soft panniers

[curium]

Going to France with girlfriend pillion.

Bike is an SV1000S (standard twin exhausts).

Current plan is a small rucksack each or a large ruck sack carried by girlfriend.

Thinking of soft panniers but need a solid recommendation or a warning to stay clear otherwise we'll stick with the rucksacks.

Thanks

[Warren]

id either get a big ruc sac for the other half (im lazy) and panniers,

i got a set of oxford panniers, cant really go wrong with em,
there not waterproof though, i dont think any panniers are (even though they say there waterproof), so put all your stuff in a black binliner.

[Cronos]

You can't really go wrong with Oxford panniers. You should be able to pick up a set of their '1st Time' panniers for about £30 to £40.

[mattSV]

I've got Oxford humpback panniers on my SV1000.

They need to be mounted right at the back of the seat if you are taking a pillion, as they are a bit close to the pillion pegs otherwise.

I've got a hamicad tail tidy ,and found that mounting them quite high is best to avoid fouling the indicators.

We are off to Devon for a few days on Sunday, so I will probably put the panniers on tomorrow - I'll stick some pictures up if you like so you can see what they are like.

HTH

Matt

[Mr Toad]

I've got the Oxford panniers

They're pretty good, zip out to expand to twice the original capacity - see pic below - that's with the waterproof cover on :D

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/Mr_Toad_650/Annual_Rideout_2006/PICT3809.jpg

on the thou I didn't notice them at all except one or twice in a cross wind on the motorway, when I was sitting just below the ton :-$

might have clipped a few door mirrors when filtering :lol:

When are you going - I might be able to lend them to you :idea:

[Beenz]

The Oxford Sport panniers were OK on the 130 miles to the AR, fit them tight and use the webex stuff to stop marking the side paintwork. Oh and put tape or something at the edge of the grab rail, that was the only bit that got scratched on mine.

The ones I got look very daft expanded, Anna tried them like that on the ride up to the AR , they looked daft and affected the handling of the bike badly, not as bad at 'normal' size.

[Abyss]

Hmmm i was going to look into some of these in the next month or so, the oxford ones you have mr. toad seem alright. How much you pay for them?

Im about to head back home from a week up here in shrewsbury and got to take alot of stuff back... its going ot be a case of stuffing as much stuff into my small tank bag, having a big rucksack and as much stuff as I can get under a bungy net on the back.... should be fun.

Main reason I have so much stuff is I never had the bike when I came up here and I had just come back from 2 weeks in Hungary / Serbia plus ive brought more stuff for the bike while here.

[El Saxo]

+1 for Oxford here, got a set of the humpback panniers and they've done ok so far, but as others have said, put everything in binbags inside them - the 'waterproof' covers don't do a great job.

[Rog]

What I do is put my stuff in the water proof cover and then put that inside the pannier. This has kept everything dry on a few rainy rides

[anna]

Oxford ones as already stated.. they were fantastic but when fully expanded made the bike handle like a bit of a bucket....


http://upload4.postimage.org/580856/photo_hosting.html

[Mr Toad]

the oxford ones you have mr. toad seem alright. How much you pay for them?


I paid about £65 - from Infinity about 18 months ago - they are currently listing Oxford Sports Panniers on their website for £59.99 - bargain :D

see http://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product.asp?ProductID=48

cheers

[Carsick]

I just did 450 miles with fully loaded panniers and had no problems with the handling (on the other hand, I had a pillion and a topbox) then just did one of my fastest mornings commutes ever when we both overslept and i had to give the redhead a lift to work.

[Mr Toad]

Oxford ones as already stated.. they were fantastic but when fully expanded made the bike handle like a bit of a bucket....


You need some more horsepower under that tank of yours - I have to say I barely noticed them on the thou 8) - more grunt, and better suspension I suppose :D

[anna]

Oxford ones as already stated.. they were fantastic but when fully expanded made the bike handle like a bit of a bucket....


You need some more horsepower under that tank of yours - I have to say I barely noticed them on the thou 8) - more grunt, and better suspension I suppose :D

was first time i had ridden with panniers on so perhaps it just takes a bit of getting use to :?

[Abyss]

I definatly need to invest in some when I can afford it. My journey with all my stuff stuffed anywhere it would fit and a large backpack really wasnt comfortable.

[Viney]

Going to France with girlfriend pillion.

Bike is an SV1000S (standard twin exhausts).

Current plan is a small rucksack each or a large ruck sack carried by girlfriend.

Thinking of soft panniers but need a solid recommendation or a warning to stay clear otherwise we'll stick with the rucksacks.

Thanks

Soft lugguage is fine. I have used on many an occasion with no issues what so ever. I have the Oxford sport panniers. All i will say, is just make sure they are fitted correctly. On my sv this means(according to the straps on my panniers) One strap under the seat(pillion) one strap behind the grabrail(Stops them moving forward) then the various bungees to attach to the bungee rails.

a rucksack will get annoying after a while, and give you a higher centre of gravity

[northwind]

I like my Oxford ones... Some sort of Lifetime, think they're Sports not Humpback. But they're a bit hairy with my high level pipe, so I hardly use them. I think they're just a bit big when fully expanded, mind... I end up using a tailpack instead, but I prefer panniers.

[Warren]

if your ever in essex, you could always borrow mine.

this looks quite nifty though
http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=559877

[Tim in Belgium]

+1 for Oxford here, got a set of the humpback panniers and they've done ok so far, but as others have said, put everything in binbags inside them - the 'waterproof' covers don't do a great job.

Yep, have the oxford panniers, I think the sport ones, and the waterproof covers are sized to fit when in the "expanded" mode, so in normal mode in the rain the covers flap about, causing a seam to go on one and depositing a few bits of platic/nylon spatters on to the exhaust (I think but can't be sure). Apart from this they were fine, but found the extra drag was noticable once getting near to the ton, requiring a bit more throttle.

[greeno76]

I've got oxford sports panniers too.

The waterproof covers flap about quite a bit - although only at naughty speeds, I've heard.
My zips gave up the ghost not long after I'd bought them but there is a lifetime warrantee on them so it's only my laziness to blame here.

As for fuel economy. Driving back from Le Mans with panniers I rode a grand total of 75 miles before the fuel light popped on recently. Quite a shock as I was some way from a fuel station. I don't think that's 100% normal, though.


http://www.greeno76.com/albums/Le%20mans/LeMans%20007.jpg

JG

[mattSV]

I've just got back from 3 days touring Devon/Cornwall with a pillion and Oxford Humpback Panniers

Plenty of room in them, even without expanding them, and didn't really notice they were there until triple figure speeds.



http://upload4.postimage.org/690062/IMG_1354.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/690062/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/690083/IMG_1329.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/690083/photo_hosting.html)

[empty]

Oxford 1st time, infinity do a set which is very cheap for tailpack/panniers/tank bag, have had lots of use out of mine and they seem to be fine.

Word of warning, do not attempt to go over 100 (on a private road, natch) with the storm covers on, cos they explode into pieces in a comedy fashion.

http://upload4.postimage.org/692212/explodingpanniers.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/692212/photo_hosting.html)

MT

[northwind]

The one for the tailpack survived, eh, a fair old bit more than 100 a wee while back. For about 200 miles :)

[empty]

Tailpack and tank bag ones seem OK, the pannier ones though tend to billow quite badly, they seem to get a big pressure inside them which causes them to balloon up at 70+mph. On a probably unrelated note, that was just about the coldest day I have ever ridden in.

MT