Crash Protection for Aluminium Panniers?
 

Greetings from Southern Spain,

I have an XRV750 with Aluminium panniers on - they are 2mm welded custom jobbies.

When the bike falls, the front bottom corner is the first part to hit the floor, along with the bike's handguards.
During a slide down an asphalt road a couple of months ago in Morocco, the aluminium has had a fair portion of the thickness worn away.

Has anyone tried any sort of protection for the panniers?

I'm thinking:
- Additional alu plate welded on
- Steel plate riveted on (but I'm reluctant to drill my otherwise very watertight boxes)
- Plastic (sheet or 3D printed), epoxy-ied on
- Is there anything commercially available that fits the bill?

Opinions please!

Attached are some pics of my box post- & pre-slide.

Hi

You could use double sided sticky tape on a strip of nylon, or look for the corners used in flight cases or aluminium music boxes.....

Or leave it just the way it is, call it a battle scar and have a story to tell about it.

Much more interesting and genuine and importantly " WEIGHT" saving :smartass:

Just keep riding and enjoy the view infront.

Check out cool morph. Mold your own corner protection. Tom G