City Lids

[mogu83]

These are the lids that A&S is selling for $556. I got them off E-Bay for $299. Item number: 150380751416 and seven sets left. They definitely are not the same quality as the BMW bags but they will do. Single walled plastic, only two latches and the fit is about 99% on. I ended up with a set of beat up bags with bad lids so it seemed like a good idea to get these. The inner parts of the bags I had were scuffed so I sanded them with 350 grit and painted them with Krylon plastic paint that almost matches the black lids, I'll see how it holds up. I don't think I'd be to happy about mounting and unmounting them (the lids) every time I wanted big bags, but now I have two sets.

[BobbyLeBout]

What a fantastic look! I took my bags off after seeing these pictures. I had the city lids on a RT and always wanted them for the R. Great looking bike. Thanks for posting the pictures.

[vielzebub]

Corbin seat, city lids, cylinder head protectors, driving lights, a nice fairing....it's almost perfect Harry.
What next?

(love the city lids btw, that will help here in Boston, thanks for the info)

Eric

[Eagle]

Nice set-up. About the fairing - are you happy with how it functions? I'm 5'8" w/ 30" inseam and l'd like to know if it would work for me. Thanks

[mogu83]

Nice set-up. About the fairing - are you happy with how it functions? I'm 5'8" w/ 30" inseam and l'd like to know if it would work for me. Thanks

Can't tell if you would be happy with the fairing as everyone has different reasons for putting (or not putting) one on their bike. I presume you know it's a Parabellum Scout, the picture with the city bags has a 12" windshield on the fairing. It's nice (looks good IMHO) around town and when I want some air. The picture below has an 18" windshield that is my choice for touring and winter months.
I'm 5' 10" with a 30" inseam so my torso is longer than yours, with the 18" screen I look just over the top of the windshield, you would be looking through it. They do offer other length shields, I cut one down to 12" because it looked good to me.
Hope this helps you.

[colindecker]

Quick question about your city lids: can you still fit a full-face helmet in there?
Great looking R12 BTW

[mogu83]

Quick question about your city lids: can you still fit a full-face helmet in there?
Great looking R12 BTW

No - Maybe a lap top and a sandwich. The shape of the bag severely limits what will fit, that's why I'll keep the other set of bags handy.

[ShinySideUp]

When I first got my R12R, I was interested in these because I split lanes daily in San Francisco.

But over that last 25K miles, I've learned a few things and one of them is that the OEM bags are never an issue for their girth in squeezing through the iron snakes on the freeways.

I've learned to always watch my mirrors (bar-ends) and if they make it past the car mirrors, the bags will easily clear the door panels of the cagers.

On my bike, from mirror edge to mirror edge is 37.25" . The cases measure 36" across. And my first fear, the cylinders with their crash bars measure a mere 31" across. If I can get my mirrors through, I'm gone.

Even with OEM mirrors, the ends of the bars are very close in width to the OEM cases, and car and, especially, truck mirrors always stick way out from their vehicle bodies.

So, other than slicker looks, what IS the attraction of these? (And they DO look slick, with the shortie Scout shield.)