Oxford Q4R tank bag £109.99 ‘Practical, stable, and durable’

Tested by Dan Sutherland for one year

I’ve shied away from motorcycle luggage for years, sacrificing practicality in order to maintain the look of my bikes. However, this Q4R four-litre tank bag from Oxford has well and truly turned my head.

It’s well made, feels robust, is stable at speed, and you can grab whatever you need without getting off the bike. As such, I’ve left it in place for thousands of miles aboard my Suzuki GSX-8S. It was particularly handy on a week-long tour to the 2023

Isle of Man TT races.

With space to store your essentials, as well as things like passports and breathalysers on a longer foreign tour, I’d happily recommend it to anyone – performing well on my daily commute and staying solid during a 125mph blast across the TT’s one-way mountain section.

Although I wouldn’t trust it to be 100% waterproof, it does feature water-resistant zips, with a main cubbyhole, key compartment, and an upper pouch with a clear screen and sun visor – a perfect place for a phone or satnav.

There’s also a small gap for you to route a cable out the front of the pack, allowing me to plug a charging lead into a USB-C port mounted on the bike.

A headstock strap, complete with a helmet-style Double D-ring fastener helps keep the bag securely in place. Although easy to fasten, it does dangle annoyingly when off the bike – meaning I’ll often tie it in a knot to stop it dragging.

This is paired with a fixed, bike-specific metal plate (costing an extra £19.99) that attaches around the rim of the petrol tank – allowing you to click the bag in place both quickly and securely.

Disconnected with a chunky red lever on the right, it can sometimes be a struggle to match the base plate to the gaps in the bottom of the tank bag when fitting. Some won’t like the look of the mounting metalwork when then luggage isn’t attached. A magnetic base is available as an alternative.

After plenty of use, some of the blue material is beginning to show a few splodges of staining from road muck, but besides that it still looks and performs as good as new – with the chunky carry handle providing additional practicality off of the bike.

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