DanielMc wrote:If I had a /5 I'd look for a set of the streamlined hard cases I've only ever seen on US bikes. I have no idea who made them...
You mean these? Made in the USA, if I am not mistaken:
Exactly right Tim - given the weather here in the UK (wet for 10 months of the year) leather bags would be hard work, but I'd dearly love a set of those. Bet they're pretty rare though..., and I'd need to buy a /5 SWB!
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Tim Shepherd wrote:Exactly right Tim - given the weather here in the UK (wet for 10 months of the year) leather bags would be hard work, but I'd dearly love a set of those. Bet they're pretty rare though..., and I'd need to buy a /5 SWB!
Not true, Wixom made brackets for short and long wheelbase model BMWs... and Guzzies too!
boxertwinjeff wrote: Re: Streamlined hard cases you mentioned, do you mean those Wixoms? I'm thinking
their British made.
I think you'll find they were made in the US. The only reference I can find suggests they were made somewhere in Illinois. I've seen very few in the UK.
