TarmacTraveller
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This is the first time that I've posted anything on this site so please forgive me if I've put it in the wrong place.
I'd just like to give Vern and his Worldbeater's a wrap.
I scoured the internet and in particular this site and the ADV site looking for what I thought would be the best panniers to suit my 1100gs.
I looked at several options some of them dearer and some cheaper. Fortunately a good mate of mine had ordered a set of Verns so I was able to see first hand the quality and workmanship in these fine boxes while I was still doing the reasearch.
I will admit that there was a particular company down here in Australia that seemed to manufacture a fairly good product so I contacted them and they did come back to with information, the second time I contacted them ( via e-mail) I got no reply and to this day still don't have return corespondance from them.
Talking with my mate who had purchased Vern's for his adventurer he said why don't we see if these will fit your bike... we did... and they didn't, the problem was that the Staintune aftermarket exhaust was some what longer than the standard pipe.
So an email to Vern and we discussed the options I had, and while Vern suggested that I have the Staintune cut down in length it wasn't something that I was happy with . Another e-mail and I explained that I was pretty handy with a tape measure and could do drawings that said it was off the mates place once again, whip off the pannier frame from the exhaust side on his bike, hold the pannier in place make a couple of marks with a pencil and then produced a drawing , took a couple of photographs and another e-mail to Vern.
I was pressed for time and explained that I was off to Tasmanian for a couple of weeks with four other mates and wondered if I'd get the boxes in time, that said I rang Vern and it didn't seem to be a problem.... and it wasn't.
The boxes arrived the week before I was due to head off. An hour and half on a Friday night and we had them fitted.
Now the real wrap here is that not only did I get the boxes in time it's the fact that Vern put himself out to make sure everything happened , he even had to do a round trip of 200 mile, in the snow, to get some extra plate for the construction.
The other wrap is that I recieved a quality product , the welds are something to be seen, the hinges a work of art , the clasp are gutsy, and how on earth he gets into the folds inside the lids to bolt every together is beyond me !
The stainless steel mounting brackets are something else again and another work of art. While I'm talking works of art... you should see how these boxes are packed for transport, it must take him as long to pack them as it does to make them. Delivery time from the UK to Australia.... 4 days and you can track them.
Two weeks, 4600k's in which we had rain, covered some dirt roads that should have been classified as a nuclear dust zone and I can attest that the boxes didn't let in not one drop of water nor any dust that I assure you was finer than talcompowder.
I can't recommend these boxes and the man that manufactures them highly enough. If your looking for panniers that are not only big enough to take everything you need and a product that will pobably last as long as your GS these have to be what you need.
Drop him a line, give him a call, nothing seems to much trouble.
And when you consider I'm still waiting for a return mail from another supplier.....
A huge thanks Vern, thanks for all your efforts mate.
Paul.
I'd just like to give Vern and his Worldbeater's a wrap.
I scoured the internet and in particular this site and the ADV site looking for what I thought would be the best panniers to suit my 1100gs.
I looked at several options some of them dearer and some cheaper. Fortunately a good mate of mine had ordered a set of Verns so I was able to see first hand the quality and workmanship in these fine boxes while I was still doing the reasearch.
I will admit that there was a particular company down here in Australia that seemed to manufacture a fairly good product so I contacted them and they did come back to with information, the second time I contacted them ( via e-mail) I got no reply and to this day still don't have return corespondance from them.
Talking with my mate who had purchased Vern's for his adventurer he said why don't we see if these will fit your bike... we did... and they didn't, the problem was that the Staintune aftermarket exhaust was some what longer than the standard pipe.
So an email to Vern and we discussed the options I had, and while Vern suggested that I have the Staintune cut down in length it wasn't something that I was happy with . Another e-mail and I explained that I was pretty handy with a tape measure and could do drawings that said it was off the mates place once again, whip off the pannier frame from the exhaust side on his bike, hold the pannier in place make a couple of marks with a pencil and then produced a drawing , took a couple of photographs and another e-mail to Vern.
I was pressed for time and explained that I was off to Tasmanian for a couple of weeks with four other mates and wondered if I'd get the boxes in time, that said I rang Vern and it didn't seem to be a problem.... and it wasn't.
The boxes arrived the week before I was due to head off. An hour and half on a Friday night and we had them fitted.
Now the real wrap here is that not only did I get the boxes in time it's the fact that Vern put himself out to make sure everything happened , he even had to do a round trip of 200 mile, in the snow, to get some extra plate for the construction.
The other wrap is that I recieved a quality product , the welds are something to be seen, the hinges a work of art , the clasp are gutsy, and how on earth he gets into the folds inside the lids to bolt every together is beyond me !
The stainless steel mounting brackets are something else again and another work of art. While I'm talking works of art... you should see how these boxes are packed for transport, it must take him as long to pack them as it does to make them. Delivery time from the UK to Australia.... 4 days and you can track them.
Two weeks, 4600k's in which we had rain, covered some dirt roads that should have been classified as a nuclear dust zone and I can attest that the boxes didn't let in not one drop of water nor any dust that I assure you was finer than talcompowder.
I can't recommend these boxes and the man that manufactures them highly enough. If your looking for panniers that are not only big enough to take everything you need and a product that will pobably last as long as your GS these have to be what you need.
Drop him a line, give him a call, nothing seems to much trouble.
And when you consider I'm still waiting for a return mail from another supplier.....
A huge thanks Vern, thanks for all your efforts mate.
Paul.
