Hi Joe,
No, for me the GIVI E41's shown are a bit too heavy. But they are pretty strong. I crashed the bike a couple times with them on and they held up well.
Scratched up not no cracks and didn't get torn off the mounting racks. Perhaps metal panniers would hold up better over the long haul?
Probably so, but even heavier I think.

On my DR650, which is a pretty light bike for a 650 single, gets a bit hefty with the combination of the GIVI mounting racks/hardware
(about 7 kgs. for both sides) and the GIVI bags themselves, (maybe 8 kgs. for both bags). Adds up to nearly the weight of all my clothes
and stuff, minus tools.

The GIVI's held up well on several off road rides, the ride shown in pics above was a two week ride in Baja. But bike handling was not great and
the bike became a bit of a handful for me (I am old, weak, overweight, and only 5'6") .

A younger, stronger rider will do better I'm sure. The DR unladen handles off road really well but in Baja I was carrying 100 lbs. on the bike.
(two tires for a while as well!) With 100 lbs. (about 45 kgs. ) the bike was tough for me in sand, more technical rocks and cross country could
be a challenge to.

Since then I've gone back to soft bags. These shown below I used on a ride out to Colorado and back, about 3500 miles. The bags are cheapo
Technic bags. I now limit my load to 60 lbs. or so. The bike still is OK in the dirt with that weight. Like I said, a good strong rider won't be
affected as much as me. I used to be a decent dirt rider but I'm losing it!



The Technic bags are BIG but not so well made, probably won't last too long but only cost $60 US. Here you see the bags with a big top bag
for my camping gear. All up weight is about 60 lbs. including tools. I still had room in panniers as the trip was only two weeks.


Patrick

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Patrick passed Dec 2018. RIP Patrick!