Picked up a bike last week in WV. 1st time off the interstate there. Got lost around tygart lake. No gps. Went through masontown onto the interstate. Ended up 30 miles east of buckhannon. Did I mention no gps....lol Great roads for riding. As long as you know where your going.
I got just the bags couple months ago. So far I like them. I still want the bottle holders but seems everything online is out of stock. Great video again. I hopeyou are enjoying your cross country trip. Be safe on your travels
Left Mike, what you see in my video is integrated as part of the bag. I've linked what Scott is talking about www.rockymountainatvmc.com/parts/tusk-bottle-holder-kit-p
@@2WR Thx Mario, unfortunately it does not look like these bags are available for either my 1250gs or my wife’s 700gs. I am pretty satisfied with my Touratechs but my wife has no luggage at all and these looked perfect for her….standing by for the “shoulda bought an orange bike” reply, lol!
Impressive setup. Great review. Seems like with that bulletproof material that the soft bags would do better in a drop situation when adventuring...absorb some impact vs. damage/denting to hard bags.
Its certainly nicer to snag soft bags on things vs hard boxes. You can ride away from bumping or snagging the soft bags in most cases, not the other way around haha
I like the idea of soft bags for off road and they don't stick out as far when empty but I'm never going to figure out how big 40 liters is or even 20 or 30 liters. I just figured out about the size of a mm bolt by looking at it now I got to figure how much space a liter takes. Metric system was not a strong point for me in school.
They’ve got 1,500 ADV miles on em and my boys couldn’t stop checking them out wanting a pair. Not saying they’re THE best but for the money they’re tough to beat. (Also look clean because they’re just gotten home from a ride in the rain).
Thanks for the review Mario - I purchased the same '16 KTM 1290 SA (as you) new in '17 and have struggled with the quality, lack of ruggedness, mounting, and wind resistance of the KTM Side Panniers. Note: the top case is fine. I am 98-99% on-road and go on an annual 2500 - 4000 mile ride in between my short rides throughout the year in the western US. With that said, would you consider replacing the 2016 KTM 1290 SA OEM side panniers with these Tusk Olympus Soft Panniers?
Since I keep my 1290 mostly as my rode bike, No. I like the locking ability of the hard bags and like how they are integrated into the bike. I keep my saddlebags on a shelf unless I'm touring so I enjoy the cleaner look of no racks. For my 990, I don't mind the racks since that's the only way you can mount bags. That said, I like you'll like the tusk rack/bags as they are a very nice setup. I just personally don't want to swap out my factory hard bags on my 1290. Hope that makes sense.
