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Originally Posted by despatiea
Planning a circumnavigation on my vstrom 650. I prefer to go soft luggage and currently own the Giant Loop system that I used a lot in Australia. But down there security was less of a concern, and tumors speak that South America deserves a bit more security.
I am not the worry type but if the consensus is that hard lockable is the way to go I would consider it.
I am traveling solo.
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I own hard and soft luggage and struggle with this choice all the time. To me, the two big drawbacks to hard boxes are:
I personally know two people who have had minor crashes, had the bike land on them and the boxes break their leg. Not a small thing. The other is that hard boxes seem to amplify road vibrations. anything besides clothes needs to be well padded. I have had tools disassemble themselves, and anything hard beats itself to death.
That said, they keep my mind at ease much better during a stop at a restaurant, or a border station. My valuable stuff (electronica) is in a magnetic tank bag that comes with me. No hard and fast answer.
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