Crash Protection for Aluminium Panniers?
Greetings from Southern Spain,
I have an XRV750 with Aluminium panniers on - they are 2mm welded custom jobbies.
When the bike falls, the front bottom corner is the first part to hit the floor, along with the bike's handguards.
During a slide down an asphalt road a couple of months ago in Morocco, the aluminium has had a fair portion of the thickness worn away.
Has anyone tried any sort of protection for the panniers?
I'm thinking:
- Additional alu plate welded on
- Steel plate riveted on (but I'm reluctant to drill my otherwise very watertight boxes)
- Plastic (sheet or 3D printed), epoxy-ied on
- Is there anything commercially available that fits the bill?
Opinions please!
Attached are some pics of my box post- & pre-slide.
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