Hello from NQ

[Justdrew]

Hi I am in North Queensland, the R1200RS is my fourth BMW. The first an R65, then an R100/7 currently an R90S and a 2018 R1200RS.

[Grumpy Goat]

Welcome to the Forum Community. Thanks for joining, and hope you are enjoying that RS.

[Justdrew]

Welcome to the Forum Community. Thanks for joining, and hope you are enjoying that RS.

Yes I am so far. I have only covered a few thousand kilometres on it so far.  The bike came with the factory panniers and top box.  The panniers are very small, the inner bags take up a lot of room.  The old panniers on the R90S are roomier.

[Grumpy Goat]

Yes I am so far. I have only covered a few thousand kilometres on it so far.  The bike came with the factory panniers and top box.  The panniers are very small, the inner bags take up a lot of room.  The old panniers on the R90S are roomier.

The panniers are not the smallest but I agree they are on the smaller side. Form over function, I guess. Any larger and the lines of the bike with panniers would not be pleasing to the eye. Depends on how much you pack as well. The inner bags I have are not BMW bags which are thicker. My bags are of a thinner material and fill out the inner volume of the boxes better.

[slosolo2]

Welcome to the Forum Community. Thanks for joining, and hope you are enjoying that RS.

Yes I am so far. I have only covered a few thousand kilometres on it so far.  The bike came with the factory panniers and top box.  The panniers are very small, the inner bags take up a lot of room.  The old panniers on the R90S are roomier.

My bike has the factory hard bags and Kathy's liners. It definitely forces you too think about what you need and what you can do without. It saved me money this week though. It was cold and rainy so the gear was thicker than I would normally take (I'm a fair weather rider). No room left for souvenirs. 

Hopefully you'll enjoy many miles on your bike.