Exhaust Heat Issue at Panniers ??

That where I cook my lunch, I wrap up a nice pork sandwiches and a few hours later and it's nic and well done

It does get warm but has not been a problem

dadamsinky said:

Hi, Y'all: Kitting out a new-to-me R1250GSA to go "Adventuring", I mounted my selected Bumot Xtremada soft panniers and went for a ride. Great system it seems, but an observation: At higher speeds, I could feel quite a bit more heat radiating onto the back of my leg. Stopping after an hour to check, the backplate on the pannier and all of the frame are of course quite hot.

So, what does one pack in the right (exhaust side) pannier which doesn't mind getting cooked on a trip, and what not?

Or do y'all generally fabricated / install heat shielding to help on this? Recommended commercial alternatives?

Thanks in advance for your experience and guidance.

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A guy in my group showed us and aluminum attachment that he found. It bolts into the exhaust tip and extends the exhaust gases out toward the rear a little farther. I dont know the name of it or where he found it though. Sorry

linux_tyro said:

A guy in my group showed us and aluminum attachment that he found. It bolts into the exhaust tip and extends the exhaust gases out toward the rear a little farther. I dont know the name of it or where he found it though. Sorry

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Yeah, I've seen that on this site somewhere and probably will seek it out. But the heat buildup is also at the front, i.e. it's from radiant heat from the whole exhaust. Maybe I'm over-thinking this, but in thinking about where to load eg my laptop, shaving kit, food, other things which might be heat sensitive I'm considering fabricating some sort of a heat shield if not commercially available.

I saw one offered by a shop in UK designed for soft pannier protection, with a full aluminum plate backed by reflective insulation layer. But it looks like it won't fit on the OEM frame while still allowing hard pannier mounting (similar mounting interference for Bumot Xtremada). Probably not necessary when "sensitive" items can be placed on left (cold) side, but I think I'm still going to try to fabricate something similar, or perhaps just cover the bulk of the mounting plate surface area with similar reflective insulation layer.

Yeah, exactly. Cosmetically better if removable for local / Day rides, but that complicates things. If I had hard boxes, the easiest solution would be to put a layer of flex insulation on the inner face of the box, but I can't do this with my softs as it is more of a "dry bag in a holster attached to a plate" arrangement.

One option I belatedly noted on the Xtremada's which might not be available for most boxes: the backing plate for the soft pannier has some bolts which might make suitable mounting locations to attach the shield to the Pannier instead of to the frame. Now, if one only had a machine shop in the garage ... Or perhaps Bumot / others are listening for accessory business opportunity?

Go to an auto parts store and buy some Dynomat. That will help tremendously.

Roadie07 said:

Go to an auto parts store and buy some Dynomat. That will help tremendously.

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That’s an excellent idea, thank you! Especially if it has a foil reflective skin. (?)

Any other sources of self-adhering, insulating, reflective materials that can be scavenged anyone?

I have the exhaust extensions on both our 2017 1200s. We run Jesse Bags and mine was getting very hot. The extensions solved the problem and made the exhaust note a bit deeper too. They were made by Excel Cycle Werks. https://www.excelcyclewerkes.com/

Pterodactyl, thanks very much for offering up the link - saved me time. I'll check them out.