Hi Matt, great recommendation. I ordered the Motoes combi pannier plates & rear rack £260 from Motoes Turkey. Arrived in 5 days to Derby UK. Took 20 mins to fit,super strong, colour matched in blue. They look great. Perfect fit 2022 T7. Great quality- highly recommend. Mike
I have the side and top rack. Had issues mounting the top rack as one of the attachment points didn't line up. Had to go to a welder and cut the rack, realign and reweld it and then paint it. Motoes refunded me $150 for my trouble. Other than that well made, light and work great.
Those look great on the bike Matt. I certainly recomend you take a look at the Rhinowalk bags. They appear to be on sale every holiday. You may be able to get the 48L set for the $129 I paid on Black Friday. - Frank
I changed the exhaust to save the frame and swing arm because the stock exhaust is known to bend inward on a fall. Here is a link the video I did on it. It should answer all your questions. ua-cam.com/video/d0r00J9wsiY/v-deo.htmlsi=Fyg0hIerTVuxK3y0
Hey Matt, do you feel there is anything the T7 does that the 390 can’t? I had a T7 and I was not particularly impressed with the road manners (mainly related to side gusts and wind buffeting). I am toying with adding a 390 as my more road worthy addition to my WR250R but you sort of went the other way (adding the T7 as the “road” bike)? Curious on any thoughts. Cheers,
That is a hard question to answer directly because I was replacing my BMW R1200GS with the T7. The 390 Adv gets blown around on the road more than the T7 does. I have had days of riding directly into head winds up hills and the 390 Adv struggled to maintain road speeds. While I was living on the East Coast the 390 Adv was really fun to ride and I never wanted more power. Now that I am back out west where it takes days to get anywhere instead of hours I appreciate the extra power the T7 offers. I think it depends on where you ride and what type of road riding you do. I have ridden the 390 Adv all over the place and only wanted more power a few times. I plan on doing some big trips next year and I am going to test these two bikes head to head on long trips to see which is better. The 390 Adv is much better for me to ride offroad due to its light weight, so when I am doing offroad riding I know which bike I will take. Hope this helps. Cheers.
I don’t know what it was, but I got blown around on the T7 like no other bike I have owned (8 total). My WR does better from a wind management perspective. I am in Oregon, and mainly do BDR style riding. I would like to add one bike that is a little more road bias (keeping the WR) but still able to complete BDR’s, etc. The new Himalayan and CF Moto 450 are also interesting. Thanks again,
Hi Matt, great recommendation. I ordered the Motoes combi pannier plates & rear rack £260 from Motoes Turkey. Arrived in 5 days to Derby UK. Took 20 mins to fit,super strong, colour matched in blue. They look great. Perfect fit 2022 T7. Great quality- highly recommend. Mike
You seemed as impressed by the racks as I was. Really satisfied. Cheers.
Nice find, I’ll have to check that company out
Shipping was pretty fast.
I have the side and top rack. Had issues mounting the top rack as one of the attachment points didn't line up. Had to go to a welder and cut the rack, realign and reweld it and then paint it. Motoes refunded me $150 for my trouble. Other than that well made, light and work great.
Wow, it's great Motoes refunded you some money. I got lucky with how my went together.
Those look great on the bike Matt. I certainly recomend you take a look at the Rhinowalk bags. They appear to be on sale every holiday. You may be able to get the 48L set for the $129 I paid on Black Friday. - Frank
I will take a look at them. I have a little surprise up my sleeves I am working on. Hope to have revealed before Christmas.
Just bought a set of 48 litre Rhinowalk bags Black Friday special…supposed to be delivered in January
I just received the Motoes top and side racks a week ago..not installed yet winter just set in
I am really pleased with the side racks. Thousands of miles and some hard riding will really test them out.
Do you have an install video? These paper instructions are horrible 😅
Great video, may I ask why you changed your exhaust? To protect the frame in case you go over? Is it a weight savings? Curious too how it sounds.
I changed the exhaust to save the frame and swing arm because the stock exhaust is known to bend inward on a fall. Here is a link the video I did on it. It should answer all your questions. ua-cam.com/video/d0r00J9wsiY/v-deo.htmlsi=Fyg0hIerTVuxK3y0
How are the edges of the laching point are they rounded ? Any sharp edge to the side rack that could damage the straps ?
All of the edges are rounded. I didn't find any sharp edges. It was made really well.
Hey Matt, do you feel there is anything the T7 does that the 390 can’t? I had a T7 and I was not particularly impressed with the road manners (mainly related to side gusts and wind buffeting). I am toying with adding a 390 as my more road worthy addition to my WR250R but you sort of went the other way (adding the T7 as the “road” bike)? Curious on any thoughts. Cheers,
That is a hard question to answer directly because I was replacing my BMW R1200GS with the T7. The 390 Adv gets blown around on the road more than the T7 does. I have had days of riding directly into head winds up hills and the 390 Adv struggled to maintain road speeds. While I was living on the East Coast the 390 Adv was really fun to ride and I never wanted more power. Now that I am back out west where it takes days to get anywhere instead of hours I appreciate the extra power the T7 offers. I think it depends on where you ride and what type of road riding you do. I have ridden the 390 Adv all over the place and only wanted more power a few times. I plan on doing some big trips next year and I am going to test these two bikes head to head on long trips to see which is better. The 390 Adv is much better for me to ride offroad due to its light weight, so when I am doing offroad riding I know which bike I will take. Hope this helps. Cheers.
I don’t know what it was, but I got blown around on the T7 like no other bike I have owned (8 total). My WR does better from a wind management perspective. I am in Oregon, and mainly do BDR style riding. I would like to add one bike that is a little more road bias (keeping the WR) but still able to complete BDR’s, etc. The new Himalayan and CF Moto 450 are also interesting. Thanks again,
@@twowheeledadventures5615 well, based on your location and riding BDRs the 390 Adv is a good bike for that.
Get a Honda XL750R Transalp
What luggage system are you going to use with this setup?
Contemplating the Tusk Pilot or the Adventure Spec Madagan.
I am going to use my DIY rackless setup. Here is my video describing it. ua-cam.com/video/Wwc_h3yEFi0/v-deo.htmlsi=ZOSN6wextab5uqPm
Why you haven't end up with the Tusk Pilot bags?
I have the Tusk Pilot bags. They're okay but would be floppy without something like this rack to secure them. I really like trying different luggage.
Do you have a pic of the tusk pilot bags with that side rack?
@@martinlapierre4373 I don't, my Tusk Pilot bags are sitting on the floor. I haven't used them in a few years.
~$560 for that piece of plastic!?!?!?!
Holy shi ...
Good looking bike and farkle.
thx
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