Good/bad points about Non-Fango Bags?
Good points: They are cheaper than the GIVI system. Easy to Install (I’m a mechanical novice as well). The hard bags have never leaked and they have been in some pretty gruelling weather. You can fit two crash hats in the 48ltr top box. The Non-Fango system makes the bike quite a bit narrower than the GIVI system when the side bags are on the bike. They also come with three different mounting kits depending on your particular FJ. Bad points: When Installing the top box mounting rack use some form of screw lock. Otherwise the two tapered bolts will work loose and end up falling inside the tube racking. This has personally happened to me twice and has made the top box insecure. The side bags when fully loaded kiss the exhaust pipe, this can be over come by swapping the two brackets around that go between the top box mounting bracket and the side panel mounting bracket. This then gives you easy access to the seat lock as well, as getting the key in the seat lock with the racking in the co
