Royal Enfield Meteor 350 - My €120 (ish) Hard Luggage Solution For The Royal Enfield Meteor 350 (2)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- So, the long promised Meteor 350 luggage mod finally happened !!!
Sorry it took so long. I've had the panniers for months now, but first of all the constant rain prevented me from attempting to fit them and then, when it did stop raining, I discovered that additional spacers would be needed to complete the job.
Many thanks to fellow TH-camr LanesExplorer ( check out his channel for more Meteor content ( and sailing bears ! ), there is a link to his channel at the end of this video description ) for making and sending the required spacers to me free of charge. Without you Peter, this mod would have taken even longer and the end result would probably have been a lot worse ! Thank you so much, you went above and beyond !
This video is part two of the series and presents a step by step tutorial to mounting these panniers.
The next video will be documenting some final tweaks that I later made and this third video will also contain a full list of all of the items you need in order to replicate this mod with your own Meteor 350, so please be patient, the list of parts and where to buy them will be coming in the final part of this video series !
Timestamps :
00:15 Introducing the panniers and mounting kit
01:45 Fitting the mounting brackets to the Meteor
04:08 Selecting the desired position for the panniers prior to drilling
05:16 Preparing the panniers for drilling
05:55 That went well ! Two successfully drilled panniers !
06:32 Preparing the drilled pannier for mounting
07:31 First pannier successfully fitted
09:00 The birth of the "baby bagger". Both panniers successfully fitted
11:29 Can you still carry a pillion passenger ?
12:06 Do they rattle and shake ?
12:44 But are these panniers actually practical ? Practicality testing.
14:34 A job well done ( featuring Ruby ) !
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Here is a link to the panniers I fitted :
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And here is a link to the universal mounting brackets :
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Louis have European and UK websites selling these panniers.
For the USA and other territories visit the CustomAcces website for a list of dealers in your region.
Use this link, identify your country and then search for dealers in your country.
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Well ER you made a great job of that "How I did it" video. Very professional and certainly easy to follow. Panniers really add to the look of your Fireball, I think. And many thanks for the mentions 🤗
Lovely to see Ruby enjoying her sossidge too xx
Thanks Peter,
wait until you see part three where I add “niceness” to the basic installation 😛
I think your influence has started to rub off on me. I can see myself tweaking and reducing clearances for months to come 😂
You are more than deserving of the mentions, hopefully I can push you past the big five o 👍🤗
You were instrumental in this job finally getting started, I wouldn’t have made it without your kind help, so I insist that you bathe in the glory of “our” successful mod.
Yes, I’m not sure that Ruby “enjoys” sausages, well not unless she has tastebuds in her stomach 😂
Thanks for you help on this project and much love from the pair of us ❤️
ER.
@@economicalrides Thank you Garry. Always pleased to help where I can. Yes I see new subscribers are already visiting LanesExplorer. 😊
I liked your reply to Stephan-your English Google translation made some amusing choices. Look forward to part three and your tweaks. Both my crankcase shield and gear lever modification went through quite a few iterations before I was satisfied with them.
We 'looked after' a beagle some years back and she was rather like Ruby - bolted her food as she'd been raised with great Danes who would steal her food unless she golloped it first. Perhaps that's why Ruby makes her sossidge disappear so quickly. 🐕
@@Lanes-Explorer5733 Hi Peter,
what do you mean about the translation, are you talking about the auto-generated subtitles ?
I think Ruby gets so excited by certain treats that she gulps them down. When I give her her dinner in the evening, she is usually quite ambivalent about it, will eat a bit, then leave it for a while and then return later. It's really only with the treats that her greedy side comes through, bless her.
I do sincerely hope though that she has tastebuds in her stomach, otherwise she's not getting a lot from these sausages 😂
Cheers Peter, looking forward to seeing your sub count rise !
ER.
