Adventure riding, by it’s nature, can take you places where the terrain is rough and there is a possibility of falling off and damaging your adventure
[See the full post at: ‘Farkling’ (Functionally Accessorising) your adventure bike]
Adventure riding, by it’s nature, can take you places where the terrain is rough and there is a possibility of falling off and damaging your adventure
[See the full post at: ‘Farkling’ (Functionally Accessorising) your adventure bike]
Does anyone have strong ideas on what is good/not good when it comes to luggage? What do members like about their own luggage options? I need to start from scratch and set up all new bags for my XT250
Kia ora Camilla, not sure what you ended up with doing but FWIW…
Soft luggage is the preference here in NZ. I’d only go to hard luggage if you were paranoid about your things getting pinched. Otherwise hard cases can be dangerous in a fall. They both protect the bike a bit if you tip over anywhere, but soft luggage is lighter, easier to carry, and looks better too IMHO.
I recently got an excellent set of soft, waterproof, drybag style luggage called MOTO-SAC. Sure you can buy Giant Loop, but the GL bags are expensive and not waterproof. You can find it on ebay.com.au and I’m really happy with it. 3x 10lt bags, fully waterproof, that attach to a horseshoe style carrier. You can remove the bags or remove the entire horseshoe, run with one, two, or three bags, and each bag comes with carry straps if you want to make it into a daybag off the bike. Very well built and reasonable price. I paid around 300nzd and ordered from Western Australia.
Moto-Sac
Thanks, I did get a Third Gear soft bag, cheap as chips and perfect for the shorter adventures eg Queens birthday weekend. It isn’t waterproof, the stitching might need reinforcing but for $75 it got me something and I can put dribags into it. It has attachments so I can put more bags, or tent on top.
I appreciate your feedback though. Cheers!
Hey Octopusenvy
Those Moto Sacs look quite good, how have they lasted?
Are those Moto Sac systems still available ? anyone know – Had a sold sticker on EBay… couldn’t see much on Dr Google…