Nomad Moto Rackless ADV Lugagge Review

For my upcoming Flinders Ranges tour with my brother I'd decided to purchase a proper ADV luggage carrying system. A new startup outfit here in Australia called Nomad Moto has just release their Strzelecki Edition of modular soft adventure luggage. 

What I liked about Nomad Moto was that they have a rackless setup that you can throw over the rear of your bike and then attach the panniers and top bag. It can be fitted both to racks or rackless. Pure simplicity and it can fit virtually any bike. It also carries the panniers low and forward of the rear axle keeping the weight down as low as possible, which is much needed for adventure riding.

I purchased during their startup sale in January this year, with the 80L Rackless Adventure Combo, which consisted of a 40 litre Roll bag, 2 x 20 litre panniers, the rackless base, 2 x bag liners, a heat shield for the exhaust pipe and a base plate if you already have racks. Once the rackless base arrived I got to fitting up the rackless system and pannier side bags to my 2020 Africa Twin.

Nomad Moto made this easy by making a fitting video of the rackless base and putting it up on Youtube. The video was about 20 minutes and it only took me a bit more than 20 minutes after a couple of rewinds to rewatch some bits I had it sorted in no time. You'll have it setup on your bike in less than 30 minutes from taking it out of the packaging, it's that easy. Thanks Nomad Moto.

Fitting the Heat Shield I had to use both hose clamps, as the stock pipe is so big that the largest clamp wasn't big enough. Still easy enough to do. I put it quite high up the pipe as I could see that the bag might touch the tip of the exhaust. Turns out its in the perfect spot, hardly touches anyway.

The fitting is really quite simple. There are 4 clips that clip each of the pannier bags to the rackless base, then there are 4 straps that strap the rackless base to your bike. Once attached and done up, the Roll bag attaches to the rackless base with 4 clips. It couldn't be simpler. Simply click on and click off. Brillant!

Nomad Moto make some bold claims about their modular adv gear. 

• Waterproof
• Heavy duty construction 1000D TPU material
• Gear that just works

Would it be waterproof, would it be tough enough, would it work?

I was a little concerned after fitting it up because I was taking brand new gear that I have never used, it is completely untested by me and I'm taking it into the harsh environment of the Flinders Ranges. Will it work or will it give me problems? Will the exhaust burn a hole in the right pannier bag? Who knows but I am about to find out.

After 3100kms of riding through the Flinders Ranges and then Barrington Tops and the 20 Creek crossings to Nundle I can confidently say that this setup is just as they advertised. Gear that just Simply Works. I can tell they did thorough product testing of the setup before release because it just worked. The 80 litre capacity was huge. I probably over packed slightly and still had extra room. We did road, offroad and some technical trails and the luggage worked perfectly through all of it.

The panniers are both light weight heavy duty material and are waterproof as advertised. How did I test the waterproofing? It didn't rain on our trip, but I did dump my bike in one of the creeks submerging the pannier. Oops, good test though. Luckily I didn't drown my bike in the process.

I have no affiliation with Nomad Moto. I purchased the gear and used it as intended. It worked great and I highly recommend it to anyone else who is thinking about using it for their adventure bike. I love it when stuff just works and this did just that without any issues.

You can get in contact with Nomad Moto at the following link. Nomad-Moto