Hi - looking at options for "inner bags" for my new 1300GSA - i have the original BMW aluminium panniers for it.
on my 1200 i had the original BMW ones and they served me well for best part of a decade. I'm tempted with just coughing up the (rather painful) amount BMW want for them again (£112 each although i have seen some sellers doing the pair for £190)
Before i do though....
Has anyone bought the "copies" of the BMW bag from AliExpress? what are they like? has anyone actually had chance to compare them to the originals?
I actually bought the Ali "copy" of the top-box bag for a short, solo trip to Scotland in May - when it arrived it was quite good quality, but it didn't actually fill the pannier at all. I was wide and tall enough, but on the depth, or thickness, (front to back of pannier) it was only about 2/3rds to 3/4rs of the size in that dimension - i didn't use it in the end.
so has anyone used the Ali ones? - any sellers to look for or avoid? (or are they all the same thing but sometimes at different prices?)
Thanks for any guidance you can offer.
on my 1200 i had the original BMW ones and they served me well for best part of a decade. I'm tempted with just coughing up the (rather painful) amount BMW want for them again (£112 each although i have seen some sellers doing the pair for £190)
Before i do though....
Has anyone bought the "copies" of the BMW bag from AliExpress? what are they like? has anyone actually had chance to compare them to the originals?
I actually bought the Ali "copy" of the top-box bag for a short, solo trip to Scotland in May - when it arrived it was quite good quality, but it didn't actually fill the pannier at all. I was wide and tall enough, but on the depth, or thickness, (front to back of pannier) it was only about 2/3rds to 3/4rs of the size in that dimension - i didn't use it in the end.
so has anyone used the Ali ones? - any sellers to look for or avoid? (or are they all the same thing but sometimes at different prices?)
Thanks for any guidance you can offer.