Oxford roll-top tailpack

[Sparky65]

Anyone got any experience of this tailpack?

http://www.chainspeed.co.uk/products/Oxford-RT60-Roll-Top-Tailpack-Motorcycle-Luggage-60L-Waterproof-Lifetime-Guarantee.html

I looked at it in a shop. The assistant said the only fitting it comes with is the velcro strap on the bottom so if he's right, I'd have to buy bungees separately.

[BillyWizz]

It just looks way tooooo big,,like a car,haha,

I am about to go to France and Spain onto Aragon Moto GP ,just about to start looking for luggage options,,that one scares me shitless,,just what i dont want to end up like,,,try to travel lite,,

I will need a tail pack also but not that big.

[Matt Strange]

Anyone got any experience of this tailpack?

SNIP!

 

Yep, bought one a few days ago before my trip to Weymouth.

It is the absolute dogs wobblers, kept my kit dry & it actually isn't as big or wide as it looks. This is despite swallowing two pairs of shoes, several changes of clothes, fishing rod & my emergency tools etc. Well, it didn't get left behind me, hanging off some poor sod's wing mirror when filtering though the A34/M27/M3 traffic . Put it this way, it's narrower than how far your bike mirrors will stick out. The roll top is a nice, simple (rather oldschool!) way of doing up the pack and keeping the water out, plus It comes with a detachable inner that velcros inside the outer shell so it's easy to keep clean. It's guaranteed for life too, always a bonus.

Re: the velcro strap, yes you will need bungees, the strap is mega strong once stuck together & it would hold it to the bike by itself if you loop it under your seat. Get some bungees to be on the safe side though!!.

I recommend Rok Straps if you can find some: http://www.rokstraps.com/moto.html

[Sparky65]

Cheers Matt, thanks for the info.

Which Rok Straps have you got and what type of bike is it?

[Matt Strange]

Which Rok Straps have you got and what type of bike is it?

 

I have the exact ones in the link, you just loop them through the plastic loops on the tailpack instead of poking bungee hooks through them.

The bike would be this one, a MK2 fireblade:

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6039/blade1o.jpg

[Sparky65]

Thanks again. I'm wary of bungees even with the protective cloth under them because it wouldn't take much for it to slip and the hook to play hell with the paintwork.