@@economicalrides Hi Garry. No not subtitles. I scrolled down the comments on your latest video and Stephan made a comment in German. I clicked on 'translate to English' and it did it very well. Then you replied to Stephan in German regarding the overhang on the panniers. I then translated that into English. It made some amusing mistranslations. Perhaps you aren't able to see those as you wrote it? In German probably as you are a German speaker. My German isn't quite up to it unfortunately - 50+ years out of date! X
@@Lanes-Explorer5733 The only difficult thing for the translator was "bis der Arzt kommt" which translates to "until the doctor comes". But that is actually a correct translation. The expression means "until your dying day" which is "when the doctor comes", so you can carry on tweaking the cases until your dying day, or until the doctor comes. Maybe you are referring to that because the rest of the German used was pretty straightforward 🙂
Anyway, doesn't matter, I was just wondering if the automatic subtitles needed changing because I do have a viewer who is deaf and watches my videos with subtitles. I usually try to correct them later on myself but at the moment things are too hectic and the last few videos have had the automatic subtitles only, so if they were ropey I needed to know about it 👍🏻
Cheers LE,
ER.
Very satisfying job all round!
It's important to attend to the essentials, the beer run, in such beautiful sunny weather! :-)
What a lovely companion Ruby is as well.
I must say you have a very enviable existence there in a wonderful climate and ideal gorgeous Mediterranean motorbiking countryside.
Thanks for posting.
Thank you Barry,
yep, I'm happy with the result. Now that the panniers are fitted I can see that there are larger gaps than actually needed, I could probably pull them in up to 2cm on each side but that would mean cutting the spacers down and possibly buying shorter bolts again. Since I bought a ton of ( wrong sized ! ) bolts to get to this point, I'm really not keen on buying any more, just to save 2cm on each side ! The job's a good 'un as far as I'm concerned 😛 As long as the panniers don't split or fall off, they can stay as they are !
Ruby is awesome, don't know what I'd do without her. She followed me home from the bins one day and camped outside my door for three nights. She made it pretty clear that she had found her new "dad", so I succumbed ! She has also been perfectly behaved from the very first day and was so easy to train. She really is pretty much the perfect pup and a very easy going companion !
I am lucky to be able to live here, enjoy the good weather ( occasionally ) and the brilliant roads, I realise that.
I probably don't appreciate it enough though, you know, when something is your normality you tend not to view it as highly as you should. You get used to things over time and stop appreciating them. But reading comments such as yours does remind me to appreciate the life I have, so that's another positive of this TH-cam lark.
Must appreciate more ! Must appreciate more ! 🤗
Thanks for watching and commenting Barry. If you ever have any questions about any of the videos, please feel free to ask away and I will get back to you ( well, as long as TH-cam doesn't delete your comment before I get a chance to reply or something ! ).
Cheers Barry,
ER & Ruby ❤️🐕
Excellent result at a very reasonable cost. If it were mine I would probably cut down all the spacers in order to get the boxes as near as possible to the bike (potential passengers can get the bus....).
Hi CC,
yes in part three I do mention that after initial fitting, a lot of optimisation can be done. Only when the panniers are fitted can you see the true picture. I can save 1.5-2cm each side by shortening the spacers without getting a clearance issue.
It’s impossible to get things optimal first time, it makes sense to add a bit of margin when somebody else is cutting metal for you.
My advice to people is that my way will get the panniers safely mounted. Once they are on the bike, look at the gaps and optimise as much as you can be bothered. For 2cm each side I WILL NOT be getting the saw out, those 2cm make no difference to me, but others are free to get the gaps as small as they would like, if they enjoy that sort of thing ( which clearly I don’t 😂 ). Also, the tighter you get the panniers into the bike, the less room you have for things like adjusting the chain. Those 2cm extra gap might mean that I’m less likely to be banging my spanners into the panniers every time I am doing maintenance on the bike for example.
The job‘s done ! I’m not going back to it ! It’s DONE ! It’s done I tell you ! 😂😂😂
Cheers CC 👍
ER.
good to see you and Ruby working together,good description of the installation.
Hi John,
yes, Ruby loves „helping“ 😂😂😂 Bless her !
Thanks John, yes I hope I made the installation look easy enough, it would be great if these videos inspired others to do the same.
Unfortunately I forgot to ask CustomAcces about my commission before posting these videos ! 🤬🤬🤬 What an amateur mistake !
Part three with subsequent tweaks and full shopping list is out on Thursday by the way👍
Take care John.
All the best from the two of us 👍👍
ER.
