Jacko
Grey Hound
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2006
- Messages
- 6,135
- Reaction score
- 44
- Location
- Denver, Colorado
- Bike
- Hildebrand & Wolfmuller (all models)
I've been waiting for these babies for quite some time. In my day I've owned some soft luggage. Dry bags, soft panniers, Bacbones, rucksacks fastened with tie-downs, you name it.
But none of them really hit the spot.
I wanted my luggage to be:
1. Secure
2. Able to hold my 'standard' Jacko MKIII kit
3. Compact
4. Non-intrusive, ie, I want to forget it's there
5. Must not make it too hard for me to mount the bike :biggrin:
6. Must be able to put on and take off in seconds
Well after perusing Adv Rider and the interweb in general I came across Giant Loop luggage. In the US the serious DS guys rave about them. Then I learnt that Dustdevil is importing them. Could it be true!
I had one problem. What was I going to take? The smaller Coyote or the big Giant Basin?
Well today I left work to go and gym. Topbox's place is right next to the road on my way there so I thought I'd quickly stop there and enquire about a foam filter. Whaddafark? In walks Dustdevil with some samples. His panelvan is outside, filled with Giant Loop bags. Bring it on.
After faffing a bit and going on like a teenage girl I committed to the Coyotes. Well, the deal was I'd take one and if I felt it wasn't fitting lekker on the HP2 I could swop it for a Giant Basin tomorrow.
So here's the result.
You can see that it's not even full. I packed a lot of shit (for me, not for Cloudgazer) in to fill it up. Still couldn't get it full. List of contents to be added with appropriate photo a bit down.
It really fits the HP2 naarcely.
But none of them really hit the spot.
I wanted my luggage to be:
1. Secure
2. Able to hold my 'standard' Jacko MKIII kit
3. Compact
4. Non-intrusive, ie, I want to forget it's there
5. Must not make it too hard for me to mount the bike :biggrin:
6. Must be able to put on and take off in seconds
Well after perusing Adv Rider and the interweb in general I came across Giant Loop luggage. In the US the serious DS guys rave about them. Then I learnt that Dustdevil is importing them. Could it be true!
I had one problem. What was I going to take? The smaller Coyote or the big Giant Basin?
Well today I left work to go and gym. Topbox's place is right next to the road on my way there so I thought I'd quickly stop there and enquire about a foam filter. Whaddafark? In walks Dustdevil with some samples. His panelvan is outside, filled with Giant Loop bags. Bring it on.
After faffing a bit and going on like a teenage girl I committed to the Coyotes. Well, the deal was I'd take one and if I felt it wasn't fitting lekker on the HP2 I could swop it for a Giant Basin tomorrow.
So here's the result.
You can see that it's not even full. I packed a lot of shit (for me, not for Cloudgazer) in to fill it up. Still couldn't get it full. List of contents to be added with appropriate photo a bit down.
It really fits the HP2 naarcely.
