I purchased a second set of mounting plates so I can switch the bags between my 2 640s in less than a minute..

These bags are proving to be the best luggage system I have owned by far for my type of riding, very rugged and non obtrusive

Talk about being able to carry a load..

After over a year of abuse the Mosko panniers are holding up well:

Finally got to test my 35L Backcountry panniers (have a backcountry 35L duffle used many times and very happy with).

And turned out to be a tought test, my riding buddies had racks snapping and bolts misssing and generally lots of creative strapping. In the meantime I was happy, no problems with Moose racing rack on my KTM 950SE and love how easy it is to lock the Backcountry bags to the bike (while the other struggle with straps). Had 2x 2l MSR water bags in the front pockets and worked great. In the Molle rear Pockets I had 2 fuel bottles for MSR whisperlite stove in one and tubes and tyre stuff in the other.

So we were in Iceland which is pretty rocky. Every type of dirt road but probably the worst for bike and equipment were the larger main gravel roads in the highlands with washboards and stones in all sizes but going sometimes at 100kph annd above. Still, everything worked fine till the 4th day when one of my buddies passed me and stopped me and asked were my right bag was. Fortunately didn't have to go far back to find it (undamaged) but somehow it had unlocked itself and jumped off. I'm 98% sure I checked that it was locked and OK after lunch break so think all the shaking was to much.

Then turned my attention to the left bag and it was in place but not doing that well. All the bolts fixing the bag to the plastic plate had come loose on one side. Straps were used to fix the problem temporarily and moved some bolts from the other bag for the rest of the trip. Used extra straps to ensure they wouldn't jump off for remaining trip but shouldn't be like that.







So first thing will do when bike is back in Norway, is securing all bolts with blue loktite 243. Will also look into some kind of safety pin or something to secure the lock, maybe even adding another lock. Or just use a strap in addition to the lock, maybe simplest and best.

Happy with the bags BUT they are not super light and with the rack the bike is wide. (Not that width mattered that much in Iceland with no trees and no traffic). But you do loose a few of the advantages with soft luggage over hard when weight and width is about the same.

Oh, and assume they're WP but we had 7 days of sun and no wind which is not normal in Iceland. Had the chance when drowned the bike during river crossing but had taken bags off so lost that opportunity



EDIT: Mosko sent me new bolts/washers/nuts free of charge, now upgraded with nylon insert

Oh, and those lockable traps in above post probably would have prevented bag from jumping off.

It's a fact that some people will go out of their way to justify expensive purchases in life and bike luggage is no different.
There are a dozen ways (if not more) to carry soft luggage safely and securely for a fraction of the cost of some of this kit that is available. I had a look at the Moto Mosko website out of curiosity after reading this thread. I appreciate that with a new business there are many different expenses and set up costs etc. and whilst the prices quoted are probably in the ballpark of similar kit elsewhere I had to look twice when I saw them. Yes it looks nice and many people will pay for the 'tidiness' of matching stuff but flippin hell............

Thankfully I have hard luggage on the Beemer!

Offer a locable strap now (or soon): Bolt-Ons, Rallies, & Rocketts | Mosko Moto

Yes I have and on a Tenere as well. Fantastic setup for me, but watch for straps getting loose and burning on exhaust. PM me for more details.

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/...dry-saddlebags

New-ish budget dry bags from Nelson-Rigg: 27L per bag, comes with
inner bags, lots of mounting options. $179 USD.

Probably won't last 20 years like the $700 Mosko bags ... but do they really need to?

I've used Nelson-Rigg products in Baja, Mojave Desert and California and Nevada Sierra Nevada on my DR650 ... which is a bike that never breaks it's subframe.
Bags have held up well. No broken zippers or straps.

Inner bags are only way to go. Why would you ever bother to dismount your bags from your bike? Grab inner bag and GO! Panniers stay on bike!

I've used several sets of Nelson-Rigg panniers, tail bags and tank bags. No problems, only changed them out for size/fitment/style reasons.

The above ones look promising as a budget solution. At $179 USD, they are, IMO, expendable over a few years of use.

Made In China ... (I'm guessing import of some Chinese products are banned in the EU and Canada?)


Easy part of this Sierra trail ... GS's need not apply!

Mojave Desert near Death Valley.

Central Baja

I had a look at the new Nelson Rigg Adventure style bags and they look 100% improved over the last design... I had a set of the previous designed bags and they did not hold up well at all... In fact on one of our extended rides one of the riders NR bags failed completely when the side blew out of them..On that same ride my bags started showing signs of separating from the bike mounting straps forcing me to wrap extra straps around them to keep them from breaking away from the bike... The bags were only 6 months old so I contacted Nelson Rigg and offered some suggestions on improvements but did not bother chasing a warranty repair as I was done with them.... I do think their newly designed bags would hold up a lot better over the first gen units I had...

Nope no import bans, this country couldn't survive without imports because very little local manufacturing is left, nobody knows how to make stuff here anymore...

Plus One on that sad reality.

I've heard of a few failures of NR stuff. Thing is ... they have a LIFE TIME warranty on their products .. and it's truly a no quibble deal. Send in the old one and you'll get a brand new one in the mail.

Thing is, if the first one was crap, why would you want another?. So point taken. But hard to argue for the money, and most probably won't abuse the gear all that much.

I've not had these issues ... but I've only used mine going up and down the
Baja 1000 course a few times.

Lots of stuff breaks in Baja, but so far not the Nelson-Rigg bags. (only three Baja trips on them with quite a bit of off road included).

As I said, the Nelson-Rigg stuff are budget items.

If a guy is riding a $24,000 BMW R1200GS or a $20K KTM 1290 ADV, then I'm sure they won't worry about buying the best bags ... and looks to me like the Mosquito's are damn good.
Wish I could afford them.

Budget Bike, Budget Bags, Budget travel.

After a few test rides with the Mosko R-80s I was not satisfied with how they fit with my racks in place... I didn't like how the full saddle mount covered my grab handle which I use to pop the bike onto its stand.. I also like to run a variety of different sizes of tail bags depending on trip requirements and the R-80s don't work well with some of the bigger bags.. I ended up selling the R-80s and picked up a set of Wolfman Rocky Mountain bags for my lighter setup and then will use the BC 35s for longer trips...

The Wolfman bags fit the bike very well: