Here is a box that I'm pondering about, the 12x12x24 box works out to 57 litres. The manufacturer claims its walls are 0.055" (I think this works out to 1.4 mm????) thick which Grant says is too thin, this is the only thing stopping me from buying. At 100 bucks a box it's much less money than the Jesse luggage, how about the Zega stuff?

Could somebody please elaborate on the thickness issue with respect to road roughness and load? I would be putting about 40 pounds in each box (current packed weight is only 55 not including my tent but I'm sure I'll find stuff along my trip I'll want to buy) I'll also be riding on a street bike (GS1100) so most roads will be paved but when I get onto the dirt roads (down into Copper Canyon, etc) the nature of the bike means my luggage is going to get hammered. Since I have no intent on lugging my boxes around off of the bike I am envisioning an L bracket mount which holds the boxes from the inner sides and bottom. This would be enough right?

I would also have a 3rd one up on the back of my bike to hold my tent and some clothes. Now, this is because I don't want to pack tightly, not because I want 160 litres of storage. It would also give me a place to put my helmet and bulky riding gear when off of the bike so there'd only be 20 pounds in the top box while riding.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2463337758

The one below shows how they can be somewhat sealed but I would sew up some rubberized canvas pull-overs for the tops just in case. This is actually an underside box which takes the same kind of abuse a pair of paniers would.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2463341913

Thanks, Steve

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