Comments on: Soft vs Hard Motorcycle Luggage https://advtravelbug.com/soft-vs-hard-motorcycle-luggage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soft-vs-hard-motorcycle-luggage Adventure Motorcycle Travel Blog Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Fiona Cheng https://advtravelbug.com/soft-vs-hard-motorcycle-luggage/#comment-102 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:47:54 +0000 https://advtravelbug.com/?p=881#comment-102 In reply to Andrew.

So nice to read a comment from a male rider concerned about the build of bikes for women. I have to admit at 1.80m I feel very comfortable on most bikes, if anything they tend to be too small for me. Fiona at 1.63m is less fortunate but we managed to customise her new bike with the help of Touratech to ensure she can ride her new bike comfortably. I agree 100% that both female AND male riders would be happy with lower seat height options and likewise couldn’t agree more about your views regarding soft luggage. May I ask which soft luggage solution you are using? We haven’t found one yet that can accommodate as much as hard luggage … not that it bothers us, as it drives us to a more minimalistic lifestyle but I’d love to know if you don’t mind sharing 🙂

]]> By: Andrew https://advtravelbug.com/soft-vs-hard-motorcycle-luggage/#comment-100 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:50:47 +0000 https://advtravelbug.com/?p=881#comment-100 Absolutely soft. Now you each have your own bikes, the extra space of hard cases (and I am not sure I agree that you can stuff more into hard luggage) really shouldn’t be a factor. As I spend more time on the Trans Euro Trail, I am losing more and more kit. Probably my best buy is the expensive but useful Scrubba Sac, store dirty kit in it, then wash it really easily. My riding is predominantly over dirt and when I do a big road trip, I may well get my hard luggage out of storage but as a former motorcycle courier I hate not being able to lane split/filter. I am not taking video gear so I can get camping gear, kit, tools, tyre change kit into 2 x 11 litre panniers plus 1 x 32 litre roll bag without roughing it. Great to see female riders getting out there. You have a fair few adventurous sisters. I just wish manufacturers would do 2 things. #1 make adventure bikes that are manageable for shorter riders. I’m 6 feet tall and my 701 is on the cusp of too tall for me. #2 make a female seat option. Just too many seats sit too wide which is just biomechanically bad for the female pelvis. Manufacturers are really missing a big market. My wife, daughter and female friends are really put off by bikes being built for men. The KTM390 is too tall for my 5’7″ long legged daughter because the seat is wrong and she is too light to compress the suspension. Plenty of short arsed blokes would be happy too.

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