Originally Posted by majland

The oem/shad luggage is just made of plastic, self tappeing screws and some thin aluminium sheets to look good.

Min survived a very low speed spill (dropped the bike after the i got stuck on a curb against the engine shield while leaning a bit)

I'll expect them to disintegrate if they hit anything above walking pace - no matter how you choose to support them.

I've had a mate make me some more solid alu ones but i still use the original fitting points. See pictures down this page: http://www.tenere.dk/forumnew/forum_posts.asp?TID=6488