Hard or Soft Luggage for an XR650L
okay, here is the deal, i just got my 1996 xr650L from a local guy, and i need to rig it with some bags before my trip. I have a bout a year and a month to get ready for my tour of the americas, the plan is to head south until i cannot any more, i am hoping for at least 30,000 miles and 6-8 months on the bike.
I want to do it cheaply. I was plannig on just strapping on some duffelbags, reinforcing the subframe a little bit and heading out, i am going to put on a 5 or 6 gallon tank in a few months, so the bike will be realatively heavily loaded.
but then i got to looking around, and almost everybody i could find who did a LONG trip on a xr650 put hard bags on it, you know the big ass aluminum ones.
do i really need to invest in a frame/alum bags setup for my trip. i plan on packing as lightly as possible, and i really dont want to weigh down the rear with anything i dont have too, i still want to be able to go off road sometimes.
so what do u guys think, do i really need the hard bags or can i get away with some soft ones?????
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