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Old 04-10-08, 16:25
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Originally Posted by xt660zrider View Post
Bought a pair of Yamaha cases and the key broke in the lock on the first trip.

Yamaha are replacing the locks under the warranty but looks like my next trip this weekend is going to be without them as the locks wont be replaced in time.

I agree that the panniers look good and fit well. I just hope the problems I have had with the key breaking is not a design problem with the cases as they have potential to be quite good.
I've just done 8146 miles with mine, over every sort of road - even the ones in Romania, although road is a very loose term!

I had the same problem with my locks before going, stiff as hell, so I striped them down and gabe them a good coating of silicon grease, work much better now, still a bit stiff though.

Molgan - yep, I get that too, not so much of a problem with the boxes when there's not much in them, but it's a real ****** when they are full.

Having said that, they survived an off in Sweden (gravel - about 30km/h) and an absolute pounding in Romania/Greece, only a little bit of wear on one of the bottom mountin rubbers - pretty good!

I do fancy a set of Metal Mule's, maybe santa might be kind........