Hallo ER, stimmt... die Schrauben sind etwas Lang, allerdings hätte ich die Distanzhülsen oben am Sitz auch etwas gekürzt damit die Halter näher ans Motorrad kommen.
Da entsteht eine enorme Hebelwirkung auf die Schrauben, plus die feinen Vibrationen ist für die Schrauben am Sitz gar nicht gut.
Um so länger die Distanzhülsen sind, umso mehr Kraft wirkt dann auf die Schrauben, Platz zum Stoßdämpfer ist ja gegeben wenn du an den Koffern die passenden Schrauben hast.
Ich hoffe das Bier hat gut getan. ;-)
Cheers ER
Stephan
Warte Teil 3 ab Stephan 🙂
Oben ist das Problem dass die Träger oben sonst AN DEN HANDGRIFF kommen, den Handgriff muss man aus dem weg gehen, nur deshalb muss der Abstand so groß sein. Das siehst Du in den Nahaufnahmen in Teil 3. Die Träger haben oben noch ein langes Stück das sonst dort steht wo der Handgriff ist, der ganze Träger muss deshalb weiter raus bis er komplett vor dem Handgriff steht.
Es gibt keine nennenswerte Hebelwirkung auf die Bolzen, die Koffer tragen max. 5 kilo jeder.
Also 2,5 kilo pro M8 Bolzen dürfte überhaupt kein Thema sein 🙂
In Teil drei kommen auch Bolzen mit der optimalen Länge für die Koffer zum Einsatz 👍
In Teil drei sage ich auch dass man nach der Erstmontage beliebig optimieren kann, man sieht wo Luft ist und kann ihn rausnehmen wenn man wert darauf legt. Ich kann 2cm enger pro Seite gehen, werde es aber nicht tun weil 2cm mir nichts bringen außer vielleicht Nachteile. Dann ist es nur noch wahrscheinlicher dass ich bei Wartungsarbeiten ( Kette spannen z.B. ) laufend mit Werkzeugen gegen die Koffer schlagen werde. 4cm mehr Breite am Motorrad tun mir ja gar nicht weh aber wer Spaß dran hat kann weiter basteln bis der Arzt kommt 😛
Ja, das Bier hatte ich gekühlt gekauft, kühl nach Hause gebracht und in einem vereisten Glas serviert. Es war also sofort kalt und lecker und war auch nötig !🍺🍺🍺
Cheers Stephan, bis bald ! ( der besagte Teil 3 kommt am Donnerstag 🙂 )
ER.
Hallo ER, ich werde am Wochenende mal meine satteltaschen abnehmen und meine Gepäcklösung dokumentieren. Dann schicke ich dir das.
Cheers ER 🍻
Stephan
@@stephanl.4857 Hi Stephan,
ja, mach das. Als follow up zu meiner Koffermontage könnte ich ja eine alternativ Lösung präsentieren. Wäre schön. "Other Bods' Mods featuring Stephans Bags".
Danke Dir !
ER.
They look great. Looking forward to seeing how they hold up in a few months. Thanks for sharing this vid, very much appreciate it. Take care and be safe.
Thanks Artie,
I think they’ll be fine, I am very good at taking care of things.
If they get tatty, I can take them away to be vinyl wrapped, they will look like new AND probably be less sensitive to damage.
As long as the bottom doesn’t fall out and I don’t drop the bike, I think they’ll last for years in my care 😇
I’m glad you found the video useful, I did think that I probably wasn’t alone in searching for a solution like this.
If there are any downsides m of course I will mention them in future videos.
Cheers Artie 👍
ER.
Aay up! Really good and simple guide, fantastic for the price and it's now so practical! Really good job!! Liked the cardboard stencil idea!
Thanks QPB,
still can’t quite believe that I didn’t mess it up 🤗
Maybe it was all just a dream and tomorrow I’ll go out to the garage and find bits of 4x2 and plastic nailed, gaffer taped and cable tied to my Meteor 😱
Enjoy your evening mate, have a rum on me 🥃
ER.
