I can't imagine a Scrambler as an "adventure touring" bike! I owned an R1200GS for the last 7 years, and this Scrambler will be a great play bike, but luggage will be pretty limited. The OEM drybags are less than 30 liters combined, and I haven't seen any other options at all, yet.
But the tank range will only be around 150 miles without luggage, and the added wind resistance of bags will reduce that. And big bags, or a strong subframe to support them just don't exist.
Those are the Full Throttle Side Bags Set, and MSRP on those is £639.50. ($966 US at current conversion rate). OUCH!!
I will need something for mine as I intend to commute to work on it a bunch, and I take a laptop and a few things with every day. The ones above would probably work well if my laptop would fit in one of them. I'd guess they are somewhat waterproof too, although it don't say that. I would prefer the Urban Enduro Waterproof Side Bags Set since they are also waterproof, but much cheaper. However, I don't dig the green for use on the yellow Icon. They are a more reasonable £255.16 ($385 US at current conversion rate) compared to the FT ones above.
The Classic Side Bags Set would look best on the yellow Icon, but they aren't water proof, so if I was expecting rain, I'd need to use dry bags inside.
I think I might just have to wait and see what aftermarket options come out.
I'm sure you can buy some saddlebags or something like that to have more cargo space, but I don't see the Scrambler as a great adventure bike. If that is the main thing you want to do with your bike, I think that there might be better options out there for you.
I have to agree with Zeus and Justkip, for me the Scrambler is way too limited to be a good adventure bike. I'm lucky enough to also own a new GS but I really don't see my Scrambler as being capable of some of the stuff I do on the GS.
You don't have to go GS of course, the market is overloaded with good adventure bikes, The Triumphs are good, (my missus rides an 800 Tiger), there's the 800 GS, the Suzuki V-Stroms, (650 and 1000), The Kawasaki Versys, (650 and 1000), the Multistrada, any number of KTM's.
check the 3d about the high exaust, someone posted a link to glasgow ducati store, where the paniers are available, as well as expanded foot rest (off road style)
I'm riding from UK to Sweden at end of April, so need some options too. However looking at what's out there and the fact that I will seldom do longer runs. I think a lomo bag and backpack will be enough for the time being.
What about getting custom fitted panniers for the Scrambler? Is there no companies that will custom make panniers to fit the Scrambler at different sizes and shapes?
It's funny how we all differ. A small top case would look cool with the subframe being short. The box wouldn't be too far back. But panniers? Who wants to increase the width of a bike like this? As for this bike not being up to adventuring, I went all over Europe on a Yamaha XT500E in the 80s. Why does anyone need a big GS?
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