NEWS FLASH: WE JUST RECEIVED AN E-MAIL QUESTION FROM LONDON AND AS WE WERE ABOUT TO ANSWER IT OUR AOL LINK TERMINATED AND WE LOST THE MESSAGE. SORRY. PLEASE SEND AGAIN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL BE GOING FROM LONDON TO DARWIN BUT WE ARE UNSURE OF YOUR ROUTE. PLEASE DETAIL. ALSO THAT YOU WILL BE TAKING YAMAHAS AND NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PANNIERS. WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR TRAVELLERS CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY BUT REMEMBER, TRAVEL LIGHT, KNOW WHERE THE DEALERS ARE ALONG THE ROUTE, DON'T FORGET DHL SERVICES AND ASK YOUR DEALER WHAT THE FIVE MOST LIKELY ITEMS THAT WILL BREAK AND TAKE THEM WITH YOU. CONTACT US AGAIN AND WE WILL TRY TO PROVIDE BETTER INFO. JUST GOT BACK FROM LONDON WHERE WE STOPPED OVER ON OUR WAY TO CLIMB THE NEARLY 2O,OOO FT PEAK OF MT. KILIMANJARO IN AFRICA. NOT EVERY TRIP CAN BE A MOTORCYCLE TRIP BUT WHILE THERE WE WERE TOLD THAT TWO ITALIANS HAD TAKEN MOTORCYCLES TO THE TOP.
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GOT QUESTIONS. WANT ANSWERS? MAIL US OR E-MAIL US YOUR ADVENTURE QUESTIONS AND WE WILL TRY TO GET ANSWERS FROM OUR TRAVELLERS.
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Q. MIKE FROM COLORADO CONTACTED US AND SAID HE WAS TAKING HIS BMW TO ALASKA. WHICH PANNIERS SHOULD I USE HE ASKED?
A. CERTAINLY NOT THE STOCK PANNIERS. THEY MAY BE BARELY ADEQUATE FOR PAVEMENT BUT NOT FOR OFF ROAD. WHICH ARE THE BEST PANNIERS TO USE? WE HAVE THREE ANSWERS.
******** HELGE PEDERSEN PREFERS THE JESSE PANNIERS. THEY ARE WATER PROOF, HEAVY DUTY AND COME WITH A GOOD MOUNTING FRAME. BUT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.
******** GREG FRAZIER PREFERS THE BERN TESCH PANNIERS THAT HE IMPORTS FROM GERMANY. THEY ARE ALSO EXPENSIVE.
******** ERIC AND GAIL HAWS PREFER DARR PANNIERS SOLD BY CAPITOL CYCLE. BECAUSE THEY ARE (1) VERY LIGHT (2) AND THEY HAVE ONE 91 PD AND A 91 AND 92 GS (ALL BMW's) , THE LATTER TWO NOT IN THE US. SINCE THE DARR PANNIERS CAN ATTACHED TO THE STOCK FRAME THEY ARE INTERCHANGEABLE AND ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO BUY EXPENSIVE FRAMES FOR EACH MOTORCYCLE. AND THE DARR PANNIERS ARE ABOUT HALF THE PRICE OF THE OTHER TWO LISTED ABOVE. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOAD THEM FULL AND GO OFF ROAD EXPECT TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FRAME BREAKAGE AS THE STOCK BMW FRAMES ARE A PIECE OF JUNK JUST LIKE THE STOCK PANNIERS.
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