New panniers on the market?

[Blackal]

Saw the following on Ebay - never heard of them before..... "Ard Cases"

Item: 160148789638 (£250 buy-it-now)

Look to be well made and not a whole lot of money.

Al

[I have no connection at all with the vendor or the product manufacturer]

 

[Captain Pugwash]

Do they come with the cat to make them road legal ?

 

[Deleted account W]

They look good, and a great price too

 

[GS TRV]

I don't see any rivets so they must be amazing


good price though

 

[Blackal]

I don't see any rivets so they must be amazing


good price though

Al

 

[Jam]

They look.................








































Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect...........I will get me coat then

 

[GS TRV]

Are they scooter boxes?






(Look carefully)

 

[Jam]

at least at these brices the wont be a `drain` on your bank account..........




Anyone else got the Friday feeling?

 

[~Stef~]

Well seeing as non of you lot would take the plunge, I contacted the man (Roger) and ordered a pair for my GS. I'll let you know how I get on.

 

[mike wright]

I saw those.........I think they look well made and would be interested in the review when you have tried them out

 

[Decster]

Well seeing as non of you lot would take the plunge, I contacted the man (Roger) and ordered a pair for my GS. I'll let you know how I get on.

We will need lots of piccies

 

[Blackal]

Well seeing as non of you lot would take the plunge, I contacted the man (Roger) and ordered a pair for my GS. I'll let you know how I get on.

To be honest, I wondered how they lasted on ebay so long

Anyone tried the mobile number you can see on the bottom of the pic?

Al

 

[~Stef~]

To be honest, I wondered how they lasted on ebay so long

Anyone tried the mobile number you can see on the bottom of the pic?

Al

Not spoken to him but had loads of emails back n forth with Roger about my requirements. Seems a very helpfull chap. Looking forward to getting the panniers will be using a set of Givi rails to mount them. Will post pics once their on.

 

[Blackal]

Is there a "finder's fee" ?

(I like )

Al

 

[paul nicholls]

new panniers

Ive had some Ard Cases for a while now, I met a friend of the maker on a ride to Timboctou last Jan, and was impressed, they are very very well made and extremely strong being 4ml thick ally and all welded by hand by the maker, if you have an 1150adv he also can make a rack which is also bomb proof, or if you take your bike to him hell build you a bespoke rack,
The guy is very flexable and if you contacted him he could custom build to your spec.
My boxes have been absolutely brilliant and although there are no claims about waterproofness, have not let a drop in.
The boxes arent the prettiest but for £250 the are a BARGAIN!! HIGHLY RECOMENDED.

 

[~Stef~]

The guy is very flexable and if you contacted him he could custom build to your spec.

I had thought about getting a matching top box made along the lines of the ADV one

 

[Blackal]

........ they are very very well made and extremely strong being 4ml thick ally and all welded by hand by the maker,

4.0 mm Crikey - that's serious!


Al

 

[~Stef~]

4.0 mm Crikey - that's serious!


Al

Errr might be a bit of a cuffudle here. the ones ive bought are advertised as 2.5mm which is still nearly twice as thick as the Zega's

 

[talltony]

I've just had a reply to an email I sent him.They're made from 2mm ali apart from the inner face and the bottoms.I presume this means he uses a heavier gauge here but he didn't make that clear.They weigh approx. 6kg. each - anyone know how that compares? I've looked on other manufacturers websites but can't see any weights shown.
He also confirmed that he can make them to any size.
Edit:They're powder coated inside and out.
Tony

 

[Blackal]

Mmm............ who knows - he may be able to make bespoke topboxes etc?

He should maybe think about a "range" of fixed sizes (a la MetalMule).

Al