@@economicalrides I totally understand!! Did a load of things on the ALP when I got it. Had to move the indicators, crash guards, the pannier rack and more. Didn't think I could do it and would wreck the bike and secretly I think I was hoping I would so I wouldn't have to go to Scotland 😇😇😇😰😰 it's all true!! It's a great job and gaffer tape free! There are two videos to prove it! I'd say it's time to add some more things! Name emblazoned on the windscreen or an optimate charging cable - very useful thing - allows usb, heated clothing, battery charging and loads more. Rum order fulfilled, a nice Trinidadian number, very good choice 👍🏼☺️ take care and ride safe 😊🖖🏼
You made some great mods here. Nice step by step video. Appreciate it. Keep up bro. You got my like.
Thanks RRR,
yes, these instructional videos are hard work !
On the one hand you are fully focused on getting the job done right but on the other hand you have to remember to film every step. I find myself conflicted internally. I have to limit my desire to get the job finished quickly and force myself to go slower and film every step. It's not easy for me to do that !
Fortunately I don't do too many mods on my bikes, so hopefully I won't have to do another one of these for a while. Riding vlogs are much easier and more enjoyable to make 😇
Cheers RRR and thanks for the like,
ER.
@@economicalrides Perfectly agree. A lot of work. Finally we can hope that it will be useful for some. Today can check my Guzzi. :)
@@RRRRefuelRideRace Awesome ! Will do ! 👍🏻
@@economicalrides Thanks bro. Appreciate you.
I think I would move them up one holes worth if they will clear the passenger; it might lend more stability when there is weight in them. I would also use a fender washer between the spacer & the rubber grommet on the pannier to prevent distortion (apparent in the video). Decent looking & functional!
Hi reconphil,
see part three on Thursday. I was lacking 8 penny washers so had to use the small washers I had in stock on the grommets. The first tweak was to replace them with new penny washers to keep the grommets nice and flat 😉
The panniers are mounted on the second hole, so you can go up one of course.
Personally I prefer the weight low down ( better handling - I ride mountain roads mainly ) and the cases out of the way of the grab handles, which I use to put the bike on the centre stand. The bike also looks better from behind when the cases are just above exhaust level IMO.
You can pretty much put these panniers where you like though, if you are prepared to cut metal 🙂
Now that they are mounted, I see that I COULD bring the panniers in about 2cm each side. The main objective was to find a way to fit them. After that, if you want to, you can tweak as much as you like. I‘ll be leaving everything as it is, since I can’t be bothered shortening spacers and sourcing shorter bolts. It’s not as if I need to do a lot of filtering around here, so 4cm extra width do not really make any difference to me 🤗
Cheers reconphil 👍
ER 🥃
Very important video for meteor owners 🍺😊. Lovely looking bike and the panniers too 👍🏻
Thanks Sonam,
yes, when I found these panniers and at that price I was eager to get some and try to fit them because I thought they could be a great option for a lot of Meteor owners as well as for myself. It seems that everybody likes these panniers, so hopefully a lot of people will follow my video and copy this solution 🤞
Thanks for watching Sonam 🙏
Cheers,
ER.
Hi ER,
Great job my friend !!
So happy to see you installing those Panniers. They look so nice on ur meteor.
Rightly deserve the beer after such a valuable addition to ur bike...
Cheers 🍻🍻 from 1000th subscribers
Thanks Mr 1000 👍
long time no chat !
Yes, the beer was bought cold and because of the towels in the pannier was still cold when I got it home. I had an iced glass in the freezer, so I was able to enjoy a nice cold beer straight away 🍺 Much deserved and it tasted all the better for it !
Nice to hear from you again KS, hope all is well with you and yours 🤞
Cheers buddy 🥃, stay safe !
ER.
Lucky Ruby was there. I think you would have struggled otherwise. Good girl!
Great job. I think a flash of yellow would finish them off.
They carry beer. That’s all we need to know 🙂
All the best El Otro 🍻
😂😂😂
Yes, she is such an enthusiastic "helper". As long as she doesn't wander off or start rolling in something smelly whilst I'm preoccupied, I always consider myself "helped" 😛
When finances allow I will enquire about getting the panniers wrapped ( since I've decided I like having them on the bike ) and hopefully they can match the yellow and we can come up with something smart looking.
