10,000 Mile Review - Why the Tusk Pilot Panniers are the Best Budget Bags You Can Buy!
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2023-03-05に共有
The material and workmanship are high quality, their attachment system is redundant and highly adaptable, and they include 35L drybags as bag liners to keep your gear dry. They're in the goldilocks zone of size, with the ability to swell up to swallow all of your BDR gear on the weekends, or shrink down to hold your toolkit and commuting gear for the ride to work.
They're not perfect, and it takes much longer to install these bags onto a rack than other bags, or bags with a quick-disconnect system might (though Tusk does have separate QD plates to speed the process up). There are so many straps that getting the bag to hang well against the pannier while also holding all of your gear tightly can be a bit of a hassle, and getting into the bags to retrieve contents while it's cinched tightly is difficult. The strap tails also frequently work themselves loose on rough terrain and dangle ghillie-suit style, so you end up having to re-roll the excess sometimes.
If you can live with the downsides and have the patience for a little fiddliness, the bags are an awesome budget option! They're inexpensive without being cheap, and I have no doubt these bags will go another 10,000 miles, if not 50,000.
I am not sponsored by Rocky Mountain ATV or Tusk, I purchased these bags with my own money, and use them on a daily basis.
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Thanks Noah. Been considering these bags. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
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Great assessment. I have the Tusk Excursion rackless paniers, but with racks installed (after the fact) to prevent the bags from flopping around. These are also very well made, and I have nothing bad to say about them. Have been considering going to the Pilots as they hold a lot more gear.
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I really love the idea of soft paniers but when travelling, I like to be able to lock my hard panniers up. Sometimes I have things in there that would not only pain me to lose but could lead to other problems when reported to authorities. iykyk
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Just purchased the Tusk Pilot Panniers same size as yours, they also make a larger size. I am fabricating a set of pannier racks for my NC 700x and I plan on eliminating the straps that go across the top because fuel tank is under the seat. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
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Thanks for the review. Looking at these now as a possibility for my new KLR.
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I've been looking at the pilots. The size used to be advertised as 25 liters per side and then suddenly switched on rocky mountain ATV. I was curious so I took the dimensions listed on rocky mountain and did some math and then converted cubed inches to liters. I got about 24 liters. Also judging from reviews next to the nelson rigg bags that are advertised as 28 liters the pilot panniers look smaller.
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I recently picked these up use but new and I’ll be using the quick release mechanism or possibly just a bag liner. Your point about the difficult access is what held me back from going soft bags for a long time but what I’ve found is soft bags on the side with something like a pelican case or normal top box on the back allows you to keep weight low and benefit from the durability of soft luggage during a tip over but the box can be used for stuff like gloves and hats etc… that require a lot of in and out access. That has worked best for me.
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Great review, just bought a used KLR that came with hard cases. They are nice but I just weighed them at almost 12lbs each.
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Excellent video. I own these bags and used them for a cross-country (USA) trip. Dealing with the loads of straps and buckles got really old. I later added the metal mounting plates which work well, though they are quite heavy. All said and done, i hate everything about soft bags except that they are less likely to break my ankle/leg in a fall. Everything else is slow and full of hassle.
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I think that the Neson-Rigg Hurricane bags are just as good or better, as the NR bags are waterproof.
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Nice job with the review, what rack are you using to mount them? Would you consider the quick release mounting setup?
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I agree with you. Ran these on my DR650 for 10 years and am now running a new set on my Tenere 700.
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Nice video
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I bought these bags... mine did not come with water proof bags.. I'll have to contact them. Also Im noticing your riding pants.. what are they called and where did you get them?
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What kinda seat do you have on that bike?
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No disrespect but I cannot overlook how massively annoying the 700 straps are. I currently have panniers that use one strap and a roll top closure and it's so much better.
