I am quite fond of my Chase Harper Alaska bag as a boot and my older Nelson Rigg soft luggage. I have seen the Rigg waterproof stuff on beamwalker's bike and was impressed. He has it mounted to a Tusk luggage rack.
For hard luggage, I like the Seahorse cases and have been known to weld two of them together to make what I need. For a while I was famous at the office of the distributor; I think it was under the heading 'nut job'.
I have the Nelson-Rigg CL-950 Classic Deluxe Saddlebags on my bike.
Nelson-Rigg makes pretty good stuff. I use them for packing groceries and stuff home.
They are fast to put on or remove.
They are small but a fifteen pack of beer will fit in one bag.
I use the Nelson-Rigg Sierra Dry Saddlebags with Precision Motorcycle side racks, and I also use their dry bags and a tail bag. I like them a lot. Affordable and well made. I crash tested some of mine and they passed. I have the tail bag bolted down to keep in place for off road. I also have a pair of regular mid size N-R saddle bags for errands etc.
No. Mosko Moto builds things really well and with purpose. If security was an issue then you'd read about it on their user reviews. I have the Outback system that requires racks and it's great but the Reckless system wasn't developed yet when I bought mine. When I buy another set of luggage, it will be the Reckless system. These guys are pretty hard core riders and put their stuff through some pretty strenuous testing and they stand beside their product.
As a day bag I’m happy with this Chase Harper bag - (4200). Fits the factory rack perfectly. Lots of room. Covered zippers and sealed nylon. I built a simple skeleton frame from pvc to keep it sitting up in full shape and to keep fragile items from being squished. Frame is easily pulled apart and removed when not needed. $58 on Amazon. USA Made. See my album. Guess I’m not allowed to post pics yet.
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I have never understood those tents. The pack size would barely fit on top of an aluminum pannier. It's bigger than a powder bag for a 16" gun. It weighs fourteen frickin' pounds. My whole camp doesn't weigh fourteen pounds. Bikes don't need to be inside a tent. My Quarter Dome keeps me and my gear dry and I don't want to sleep with anybody else in my tent, thanks. The most I have ever done for my bike is bring along a cover if I know it is going to rain. Otherwise, it's going to be fine.
I could understand something like this for an entire boy scout troop if you make the troop leader carry the damn thing, but other than that it just makes my head explode.
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Lol. I just thought it looked cool. Not saying I’d get one. There is so much stuff to buy its over whelming. I have another nephew thats a adventure biker already with a bmw 800. He said same as u. He has a light hiking tent that weighs two lbs. He says keep it light or bike turns into big tub.
I see some bikes so loaded up that you couldn't possibly ride anything more interesting than a gravel road....If I had to carry as much as some of these guys do, I'd just buy a jeep.
Lol. That’s kinda why we buy klr to keep things light. Whatever looks cool not really functional. You can surf these sites till blue in face and everyone has different ideas. Hell that 800 beamer weighs more empty than klr full.
I wonder where wingmanofftheroad found an early '80s Bell Moto III dirt bike helmet that was still wearable?
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