Rackless Motorcycle Luggage vs Soft Panniers

If you're an off road motorcycle travel enthusiast looking for the best adventure bike luggage or dual sport luggage, the very first choice you have to make is a simple one: soft panniers or rackless luggage? Both options have their advantages, but the choice between them is not as simple as it might seem on the surface.

Rackless motorcycle luggage doesn't require racks (obviously) so you aren't adding unnecessary expense or weight. There are less potential failure points and the weight of your gear sits where a bike is designed to carry weigh under stress: on the subframe. Motorcycle rackless luggage can also move from bike to bike quickly and easily without needing to buy racks for every motorcycle you own.

Motorcycle soft panniers are generally regarded as better for travel because they carry more gear and add more weight to your bike than a rackless setup. Soft panniers for motorcycles are easier to swap with hard cases if you have compatible soft luggage mounts and they keep the top of your bike free for additional cargo or a passenger.

Rackless luggage vs soft panniers is a tough decision to make. Fortunately, whether you choose soft panniers or rackless motorcycle luggage, Giant Loop has several awesome options available for you to choose from.

Giant Loop Rackless Motorcycle Luggage:
Giant Loop Mojavi Saddlebag:
Giant Loop Coyote Saddlebag:
Giant Loop Great Basin Saddlebag:

Giant Loop Motorcycle Soft Panniers:
Giant Loop Siskiyou Panniers:
Giant Loop RTW Panniers:

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Giant Loop proudly designs and sells the best soft luggage for adventure and dual sport motorcycles on the market. Our full selection of adventure motorcycle luggage, soft saddle bags, dual sport bags, ADV and dual sport tank bags, dual sport and ADV tail bags, dual sport/adventure motorcycle soft panniers, and more is sure to include exactly the solution to suit your dual sport or adventure motorcycle soft luggage needs. All Giant Loop soft luggage is backed by our limited lifetime warranty and painstakingly designed and tested by real-world dual sport and adventure motorcycle riders. Go Light, Go Fast, Go Far with Giant Loop

[pinkiewerewolf]

I own multiple sets and brands of soft motorcycle luggage. The Giant Loop gear is the only gear that I use. It's durable and quick to install/emove from any bike.

[shreedevi]

My primary setup is a Great Basin, Rogue Bag, two Possibles Pouches, Diablo tank bag, and pannier pockets. I have been using this combo for over seven years now on the Africa Twin and a CRF 250 Rally. I also have a Coyote bag that I use on short offroad trips. This is the only gear I use, on road and off road. I have been on multiple long trips and this combination has been perfect for capacity and superior bike handling. I don't think I can ever go back to using racks and hard luggage. Giant loop offers the lightest soft luggage available on the market, and it is durable too. I will be a fan forever.

[carls.]

Always good to have options. Giant Loop makes those options possible.

[AdvTechMoto]

Giant loop is great stuff. It was the first brand of luggage I got when I started out with my crf250l. Soft luggage is the way to go!

[owenminor]

Thanks for the breakdown of differences.

[chrisstaats]

Great video! Just what I needed while shopping for luggage!

[OxSnowdog]

Great, Looking for Soft Panniers that I can put my laptop bag in for my daily commute.

[ScaleCrawling]

Why isn't the ZigZag Handlebar Bag available on the european website?

[ParallelCamper]

Dork is running a Tusk tankbag on his new bike. Big mistake Giant Loop.

[Brokenlogic]

What kind of luggage would you guys recomend for a midsize cruiser saddlebags not withstanding i have no idea what sort of stuff would make the best setup on a bike that typicaly only has saddle bags not sure how to set one up for moto camping ect i dont plan on being offroad if i can help it till i can get a offroad friendly bike but i wanna go camping 😉 so what you guys think?