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Metal Mule - still in business?!?
I've sold my F800GS and am waiting to buy an AT in the new year. I love my MM panniers, and they've proved excellent in all conditions. Over the last month I've emailed MM, using their own website, about 5 times (same question each time) to inquire whether they are planning to make frames for the new AT and whether they're going to provide a balanced version (new, slimmer exhaust to fit equal sized boxes both sides), but have received zero replies! Does the company still exist? I am right in thinking that, if they're still going, they'd like to sell their products? MM have gone seriously downhill since the company changed hands a few years back!
Off the back of this, does anyone know whether MM boxes fit TT pannier racks? At least they'll reply to customer questions . . . .
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They were sold to another company who still make them near Bournmouth, a friend works for them and I will try and find out what they are called now and get back to you.
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They were sold to another company who still make them near Bournmouth, a friend works for them and I will try and find out what they are called now and get back to you.
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I'm not doubting the quality of MM products but anyone who pays the prices they ask must be soft in the head.
They're a classic example of people wanting a name first and a product second.
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Mark and Nigel - thanks for the help! I'll se if this makes contacting them any easier.
Chris - they're not the cheapest, no, but that's the joy of a free market. You pays your money, you makes your choice! The panniers have taken a real bashing, and gave survived torrential weather here and abroad. No one's taken anything from inside, so all in all I'd say they're great for the job.
Now the company recently, that's a different story . . .
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The panniers have taken a real bashing, and gave survived torrential weather here and abroad. No one's taken anything from inside, so all in all I'd say they're great for the job.
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I don't claim to have any specific knowledge of these but surely Hepco & Becker at half the price will do as good a job. I could be wrong, I've never owned either and I'm certainly not doubting their value to you. As you said, you pay your money and make your choice.
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Renntec.com bought them a while back
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I spent a fortune on MM in 2007.
One of those mistakes you only make once.
Very heavy. And an over-complicated locking system that refuses to work with even the slightest deformation.
And lets not mention the price.
Hard aluminium boxes went out of fashion about ten years ago.
There are so many excellent "soft" options now that make so much more sense on a motorcycle.
Who wants to drag 50kg of frames and boxes around. Which make your bike as wide as a car and as aerodynamic as an aircraft carrier.
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