Yes, they are walls of ice on both sides of this road.
We have been fortunate and have been living the adventure motorcyclist’s dream since 2012. After 82 countries and nearly 250,000 kilometres we have developed a deep appreciation for gear that works well.
Decided to change the OEM panniers with Soft ones just before 12,000km+ planned trip in the Caucasus mountains to the east. My choice was BUMOT Xtremada soft panniers including integrated rack-mount tool box which keep all my tools over the trip, allow me to change a flat tire on the go, adjust the chain, change brake pads/etc .
I ended up doing more than 1000km off-road and Xtremadas never failed me. I dropped the bike a few times, even on some rails in Armenia – there was no damage, amazing.
My only concern about “going soft” was how waterproof this solution is? So, after three hours of pouring rain, not even the outside of the inner dry bags were wet!
I just love the 4 small pockets on the sides of the bags – your daily hydration, the oil for your oiler, some snacks are on arm lengths away!
My final test was a low-side with about 120 kmph a result of wet tarmac road. I was sure that have lost my trusty luggage system, since it took most of the beating! But it was not! After 420 meters of sliding (hello modern era, you could even track your falls on all the gadget you have on yourself 🙂 there was just cosmetic damage, pannier racks safe the bike and there wasn’t any damages! It was a stress test, which the Xtremada passed and even exceeded! Great job, Bumot!
Keep them coming 🙂 Sincerely in love with your products.
Dimitar Kambarev
