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Title: V7 850 with Agostini short exhaust and H&B sidecases
Post by: DeeTeeBee on July 18, 2024, 10:43:37 PM

Is anybody out there running Agostini shorties with Hepco and Becker Junior sidecases on a 2021-or-newer V7?  Or any other plastic side case?  Sources conflict on whether or not the cases will get cooked by the exhaust. I leave my side cases on most of the time, so they do end up sitting in traffic (or slowly splitting lanes) in LA fairly frequently and I would guess the slow speeds allow more of the hot exhaust to stay near the cases.  I don't mind if they get warm, but I'd like to avoid deforming/melting.  I stop to pick up ice cream only every once in a while.

Title: Re: V7 850 with Agostini short exhaust and H&B sidecases
Post by: NHMike on July 19, 2024, 04:29:53 AM

I’m running Agostini Long exhaust with HB cases, no issues.
(https://i.ibb.co/BwJ3GhX/IMG-3474.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BwJ3GhX)

Title: Re: V7 850 with Agostini short exhaust and H&B sidecases
Post by: ridingron on July 19, 2024, 09:36:22 PM

(https://i.ibb.co/87c69w5/My-ST-8-thumbnail.jpg) (https://ibb.co/87c69w5)
My other bike has no problems. Yeah I know, different bike & different bags. The pipes are about 3/4" from the bottom of the Honda (rumored to be made by Givi) plastic saddle bags.

Title: Re: V7 850 with Agostini short exhaust and H&B sidecases
Post by: DeeTeeBee on July 19, 2024, 10:57:57 PM

Thanks, y'all.  Both of those photos are helpful in different ways and both inspire confidence that my possible future setup should be trouble-free.  Thanks again!