Frank Thomas Saddle Bag Or Kriega?

What bike will it go on? Those panniers look horrible in my opinion. I have the 20ltr Kreiga tailpack and I think that’s big enough for a weekend away. I like to travel light though. If I was going for longer I’d add 2x 10 ltr Kreiga add ons plus maybe a small bum bag for personal stuff.

 

I too don’t tour much but will hopefully start doing a couple of trips a year.

 

Pic of the 20ltr on my bike.

 

Ah ok well yes they would probably look ok on a street twin but if you change bikes in the future they may not. The kreiga will look good on anything. I rode with a backpack and tailpack and want to get away from that because when sat upright the bottom of the backpack would catch on the tailpack. I only did it as I had some papers in a folder but if push came to shove I’d fold em up now. When I next tour it will be purely kreiga tailpack with a personal bum bag to keep valuables on me. I suppose those panniers are a bit more secure than the tailpack cos someone could just cut the kreiga off if they wanted to.

 

Ha that’s wives for you!! Again when I last toured I had cheap waterproofs which took up space. I’m gonna bit the bullet at some stage and get a textile waterproof touring kit as I hate putting on and taking off waterproofs or even liners, does my head in!

 

Kriega is fantastic gear, well made waterproof, comfy to wear. I have three different types of Kriega bags, no problems with any of them. Excellent kit!!

 

Kriega every time

 

Kriega if you want quality kit but pay through the nose for it, throw overs if you want to carry luggage at a reasonable price.....

 

You need a trailer mate

 

Krieger gets my vote.

 

Or Oxford eh?

 

It's a Krieger underneath with the Oxford waterproof inner for the tank bag strapped to it, I can confirm that without the waterproof inner that Oxford Tankbag is NOT waterproof!

 

Kriega, US20 & 2* US10's. Always waterproof and tested up to ###mph

Lived out of these for a week. Expensive but they do work very well.

Only downside is the clipping on and off for an overnight stop, OK if staying several nights, but does get tiresome after 5th night in a row

 

You can't see my old expandable magnetic tank bag from that angle!!!!

 

Original price of the panniers was nearly half the new price of the Kriega 10L I bought....

(Ignore the top box, that's there purely for enhancing the looks.....)

 

When away in Spain recently, my mate on his B*W S1000R set fire to his brand new Givi soft throw over panniers, he didn't realise that when using the quick shifter the Akra pipe was spitting a flame out each time which over time caused his right pannier to catch fire! It wasn't funny at the time, but after the event he did take a major amount of stick from the rest of the lads. He ended up binning the throw overs (and half his kit) and buying a new tail pack in Andorra.

 

Depends a lot on which bike your putting it on. Any sports / naked with rear fairings and/or high pipes is a no-no for throw over luggage, too much damage caused and chance of melting on hot pipes. Classic/retro bikes look ace with saddle bags, loved them on the America, but that had frames to keep away from any parts of the bike