Failing that I might try to find a yellow filament and then I could 3D print the RoyalEnfield script logo and stick that on each side. That would be the cheap out option 🤗
Thanks SB, going to try to wash the Classic today, there is a bike meet nearby on Saturday and I can't turn up with it in the state it's in !
Cheers Jeff,
ER.
Ooh I think the 3d prints is a good idea 👍🏼
I have a couple of bike meets to attend this weekend. Ernie is shiny but I’m probably taking the Z 🤔
Have fun my friend 🙂👍🏼
You can drop the rubber grommets into hot water and they will go in easily, dish soap can help but they are a bugger to hold onto. Duct tape over the internal bolt heads will help stop possible damage to luggage (beer bottles especially)
Hi 😛
Yep, I might cover the bolt heads eventually. I left them naked because I'm still tweaking things and need regular access to them. But once everything is in place and staying there, definitely a worthwhile measure to protect valuable cargo 😜
I think without fingernails the grommets would have been a real pig to fit, I broke some of mine doing it but got there in the end. I only twigged afterwards but if you fit them with the lid open you can also work with one hand from inside the pannier and pull them through, which helps a lot. If I ever had to repeat this job ( please Lord no !!!! ) then I think I would have it done in about half the time 😛
Really happy with the result. Now that they are fitted, I can see that I have maybe 2cm too much gap each side but can't be arsed shortening spacers and buying shorter bolts now that everything is fitted. Also, those 2cm will be beneficial when adjusting the chain etc., should make it less likely that the mechanic at the dealers keeps whacking his spanners into my cases when working on the bike. Tight looks nicer but a bit of a gap is sometimes quite useful and 2cmm either side is not going to make much difference to me as the rider, so sod it !
Cheers Rob 🍺
ER.
They look great, I think I would add a strengthening strap from the rear footrest bracket to the bottom of the two pannier mounting brackets just to be safe.
Hi Peter,
I did think about doing exactly that but really there is no need.
The panniers are only rated for 5kg max load each, above that the bottom would probably fall out 😂😂😂
5 kg suspended on two M8 bolts and four M6 bolts is not going to be a problem 🙂
Custom Acces also sell larger, heavier panniers which are also expected to hang from just the two upper bolts, just like here.
That hole down there by the footpeg was tempting me but honestly, that would be total overkill with the meagre loads involved here.
For heavier panniers, expected to carry heavier loads, definitely a good belt and braces option though !
Cheers Peter 🥃
ER.
@@economicalrides I don't weight is the problem but vibration could cause cracking or splits around the mount holes so additional straps would be worth looking in to.
@@mrjoneseastend I don’t think so.
There are rubber grommets in the holes and they have a steel insert which the bolt passes through. There is no way the holes themselves can split or get any bigger because everything sits on the rubber grommets.
Besides, the manufacturer also only recommends mounting from two mounting points above, with no requirement for a further stay below. Even with their much larger and higher capacity cases, they only mount to two points above and the four bolts to attach the brackets to the cases.
If the bolts don’t work loose, the cases are not going anywhere. Since the nuts on the panniers themselves are nyloc they should also be vibration-proof and not work loose but I am currently checking them after every ride, just to be sure. So far everything is staying tight !
Cheers 👍
ER.
Nice work ER ! Great to see they passed the BTT (beer transo test) I'd just use a hacksaw on those bolts. ;) Custom wrap on the bags would be quite cool. Cheers !
Hi LB,
nah, nice short bolts make an appearance in part three. No way was I up for removing, cutting and refitting eight bolts 😂
Yes, a gloss black wrap with some sort of Fireball yellow accents could look really factory. Plus the wrap would cover up some of the cheapness of the plastic and probably offer a more scratch and scuff resistant surface.
If I can afford to do it, I probably will. There is a wrapping place not far from here, need to find out what they would charge for two panniers.
Then I’ll have to come up with a design for the yellow bits and they can get started 👍
Cheers Lance,
Love to all from the two of us !
ER & Ruby
@@economicalrides Looking forward to whatever you find. Sky is the limit. Great to see such a nice result.. Hacksaw stuff is what I do lol. Heard your channel mentioned while watching another Meteor review today ! Getting up there ;) PS Leo says HI
@@lancerbiker5263 Hi Lance,
yes, seems like I'm a borderline influencer these days, better watch my behaviour 😂
Shame you didn't give us a "how to fit these gaiters", that would be of great interest to me, I would get some if I thought that fitting them wasn't beyond me.
