Originally Posted by
raybo
While the hard shell cases are, indeed, expensive, consider how you would deal with arriving at your starting point with a broken coroplast box. My box is getting to the end of its useful life. I sort of hold my breath every time I wait for it to come down the baggage chute.
But your cost does not stop at the case. One problem with hard shell cases is they are heavy. Granted mine is a full size case and wehn packed with the bike it barely gets under the airlines weight limit. And that is the bike alone. No extra gear. Unless I am flying SW I doubt I will ever use it again.
A case for an S&S coupled case might be a little lighter but you still need to be careful on it's weight.