Laptop tank bag

[bull]

Looking for peoples advice on how they carry their laptops to work and back.

So far found these that may do the trick
GT Pro (http://www.motopakluggage.com/gtpro.html)
or Tank Locker system (http://www.luggagelocker.com/tanklocker.html)

Main concern is the magnets affecting the Laptop HDD and also vibration if siting directly on the bike. Also would need to be waterproof/resistant.

[Titanium]

Usually in a laptop bag in the boot of my car....... :yes:

[Jabez]

I carry mine in a 'laptop backpack' on my pack rack with a bungy net securing it.
In rain the laptop is in a plastic bag inside the pack (which is also covered in a plastic bag). The laptop has servived this for over 3 years now....

[What?]

Mine travels in the top box.

[Filterer]

Just a standard backpack on my back...ahh the life of a poor student

[The Pastor]

Havnt they made laptops in cellphones yet?

[Keystone19]

I have the Ventura pack rack system and place the laptop in the Ventura pack in a small laptop bag. I have placed extra padding in the laptop bag and also a sheet of padding between the screen and the keyboard of the laptop.

I have been told that most damage is as a result of vibration causing the screen to be damaged.

I have been doing this two to three times per week for over a year with no damage to the laptop.

Oh, and for waterproofness I have a large plastic bag inside the Ventura pack.

[The_Dover]

I put mine in a foodtown carrier bag hanging off my wing mirror. With a pie and a ginger beer for company.

[WarlockNZ]

You take your work home ???? ... dear god man why ???? .. leave it at work

[bull]

even tho you are taking the piss - i take my laptop with me as i have one of those jobs that lets me work from home when the kiddies are sick - also im allowed to leave work at 3pm to meet my kids at home from school and do the rest of my work hrs from home - bloody tough life i tell ya LOL. So thats why im after a decent way to carry the lappy to and from work on the bike.

[WarlockNZ]

seeing as it's work related .. can you not get the company to fork out for a home pc for you to work from .. is it a work laptop or a personal one ?? .. i stopped using my personal laptop for work when i found out that my insurance wouldn't cover it.

[WarlockNZ]

on a side note ... if its a work machine ... plastic bag it in the backpack... just make sure your data is backed up .. if its personal ... i'd check your insurance policy .. you might find that its not covered as it's being used for work and not personal tasks. ... just my 2c

[Gremlin]

Taken my laptop to uni (while I was there) almost every day, in a backpack, on my back. Over a year of that was on the motorbike.

I use a Kathmandu backpack, with a sleeve for the laptop. Sometimes in rain I chucked a plastic bag over the top of it, but the bag was pretty water resistant, and it was behind me anyway, sheltered as such.

Never had a problem... oh, except for blasting through corners, off the bike, and having a heavy backpack move me around :innocent:

[Wasp]

Ahhhhh,now me being a laptop techy have always wondered this one...

I personally carry mine in my back pack but prefer not taking it if avoidable.

an IT guy i know carries his (and others) in those cases you can get for more touring style bikes (sorry, forgot what they were called)

[Cajun]

i ride my bike pretty much every day, and my laptop is carried with me backwards and forwards(works as a DR machine in time of need).

I just where bag on back, most of the tank bags are either to bulky to to small to really fit a laptop in.

[GR81]

we import laptop backpacks and i can sort anyone out who wants one... around the $30 mark.

http://dynamix.co.nz/index.html?VS=sp&G=NOTEBOOK%20BAGS

the NB160, NB161 and NB166 will be suitable.

they have a padded pouch to protect your notebook.

PM me if you are interested... we are located in Albany, Auckland.

[avgas]

Havnt they made laptops in cellphones yet?
Nokia Communicator

[Ruralman]

I carry mine in a topbox. My laptop is one of the big 17 inch screen ones so by the time you put it in its bag it is pretty big so I had to buy the biggest topbox that Givi make. Its a greta system tho and farm better than the mickey mouse arrangement I had using the ventura soft bags before that. Next laptop will however only be a 15-16 inch screen model so it fits in a little easier.

[Ruralman]

I carry mine in a topbox. My laptop is one of the big 17 inch screen ones so by the time you put it in its bag it is pretty big so I had to buy the biggest topbox that Givi make. Its a greta system tho and farm better than the mickey mouse arrangement I had using the ventura soft bags before that. Next laptop will however only be a 15-16 inch screen model so it fits in a little easier.

The other advantage of the topbox is that not only is it weather proof it is also lockable so you can leave it on the bike if you need to do something on the way home. The GIVI box comes off in seconds once you unlock it if you want to use it like a briefcase or in my case a suitcase 'cos its quite big.

[Bend-it]

You take your work home ???? ... dear god man why ???? .. leave it at work

No no, you got it all wrong!! It's so I can stay on KB while on the bike, I can even be chatting on messenger etc 'coz it's too hard to get a cellphone under the helmet. At the correct angle, the screen also acts as a mirror for when I'm shaving or squeezing zits...

Well, there are enough people on the road who do it... :nya:

[inlinefour]

Looking for peoples advice on how they carry their laptops to work and back.

So far found these that may do the trick
GT Pro (http://www.motopakluggage.com/gtpro.html)
or Tank Locker system (http://www.luggagelocker.com/tanklocker.html)

Main concern is the magnets affecting the Laptop HDD and also vibration if siting directly on the bike. Also would need to be waterproof/resistant.

Ive got an O'gio(sp) backpack thats actually designed specially for laptops. Looks like a standard pack and most people dont realise whats actually in it...

[Bend-it]

I carry mine in a topbox.

only problem is that you have to be facing backwards while on the KB website if the laptops's behind you... now THAT'S dangerous... :nono:

[naughtygirl]

Usually in a laptop bag in the boot of my car....... :yes:

LOL same here!!

[MotoGirl]

I made a special padded satchel for mine (just slips in and velcros across the top), which prevents it getting scratched...
Laptop -> satchel -> Ventura bag on the pack rack. I haven't had any problems with it yet!

[Ruralman]

only problem is that you have to be facing backwards while on the KB website if the laptops's behind you... now THAT'S dangerous... :nono:
Actually if you have your girlfriend sit astride you she can steer while you look over her shoulder at the ....... wait a minute is that where lap dancing got its name???????????????? Would it be more fun ONLY wearing a helmet???????

[James Deuce]

I velcro mine to the left hand side of my fairing, because I usually fall off on the left on the road and on the right on the track.

Laptops make great crash bungs.