OEM panniers-

[lund]

I personally prefer the OE pannier over any of the hard aluminum cases. I had Jesses side cases on my GS and over a long haul to central America (Panama) the bike got dropped a couple of times. Anyhow long story short the Jesses mounting frame tweeked enough that the boxes became difficult to remove and install and the boxes lids would no longer seal because they also tweeked.
By the end of the trip the stress of being dropped and poorly fitting panniers actually cracked my sub frame on the bike.
Today I no longer use aluminum boxes, the OE boxes are awesome for most all uses and when I go remote off the grid soft panniers are nearly indestructible.
Youtube and aftermarket industry put alot of hype on aluminum panniers doing retarded tests that in real life the panniers would be last of my concern in such a crash and lots of guys go down that road, IMO don't waste your money stick with OE.
The OE plastic boxes are good but will break, especially the mounts, but atleast the subframe shouldn't crack. LOL

 

[Sierra1]

. . . . I had Jesses side cases on my GS . . . . panniers actually cracked my sub frame on the bike. . . .

Wait, wait, wait. You were riding a GS . . . . and you're blaming the bags?

 

[Cycledude]

Other than the crappy locks that require a key every time you want to open or close the OEM bags I like them.

 

[WJBertrand]

I made these shorty keys so I don’t have to use my ignition key every time I have to access them.

 

[lund]

Wait, wait, wait. You were riding a GS . . . . and you're blaming the bags?

That was in my younger years and did not know any better.

 

[Cantab]

Found one of the rubber mounts I'd lost 45kms away from my home at an intersection down the road from my daughters house...also I hadn't noticed that they are slightly wider at one end, 21mm and 19mm the wider end mounts/faces towards the front (shows this in the instructions I posted lol)

 

[Nomad]

the stubby key is one of the best and should be first thing you do for the bike IMHO.

I made these shorty keys so I don’t have to use my ignition key every time I have to access them.

 

[2aroundtheworld]

I personally prefer the OE pannier over any of the hard aluminum cases. I had Jesses side cases on my GS and over a long haul to central America (Panama) the bike got dropped a couple of times. Anyhow long story short the Jesses mounting frame tweeked enough that the boxes became difficult to remove and install and the boxes lids would no longer seal because they also tweeked.
By the end of the trip the stress of being dropped and poorly fitting panniers actually cracked my sub frame on the bike.
Today I no longer use aluminum boxes, the OE boxes are awesome for most all uses and when I go remote off the grid soft panniers are nearly indestructible.
Youtube and aftermarket industry put alot of hype on aluminum panniers doing retarded tests that in real life the panniers would be last of my concern in such a crash and lots of guys go down that road, IMO don't waste your money stick with OE.
The OE plastic boxes are good but will break, especially the mounts, but atleast the subframe shouldn't crack. LOL

Interesting - we just got back from Baja. One bike has OEM, one bike has Touratech and one bike has Jesse.

Everyone (6 riders total) preferred the Jesse ones. The OEM ones are always a pain to close/latch and breaks when the bike drops (which happened several times).

 

[lund]

Interesting - we just got back from Baja. One bike has OEM, one bike has Touratech and one bike has Jesse.

Everyone (6 riders total) preferred the Jesse ones. The OEM ones are always a pain to close/latch and breaks when the bike drops (which happened several times).

Ya I hear ya, I don't use the Yamaha OE boxes when I travel remote as I can not have a box break off its mount on a good dump. But as a general all purpose pannier they are good and prefer them. As a grocery runner or day trip or even a weekend get away if your bike has OE boxes I don't see any reason to change, waste of coin and after my experience too many risk, things are only as good as the weakest point as I experienced. IMO.
If your going remote where the likely hood of dropping the bike is high, soft panniers. I run OE generally but switch out to my Musko set up when on a long distance off grid travel. It takes no more then one hour to switch out the mounting systems and is part of prepping the motorcycle for the long journey.
I don't like the soft panniers for general use and much prefer the OE for that and switch back after the journey is done.

 

[Cycledude]

Made the short stubby luggage keys for my Tenere when I first got it, after about a year of being in the locks the keys became unremovable, doesn’t really matter much to me because I really don’t think most folks would be able to get them open anyway.

 

[2aroundtheworld]

Ya I hear ya, I don't use the Yamaha OE boxes when I travel remote as I can not have a box break off its mount on a good dump. But as a general all purpose pannier they are good and prefer them. As a grocery runner or day trip or even a weekend get away if your bike has OE boxes I don't see any reason to change, waste of coin and after my experience too many risk, things are only as good as the weakest point as I experienced. IMO.
If your going remote where the likely hood of dropping the bike is high, soft panniers. I run OE generally but switch out to my Musko set up when on a long distance off grid travel. It takes no more then one hour to switch out the mounting systems and is part of prepping the motorcycle for the long journey.
I don't like the soft panniers for general use and much prefer the OE for that and switch back after the journey is done.

I agree. It makes me reconsider selling the OEM I have and keeping them.

 

[kristop64089]

I personally prefer the OE pannier over any of the hard aluminum cases. I had Jesses side cases on my GS and over a long haul to central America (Panama) the bike got dropped a couple of times. Anyhow long story short the Jesses mounting frame tweeked enough that the boxes became difficult to remove and install and the boxes lids would no longer seal because they also tweeked.
By the end of the trip the stress of being dropped and poorly fitting panniers actually cracked my sub frame on the bike.
Today I no longer use aluminum boxes, the OE boxes are awesome for most all uses and when I go remote off the grid soft panniers are nearly indestructible.
Youtube and aftermarket industry put alot of hype on aluminum panniers doing retarded tests that in real life the panniers would be last of my concern in such a crash and lots of guys go down that road, IMO don't waste your money stick with OE.
The OE plastic boxes are good but will break, especially the mounts, but atleast the subframe shouldn't crack. LOL

Find that out on a fall yesterday. I think I can easily repair the crack, but my top box broken a foot off

 

[Cycledude]

Made the short stubby luggage keys for my Tenere when I first got it, after about a year of being in the locks the keys became unremovable, doesn’t really matter much to me because I really don’t think most folks would be able to get them open anyway.

Not sure what happen but a few days ago I again attempted to remove the stubby keys and with a little wiggling all three keys came out and went back in fine.

 

[AusTexS10]

I agree. It makes me reconsider selling the OEM I have and keeping them.

I wish I had done just that, kept the oems instead of selling them after picking up some used Jesses on here. The Jesses take more time for mount/dismount, which I have to do every time I roll into the garage due to a narrow space, and I found I don't really use the extra volume the Jesses provide (not a long distance traveler like so many are).