But if the cases don't split or fall off I think I will definitely look at getting them vinyl wrapped, they will just look a little bit better quality then.
Cheers Lance, love to Leo
ER & Ruby ❤️🐕
@@economicalrides Hi ER. Well you convinced me to record and upload short descriptive video on how I fitted my fork gaiters. Includes a Leo cameo.
@@lancerbiker5263 Awesome Lance !
Somehow I imagined it would all be a lot more complicated, I thought you had to work from the top somehow.
So basically you just remove everything that is somehow attached to the fork lowers ( including the wheel of course ), and then slide the gaiters over the top and down as far as they will go and tie them. Then put everything back on the fork lowers as you rebuild.
That doesn't sound beyond me at all. Might have to buy a trolley jack though, don't think I have one !
Lovely to see Leo ! He didn't seem to know who Ruby was or he was thinking that she must be inside your camera somewhere, bless him. Ruby sends lots and lots of fluffy kisses.
Thank you so much for doing that video, you've got me thinking that I should get some gaiters too, especially considering my off-road hijinks !
Cheers Lance and Leo 👍🏻
ER & Ruby
Hi ER. Great job👏👏🤠All the best from Kjell🇳🇴
Thanks K.E.B !
I'm really enjoying having luggage on the bike now. It has rocked my world, reminds me of my days with maxi-scooters 😛 Oh, and of course, if I ever run out of beer, it's not a problem to go and pick up some more 😂
Cheers 👍🏻
ER.
Great video. Nice panniers. 👌
Thanks U D,
they ended up looking exactly as I imagined they would when I first saw them !
I‘m really happy with them and they are definitely staying on the Meteor now 🥰👍
Cheers U D,
ER.
Marvellous, clear well thought instructions, splendiferous
Thank you TAYM,
hopefully I made it look easy enough that others will be encouraged to do the same. That was my motivation. Find something that even I could fit and then share it with other Meteor owners who had been waiting for something like this to come along.
Fitting the panniers was nerve-racking for me but I did just about manage to remain calm enough to film the important steps 🤗
Thank you for your most marvellous, nay splendiferous comment TAYM 😛
ER.
@@economicalrides what gets me is the price. I have ordered luggage for my Tiger 900! It’s almost enough to buy another bike!!! Made me cry😂😂😂
@@TAYM Yes. And if you buy a bike for four grand you are not really inclined to spend 800 on luggage for it, are you ? So with my cheap bikes it's even more of a nonsense ! I think we're fortunate that somebody makes cases which are not too big, suit the petite Meteor and are affordable. When I saw them I had to buy them, I had to try to get them fitted and put them out there for others to discover.
Hopefully there will be a fair few Meteors chugging about with these cases on in the near future !
Cheers TAYM and sorry about the price of the Triumph luggage 😭
ER.
Good choice they look good and suit the bike
Thanks PG GP,
yes I think they do.
Most surprisingly of all I didn't make a total hash of fitting them or scratch the bike in the process. I view them as a glovebox for the bike. They only support 5kg each side but that is enough for my paperwork, my m/c emergency toolkit and a bottle of water. Maybe a lock if I am going to be parking the bike somewhere a bit dodgy. But for day rides they are absolutely fine and at that price you can't really go wrong !
Thanks for watching and commenting PG GP, it's always nice to hear what my viewers think 🤔
Cheers 👍🏻
ER.
@13:03 I hear BEER. break them and you are in deep trouble young man !!!
Ps: A nice. How to video. the bike look's much better now 😀
Thanks William,
NO WAY was I going to lose that beer. I don’t think I‘ve ever ridden so slowly and carefully in my life 😂😂😂
Great to know that it can be done in the case of another beer emergency though !
Honestly, fitting the panniers was stressful enough for me, not quite sure how I managed to stay calm enough to film the whole process as well ! Sometimes I surprise myself 🤗 Hopefully I made it look simple enough that a few other Meteor owners will give it a go 🤞
Thanks as always for your positive feedback William 👍
Cheers 🥃
ER.
