Repairing Vern's Panniers

[bcostell]

I did a daft thing. I managed to lay the bike down on a wet and windey road in Croatia. Now one of my panniers is somewhat the worse for wear. Anyone have any recomendations where I could get it repaired or duplicated. I've tried contacting Vern (email, messaging from this forum and his two phone numbers), but can't get through so have to assume he's not in business anymore. Help appreciated.

Also, If anyone has an exhaust side or even a pair they want to sell please let me know.

Thanks

 

[ahutcheon]

I think Vern is still around - there was a picture of him wielding a hacksaw in an airhead thread yesterday.

Looks like added character to me, or has the weld opened up at the bottom? If so and you're in SF (how's the boat racing going?) there must be a local ali welder who could sort that out and leave you with the added character?

 

[Flipfly]

Vern is still around, but his job as cheshire most wanted man whore is keeping him very busy.
He'll get back to you I'm sure

Pannier looks fine, tis but a graze. Have you tried putting a sticker over it

 

[Rushy]

Vern is still around, but his job as cheshire most wanted man whore is keeping him very busy.

See him most days on the A50

 

[Fanum]

I used chemical metal putty to repair a seam that I cracked open on rocks.

It sets rock hard and bonds extremely well to the aluminium (clean it off first with brake cleaner and roughen the faces around a hole first) and once set, you can file it or sand it.

It kept my old Verns watertight for a good few more years

 

[bcostell]

The pannier is split along the weld where it contacted and the side is pretty bowed out. The case took the brunt of the impact. I lost a cylinder guard and had slight scratching of the valve cover. Somewhere something else is bent out of shape - the cases aren't symetrical at the back anymore. I'm going to be stroring the bike in Malaga for a couple of months - I live in San Francisco but this is a UK registered bike - so hopefully I can have Vern repair and ship back the case.

Very frustrating to loose it the way I did. Wet roads, following four Honda Dauville's on a road in Hvar (Croatian Island). Fortunately they heard me go down and came back to help me up. Good lads Twisted knee, bent ego. Wife on the back just stood straight up off as the bike went down. Wish I was so smart.