the same as the panniers at their widest point. I was wrong about assuming the panniers were narrower. I never measured them until now. Just for you

 

[Capt Sisko]

The whole standing on the foot peg to swing your leg over whilst the bike is on the side stand thing. Doesn't that put a whole load of extra strain on the stand, bracket & pivot in a way that they were never really designed to take. Or is it just a none issue as they're just super strong?
Any long term owners got tales of woe or indeed praise for the sturdiness of it?

 

[The_real_hati]

Or is it just a none issue as they're just super strong?

I have a friend who gets on and off his GS like that every time and had no issues at all. We did a 9k kilometre trip together over 3 weeks and that meant a lot of mount/dismount events.