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AltRider Hemisphere Soft Luggage Review
AltRider Hemisphere Soft Luggage Pulling the fuses under the seat is the easiest way to disable the ABS on a Suzuki V-Strom 650XT, but I found out you can also do it by crashing in 4th gear. Such was...
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Cortech Super 2.0 Tank Bag and Tail Bag Review
Cortech provided the on-bike storage for our long-term Honda CB1100 from its Super 2.0 line of luggage. The 18-liter tank bag with magnetic attachment sits atop the bike’s steel fuel cell, while a...
View ArticleDowco Fastrax Backroads Tank Bag Review
Aren’t tank bags about the handiest piece of luggage you can put on a bike? They sit there, out of the way but within immediate reach, holding all the things you need to keep at hand. Dowco’s tank bag...
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Happy Trails Panniers and Top Box Review
In the 1990 film Crazy People, the late, great Dudley Moore plays an ad executive who, following a nervous breakdown, creates a series of blunt, truthful advertisements. The movie was terrible, but the...
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Touratech Zega Mundo Panniers and Zega Pro Top Case Review
Touratech Zega Mundo Panniers and Zega Pro Top Case Big adventure bikes like our 2015 Yamaha Super Ténéré ES long-termer are incomplete without hard luggage. We tested Yamaha’s 61-liter accessory...
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Firstgear Laguna GPS Tank Bag and Tail Bag Review
Riders love to dream of endless journeys, but in reality many of us are hard-pressed to just get away for the occasional quick weekend trip. If you fall into this category, soft bags really make sense...
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Cee Bailey’s Sport Shield, Headlight Guard & Bag Liners Review
Cee Bailey’s Sport Shield in lowest position. Luxury sport tourers come with power adjustable windshields that let you customize airflow according to speed, weather and personal preference. The stock...
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Givi Trekker Outback Panniers Review
Givi Trekker Outback Panniers. I’ve owned a wide range of adventure bikes over the last few decades, so I am well acquainted with the luggage obsession of adventure riders. Having been a fan of Givi...
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2016 Holiday Gift Guide
A Few of Our Favorite Things… It’s that time of year again! To assist you in the search for that perfect gift, three of us on the Rider staff each assembled a few of our favorite things to review for...
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Chase Harper Aeropac Tail Trunk and Aeropac II Panniers | Review
Chase Harper Aeropacs Tail Trunk and Aeropacs II Panniers. My first serious motorcycle luggage was a set of Chase Harper ET-4000 soft saddlebags that I tossed over my Kawasaki KLR650 in 1995. After...
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Shad SH58X Expandable Top Case | Review
The Shad SH58X expandable top case in its smallest configuration. The open/close latch operates independently of the key, making multiple quick stops that don’t require locking and unlocking the case...
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Tourmaster Elite 14L Tank Bag | Gear Review
Tourmaster Elite 14L Tank Bag. I love Swiss army knives, as they pack a lot of utility into a very small space. I have that same kind of appreciation for the Tourmaster Elite 14L Tank Bag, and for the...
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Nelson-Rigg Waterproof Hurricane Backpack/Tail Pack | Review
Nelson-Rigg Hurricane Waterproof Backpack/Tail Pack. Image courtesy Nelson-Rigg. Just as smartphones and multi-tools pack different functions into a single device, Nelson-Rigg’s Waterproof Hurricane...
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Fly Racing Tail Bag | Gear Review
The Fly Racing Tail Bag holds 20.5 liters unexpanded, and 27 liters when fully expanded. Despite possessing a fair amount of motorcycle touring experience, I’ve never been particularly good at packing...
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Nelson-Rigg Journey Highway Cruiser Magnetic Tank Bag | Gear Review
Small but mighty: the Journey features long magnetic flaps that grip a wide variety of tank sizes and shapes, even fitting over the central console on many cruisers. As long as a bike has adequate...
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Fly Racing 9800 Roller Bag by Ogio | Gear Review
Fly Racing 9800 Roller Bag by Ogio. OK, so you finally pulled the trigger on that fly-and-ride motorcycle trip of a lifetime, and it’s time to get packed. Sure, a good-sized suitcase will do the...
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Enhancing the Africa Twin | Stage 1: Minimal Weight Gain, More Protection
Our Editor-in-Chief got the farkling bug, and outfitted his Africa Twin with enough crash protection to cover any unexpected dirt naps, plus hard luggage and more. Photos by Kevin Wing. It started...
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Mosko Moto Reckless 80L V2.0 Luggage | Gear Review
Mosko Moto Reckless 80L V2.0 Luggage attached to a BMW F 800 GS. Mosko Moto has some new ideas about soft luggage for motorcyclists. A good example is its modular evolution of the horseshoe-style...
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Touratech Zega Evo Pannier System | Gear Review
Touratech Zega Evo panniers installed on a Honda Africa Twin. Looking at a set of “panniers” (from the French panier, or basket), or hard locking saddlebags, most of us probably wouldn’t think of them...
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Nelson-Rigg Dual-Sport Saddlebags and Tail Bag | Gear Review
My first street-legal motorcycle was a Honda XL500R dual-sport, and as a teenager I rode the wheels off that thumper, generally wearing a backpack to carry stuff since securely fitting the soft...
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