Hi, I am looking to get a Rack for my Blade,just wondered which would be the best one to get and where to get it from, any ideas please.
Can thoroughly recommend the Renntec Sports Racks. Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade Motorcycle Carrier / Sports Rack From Renntec
Hi Chappo I would recommend the Ventura system bit pricey compared to other systems but well worth it don't have a link but I am sure someone will post one Boo
Used my Ventura luggage system for a tour to Italy, a perfectly made kit. Different types of bags n rack to suit all, always some on eBay. That and a Givi 307 tank bag recommended from Sinewave.
Just a couple of things to note- don't stack up the rear part if the renntec, they quite a 5kg limit. Also, on the 12+ Ventura non abs blade you'll have to file down the painted under panel where the mountings bolt up..... I wasn't prepared to do that as it would notice when the rack was removed. I went for a German system that I can't recall the name of, I'll try and dig it out. It was a bit pricy, but it dimply docks in the same was as a rear pillion seat.
Thanks to everyone for the response,Kriega luggage looks great, I guess you get what you pay for. Sinewave is that a petrol cap mounted bag,how do you get on with it ? RRoss, is that a Kriega tank bracket you have there? not seen one of those.
Chappo, it's a Givi Tanklock system. Piece of piss to use and clips on and un clips in 3 secs flat so refueling is no drama. Also keeps the bag 15mm off the tank so paint work scratches either. I use the XS 307 - GIVI Tanklock Bags
No, U can adjust it fore and aft to suit ya self. Mine was adjusted a bit further back than I would've liked so I could see my Sat Nav clearly, however it was only slightly touching by stomach and was no probs on a weeks touring. BTW the so called 5kg weight limit on the Renntec is total Nanny Bollocks and takes far more with no problems. At the end of the day it's also a Grab Rail so do U reckon a heavily braked or accelerated Blade with an Adult passenger holding on for dear life is only going to exert just 5kgs of pressure through the Grab Rail?
Here you go, found it....hepco and Becker. Hepco & Becker Sportrack - Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade '14- I bought it from somewhere in euro land ( and at current rates that'll be favourable for you). I did also get the enlargener plate thinking I could always bolt a top box of something to it. I'm famous for spending money on stuff I never use let alone need and I'm afraid this was another example as I've never toured on the blade yet. The day I need it though it'll be bloody handy!
That is a good point on the weight limit, but I think it refers to the rear rack rather than the grab bar parts. I've had a couple of these now and I reckon they'd take a bit more, but the welds on the back ain't that great or substantial. In the photos most folks seem to have the weight on the pillion seat anyway so they'll be just fine. I had a weekend away to Belgium on my old rr8 with a renntec rack and pack and it behaved well enough.
2014 Non ABS Blade has a black plastic under panel instead, and you can access the subframe bolts, so hopefully won't need modifying.
I know two people who have had Renntec racks snap - with small top boxes fitted (which they were never designed for)
Yeah you do, well at least that's what venturas email told me. I may still have it somewhere. Something about filing out 2 half moons out the painted piece. Probably fine on a black blade, but on my white hrc my OCD wouldn't let me do that.
Did Venturas email refer to 2014 RR-E model? Mine is 2014 HRC NON ABS. The 2014 don't have the white panel underneath (just a black panel similar to the ABS one).
No, at the time I was asking about the 2012. That's interesting, so the 2014 non abs doesn't have this panel painted?:
