I am taking my Monster 1200 R on tour so bought SW Motech Blaze panniers. They come with this vinyl sticker to protect the bodywork. Argh - it’s going to look well ugly with that on! Should I just remove the pillion seat cover instead? Sad to do that as it looks very nice! Is there any way to keep the pillion cover and not use the stickers? Any advice appreciated.
ps mate said you can just use some kind of grippy matt and take it off when not using panniers. Anyone got any experience of anything like that?
Like this? I used one years ago on a speed triple. Worked well at stopping a pillion sliding about. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DUCATI-M...PY-PILLION-SEAT-COVER-ACCESSORY-/362606829212
You can buy the anti slip mat from Halfords. I use it on my blaze panniers, I also put plenty of transparent sticker on, I don’t care how it looks short term as long as it protects my paintwork
You can buy a big roll of anti slip mat from Wilko's if you have one near you. They sell it as anti slip for cupboards shelves. (You can also use it to paint Carbon fibre effect)
Fit the panniers and see how much floating/rubbing they will do. The anti slip at will wear through after time and if a stone or bit of grit gets into the matting it'll cause chaos On my Hyper I put clear stickers on the bits that made the most contact, I think on my 899 I used the cover and not my pillion seat, I seem to remember it was OK, I may have put a microfibre cloth underneath the anti slip rubber
