21-05-14, 01:47 PM
I'll take a few pics of the bike without the panniers on when I get home and post them up.
For mounting them further back you would need to cut and lengthen the part of the bracket that connects down into the footpeg. Depending on how far back you moved it this would then mean that the bar linking the two pannier racks to each other would no longer pass through the openings left by removing the indicators, so this bar would then be out in front of the number plate, and the shape of the brackets I made for under the grab rail would be different as the hole that the pannier rack bolts to would be further back also. But nothing is impossible, and you could probably move it 25mm ish without any problems. It is possible to get your foot on the foot peg as it is though.
As far as the space for a pillion is concerned I'm able to sit back there fine, and I'm not exactly the narrowest person, it definitely hasn't been made any worse by adding the panniers, and certainly no worse than the other pannier options (wingrack, home made etc.).
For mounting them further back you would need to cut and lengthen the part of the bracket that connects down into the footpeg. Depending on how far back you moved it this would then mean that the bar linking the two pannier racks to each other would no longer pass through the openings left by removing the indicators, so this bar would then be out in front of the number plate, and the shape of the brackets I made for under the grab rail would be different as the hole that the pannier rack bolts to would be further back also. But nothing is impossible, and you could probably move it 25mm ish without any problems. It is possible to get your foot on the foot peg as it is though.
As far as the space for a pillion is concerned I'm able to sit back there fine, and I'm not exactly the narrowest person, it definitely hasn't been made any worse by adding the panniers, and certainly no worse than the other pannier options (wingrack, home made etc.).