@@economicalrides You are welcome. the work was done like a pro. not thinking what to do. but doing what you thought. Cheers 🍻
LOOKS TREMENDOUS ❤❤
Thanks Titan,
I wasn’t sure what to expect but when I ordered them I thought that they MIGHT suit the Meteor, if I could find a way to fit them.
Fortunately I found a way and I also think they really suit the style and size of the Meteor 🙂
It’s nice to hear that you agree !
Cheers TITAN 👍
ER.
@@economicalrides Do great ahead, i am waiting for your next modification ... god bless you sir
@@TITAN-fl3jh Thanks. You too Titan 👍
You could always buy some watertight bags and decant the beer on purchase and use the full 12 litre capacity but then you would have to drink it as soon as you get home.
Haha, I did actually think about a beer proof liner for the cases. Great minds and all that TAYM. But I think having 24L of liquid sloshing about back there in the cases could make for "interesting" handling !!! 😂😂😂
@@economicalrides it would be like driving a tanker😂😂😂
@@TAYM Exactly ! 😂
Really good solution, especially for the price. I wonder if those brackets could be useful as a solution for keeping canvas bags off the shocks 🤔
Spot on Wayne !
I thought that myself. I thought that if I made a hash of drilling the panniers, I would chuck them in the bin and buy some nice big throw over bags and use the brackets to keep them away from the bike and maybe lash them down through the holes with shoelaces or cable ties.
If you think you can do stage one of this job ( fitting the mounting brackets with the required spacers ), for 30 EUR you could acquire yourself a sort of soft bag mounting setup for both sides I reckon.
Not 100% sure if it will work but I definitely had the same idea.
Check out the closeups in part three and see if you think that would work for throwover bags Wayne.
It would also be a piece of cake to add a metal bar as a crossmember between the two brackets ( a piece of steel with a hole in each end ). Then you would have even more support behind the bag plus a nice big horizontal lashing down point !
I’m sure that a 30 EUR set of brackets would give you more options for mounting soft bags, the only question is, will they push the bags too far out ? The middle part which joins the bags tends not to be super long and the bags might begin before the bracket has been cleared.
If you are thinking individual bags rather than conjoined throwover bags, then I’m sure that the brackets could form at least the basis of a secure and solid mounting solution !
Cheers Wayne, great input 👍
ER.
Job well done ER 😃👍🥃cheers 😃👍
Thanks AR !
Any excuse for a bevvy 😂😂😂
Here’s to ya 🥃
ER.
I'll tell you what EB, you might describe them as cheap & nasty, but to me, on this side of the screen, they really look 'the business'. Perfect design for the style of bike that the Meteor is.
Now will you please let Ruby have her garden back! 😎
Hi Martin,
yes, I agree and actually they are holding up way better than I thought they would. I thought they would scratch up fairly quickly and start to look tatty but they are holding up really well, still nice and shiny 🤗
To be honest I had three criteria when looking for panniers for this bike. I wanted them to be lockable, I wanted them to be cheap and I didn't want them dwarfing my relatively small bike.
I don't need huge capacity from bags, just enough for a small toolkit, some water, a sandwich, some bungees and straps. Wearing a rucksack always gives me neck ache over time, so I really dislike having to wear one. These panniers are perfect for what I needed and as you say, they do suit the bike very nicely. They were very DIY to fit but the effort was definitely worth it. Now I have a small rucksack which is my "day out bag" and I just load that up the night before my ride and can just take it out to the bike and put the whole lot in the RHS pannier in one smooth motion and I'm all set. Job done.
Even now, after all this time, I still think that Buddy looks so cute with his "Baby Bagger" cases on and they are super practical. I did well to find them really and when this video came out, these cases were impossible to get, out of stock everywhere. I've no idea if they are still available but they definitely suit the scale and the lines of the Meteor really well and I do get a lot of compliments when out on Buddy 🥰
Ruby loves "helping" her Dad in the garden, she can be seen wandering about in the background in most videos if you keep your eyes peeled 😂
In my recent 'Meteor Bar End Mirror' video she can even be seen reading the fitting instructions to make sure that I have fitted them correctly 😂
She seems to think that she is my supervisor !
