Madhatter
Well-Known Member
the one advantage of hard bags is better security of items .
Found some more pictures of the same incident.My main PC went bang and my work PC will not let me plug any of my back up drives in so I only have two pictures pinched from FB rather then the others showing the broken metal pannier. What I can show is the pannier that didn't get broken on my mates XRV. That's me pointing at the small rock that stopped him and where his bash plate smacked into it. He went over the handle bars. The large rock behind is the one that ripped off the left hand pannier. That is laying, along with half his possessions, out of view to the left. My bike (then) with soft panniers is the 2nd picture.
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Lucky no one got hurt.
Amazing, I admit as I watched the accident happen in front of me I was terrified my friend was going to be badly injured and with no way of getting help quickly if needed. He went completely over the bars and landed amongst the rocks and apart from the shock of it happening he was unhurt. We set him to making some tea whilst we smashed his bash plate back out with rocks because it was stopping his clutch lever moving and making temporary repairs to the pannier. We didn't know then but one of his front discs was bent and proceeded to eat one pad, so we later removed one of the calipers and gaffer taped it to the fork leg, he came home to the UK on one front brake only.Lucky no one got hurt.
I think dabbing is a habit most of us would be unable to prevent, whether the boxes were mounted or not. If the boxes are mounted, your lower leg is going under one, no matter how much you think you can resist.On my real dirt bikes I always took long dab's to correct what ever the situation was. Meaning my foot would go out hit the ground and I would leave it planted as the bike continued forward. My foot would end up near the rear axle before I picked it up again. When I started riding big bikes with bags or boxes I quickly had to learn a new way of dabbing. Much quicker and shorter dabs almost like hopping. I found out quick I didn't want my planted foot any where near the back of the bike! I also will put my foot out much wider than usual if I have time and can. I run hard boxes on my bike but I usually don't have it in bad situations. Of course at times such as right now after our flooding rains the other day my steep long drive way is worse than a lot of the off road sections I have seen in this forum! haha. Actually have caught my leg under my boxes on my drive when I got out of shape. short quick hop dabs work for me.
Easier said than done.Whenever a bike falls, just escape the bike otherwise it may give you more injuries.
Yes... that's the theory... but for the theory to take effect, you have to put it into practice... and that's where things get complicated...Whenever a bike falls, just escape the bike otherwise it may give you more injuries.
Ain't that the truth. Even in a controlled environment, one second you're on the bike . . . . and the next . . . . you're on the ground.Easier said than done.
ObviouslyEasier said than done.
But,….instead of buying protection for the ankles….why not suppose that this protection exists in the S10?…..why not suppose, that this “strange” and “unique” design of the side panier anchors , Thought in 2010…. were designed to “unhook” in case of a fall and protect your ankles…Don't want to write a big paragraph when I already know you can't handle that situation, because it totally happened in different circumstances. The only best thing is you purchase ankle protection.