No need for racks. A Giantloop and a 10l Kriega bag are all you need. The bike is very light, so adding more weight on the rear of the bike make the bike very hard to steer. Plus you sap the power out of it, making it very sluggish.
I've got just about all I'll take to Africa on the back of it to see how it felt, and it sucked. I won't take this bike, but I'd like to keep my other bike to this total weight. Need to share the load over the bike more. Maybe some clothes or other soft bulky items above the headlight. Tankbag or tank side bags with some other stuff. The roll bag behind the giantloop has my sleeping bag and mat in it. May need to get a less bulky bag for it. This one is a bit to big. It weighed 20kg with about 4l of water in it. The rear kriega has rain gear in it, and the tube bag a tube and the stock tool kit.
I had the seat re-shaped and widened. Very comfortable now, but not as comfortable as my Dakar. The tank is great and can't say I noticed any difference. Although picking it up was a bit harder, but no difference on the go. That's the 28l version. It weighs 180kg like this. Wouldn't want any more than that.
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