Cheers Martin 👍🏻
ER
D'you know, I'd actually thought of them as 'mini-baggers' cases when I first saw the shots of them on the bike. Now here's an idea...... with them being so reasonably priced, you could buy a second set, to plaster with other TH-camr's stickers! 🤦
@@martintraffordmoorlandbike7121 And I always thought that "Buddy the Baby Bagger" had a nice ring to it, so I was happy with the outcome 😛
I recently added my Economical Rides stickers to these panniers but I did take a lot of convincing to do so ! I'm really not a fan of stickers on vehicles but since Buddy was responsible for the birth of the channel, I decided that they were more or less obligatory !
You are quite right though. If I were to go all in on the sticker collecting thing, I would need an extra pair of cases because I would always want to be able to go back to the nice clean look. But then I thought, actually, I am not intending to sell my fridge anytime soon, I can just put the stickers on there and I don't have to ruin my bike or lose the stickers whenever I decide to swap out bikes.
So fridge it is then 😛👍🏻😇
Well that's a good enough reason in itself to ride around via your village/pueblo, to collect a sticker! 😊👌
@@martintraffordmoorlandbike7121 You had better get a move on Martin, they are very exclusive, I only had 10 made 😂 I'm down to 6 already 😱
But I can put one on reserve for you, no problem 👍🏻
If you are watching some of my riding videos, almost all of the roads featured are within about an hour of where I live ( my Ruby home alone riding radius ), so you could ride them with me if you were in this neck of the woods 👍🏻
Wow this has been popular! Now if those views translated into good sossidges...
Seems there's a lot of folk wanting stylish panniers at an Economical price.
Hi LE,
yes but according to my poll a lot of people still need convincing.
But that's ok because I will do a follow up once I've done a fair few rides with the panniers on.
Unfortunately at the moment I am pretty much HAVING TO ride the Classic, because I really need to get it over 2000 km asap for further comparison videos. Two bikes and just one backside is not ideal 😂
I think the poll is 40% don't want or need them and 60% will get them / still thinking about getting them.
So yes, the majority of viewers seem to be interested in them and some of them are just waiting to see how they hold up and if they fall off 😂
I agree. We can but hope that one day there will nothing but good sausages in the world LE ! We should hold onto this hope in the face of all evidence to the contrary !
Cheers 🥃
ER.
Super Biertransporter 🤣 Irgendwie kommt mir das mit den beiden Halterungen noch ein wenig wackelig vor. Voll beladen durchs Gelände dürfte schwierig werden. Sieht aber klasse aus!
Danke DC3AFA,
Geländetest wird später folgen.
Ich werde noch eine Weile auf der Straße damit fahren um sicher zu sein dass sich nichts mit der Zeit löst. Falls doch muss eben Loctite überall, ginge ja auch noch.
Wenn in ein paar Wochen alles noch fest ist, hätte ich keine Hemmungen damit abseits der Piste zu fahren.
Dann werde ich spaßeshalber "mit Gepäck" den Weg von letztens wieder fahren und ein Picnic mitnehmen 😛 Und natürlich Überlebensausrüstung, weil extrem hardcore da draußen und man weiß ja nie ! 😂
Cheers DC3AFA 👍🏻
ER.
@@economicalrides da bin ich wirklich mal gespannt. Viele Grüße, Andreas
@@DC3AFA "My 120€ hardcore adventure luggage" 😂
Ich hätte ja bestimmt auch Platz ( neben meinen Butterbroten ) für eine Luftpumpe und 1L Sprit. Da kann man schon eine Weltrundreise mit machen, denke ich. Wenn die nicht gleich abfallen, versteht sich !
Cheers DC3AFA ( ist das ein Benutzername oder ein Passwort ? 😛 ).
ER.
@@economicalrides DC3AFA ist mein Amateurfunk Call
@@DC3AFA Aha ! Awesome 👍
My curiosity has been satisfied 😛
Cheers,
ER 👍
Nice job! However I am now hungry and thirsty.
Haha, thanks Mike, and sorry 🤗
Part three, which comes out on Thursday, contains no food and no beverages whatsoever, I promise 😂
Thanks for watching Mike👍
🥃 ER.