New Pelican-based Luggage System

Happy New YEAR!

That makes sense, and yeah... 4lbs up high would be a nice reduction ... more ways to spend $$$

It does not seem like they tried to match the dimensions of the "regular" cases when the designed the air series....
I wonder why ... just to offer more variety? the 1555 is not really very close to the 1550 ...

@CaribouCases - Any chance your topcase setup has been tested on the 890 Adventure R? I managed to score a Rally and would really love this as an option for secure storage in-town with a luggage plate underneath I can use when I'm camping/ADV. I don't see any mention of 890 on your site, only 790. Fingers crossed!!!!

Any chance you could post a pic with a bird's eye view of the stock tail rack on the 890?

Hi Jim
Thanks for your feedback. I will look into the 1507 Air case some more, especially regarding any molded protrusions on the case bottom. From your work on other Pelican cases have you found the cases to be weakened at all if these protrusions are ground or planed off?
Thanks again.

Hi Jim,

Not a problem on the 1550 or 1520 cases, or any of the original Pelican cases. However on the Storm cases the protrusions on the back are thin and you would go right through the case when trying to grind them down (molded-in protrusions outside are indentations on the inside) The Air cases are going to also have this problem I think.

I bolted a Storm case to a rear luggage rack and placed rubber washers between the case and the rack to take up the space of the protrusions and to seal around the bolts to insure water couldn't leak in through the holes I drilled in the bottom of the case.

Good plan!
On a prior bike I had a case that was going to be permanently mounted and was able to find a scrap of closed cell neoprene foam and cut it to match the backing plate then thru-bolted it with Nylock nuts that were not cranked quite all the way downn.
It worked out well.