stevechol
i am also looking at the Metal Mule panniers for the XT660R when me and my brother get 2 for going to africa in 2 years time but the panniers are expensive in them selves i can under for a good quality product but why did they design it not to fit onto a standard bike. That then pushs the price up another �350 for an exhaust. Which when me and my brother will both be students is going to be alot of money.
I may have to see also have to consider a different bike for the trip as i have been informed that the cats in the exhausts may get clogged up with running the bikes on leaded fuel, unless i drill the cats out,

or buy a different exhaust
Is there any other good metal panniers out there, as people as TT panniers are hard to take off, thin, filmsy, and over all crap.