The top locker IS waterproof

[Rocker66]

Having ridden home from work yesterday morning a trip of 38 miles in torrential rain (UK is suffering the worst September storms for 30 years) I pleased to find that the magazines and newspapers I had in the top locker were bone dry. If anything would show signs that water had got in it would surely be newspaper

 

[L.B.S.]

Having ridden home from work yesterday morning a trip of 38 miles in torrential rain (UK is suffering the worst September storms for 30 years) I pleased to find that the magazines and newspapers I had in the top locker were bone dry. If anything would show signs that water had got in it would surely be newspaper

Thanks for the report.

I am still puzzled as to how it can actually keep water out, though, myself...

To my eyes, it didn't have any ridges, or labyrinthian seal where the lid's rubber edge moulding meets the perfectly smooth bottom surface edge of the trunk itself.

It doesn't look like it would seal very well at all, to me? : puzzled :

Does the lid lock down with enough pressure to flatten that rubber seal that well? Huh.

 

[Rocker66]

I agree the lid never appears to be right down tight on the seal so I don't know how it works. However the main thing is that it does work or at least mine has so far

 

[tromba]

I too rode in a torrential downpour the other evening...NO WATER in the "non-tank"!

 

[tweak89]

It's just a simple o-ring style seal. Properly designed, they work very well. There is a specific level of pressure required to enact the seal, too much or too little will allow leaks.

We use o-rings to hold back upwards of 3000psi in our well systems where I work. Just a piece of rubber and a flat surface...all you really need!

 

[tromba]

After yesterday I, too, know that it is waterproof!!!

 

[mike5100]

As it happens I managed to dislodge the rubber seal with an overstuffed helmet bag. It has since proved just about impossible to get it to sit permanently back in its slot.
Mike

 

[LA_NC700X]

I rode in heavy rains while riding up to local canyons here in Los Angeles last saturday, mine stay dry too... Nice...

 

[turbodieseli4i6]

I bought a cheap $55.00 rain suit. When I asked the sales lady if it worked, she said "not one problem."
After work I rode home in a downpour. I wouldn't have been any more wet if I jumped in the lake before my ride home.
At least everything in the not tank was dry.