Motorcycle pannier on a pushbike

[MarkShelley]

I recently bought myself a pushbike and was thinking of getting some panniers. Having looked around some bike shops it seemed that decent ones were a fair bit of money.
I own several motorcycles and have a couple of sets of panniers and thought I would have a go at using them on the pushbike.
My smallest bike panniers are Givi E21 models and are quite narrow, top loading, lockable and removeable with the key and a push of a button. I got hold of a base plate and fitted it to th epannierr frame of my bike. I have just been for an 11 mile test run and it is perfect!
Maybe Givi should look at making some pushbike specific gear.

 

[ianrauk]

Looks very good. Nice and waterproof too. But what is the weight?

 

[MarkShelley]

I can`t tell you exactly, but both components are very light.

 

[ufkacbln]

Looks similar to the BikeBin concept in shape.

Ortlieb always recommended their motorcycle panniers fro recumbents and their hard shell "Shuttle" setup is again similar.

 

[palinurus]

Neat solution. Certainly more secure and more aerodynamic than a fabric pannier.

 

[Sheepy1209]

Wish I'd thought of that :-( The Givi stuff can be expensive but then I paid £70 for a pair of Vaude panniers which can only be used on the pushbike - if I'd seen this I'd have got the E21s and used on both cycle and motorbike. The Vaude panniers have a hard plastic back and are very robust so they're not particularly light - I think the difference wouldn't matter for what I do and of course the Givi's are lockable. D'oh!

 

[Jezston]

Does look good, and handy to be able to use the same pannier on motorbike and pushbike!

Get a light on it and I'll imagine you'll get wider passes, too.

 

[MarkShelley]

It could be lowered a fair bit I reckon, but I just fitted it quickly and wanted to make sure it was as far away from my heel as possible!