Semi-non-touring type dudes - answer me this:

[vifferman]

I've just bought a very nice tankbag from Kerry at Motohaus (thanx, Kezza! ) and it has magnetic flaps that fasten it to the tank.
[Here comes the question...wait for it...wait..... - OK]
I've heard that if you put credit cards near the magnets, they'll be rendered thingummy (you know - ferkd.)
What else should I not put in the tank bag in case the strange black voodoo magic that is magnetism wrecks it/them? (<--That was the question, in case you missed it).

Is my digital camera safe? My cellphone? I won't put my TV in there, as I've had bad experiences before with TV screens, small inquisitive children, and strong magnets.

[skelstar]

Oooooh, I hadnt thought of that *cringe*, ummm...cassette tapes and VHS tapes, but then who uses magnetic storage media now anyway (apart from hard disk drives)?

[MSTRS:Me]

I've just bought a very nice tankbag from Kerry at Motohaus (thanx, Kezza! ) and it has magnetic flaps that fasten it to the tank.
[Here comes the question...wait for it...wait..... - OK]
I've heard that if you put credit cards near the magnets, they'll be rendered thingummy (you know - ferkd.)
What else should I not put in the tank bag in case the strange black voodoo magic that is magnetism wrecks it/them? (<--That was the question, in case you missed it).

Is my digital camera safe? My cellphone? I won't put my TV in there, as I've had bad experiences before with TV screens, small inquisitive children, and strong magnets.

Good point. Glad my cards/camera/phone etc have suffered no ill effects from their journeys in my tankbag. Not sure that it is an issue really.

[Str8 Jacket]

If you have your credit/eftpos card in a wallet and the metalic strip is covered then that's sweet, cards have been known to stop working if the metalic stripey bit "meets" your cell phone too. I have also heard that your business swipe card MAY also stop working if the sensored part of the card is exposed to metal . . . (hoep this makes sense)

[Zed]

I've just bought a very nice tankbag from Kerry at Motohaus (thanx, Kezza! ) and it has magnetic flaps that fasten it to the tank.
[Here comes the question...wait for it...wait..... - OK]
I've heard that if you put credit cards near the magnets, they'll be rendered thingummy (you know - ferkd.)
What else should I not put in the tank bag in case the strange black voodoo magic that is magnetism wrecks it/them? (<--That was the question, in case you missed it).

Is my digital camera safe? My cellphone? I won't put my TV in there, as I've had bad experiences before with TV screens, small inquisitive children, and strong magnets.

Yep, one of my eftpos cards got wiped years ago as a result of being on/near the bottom of my tank bag. From then on I kept my wallet in my jacket pocket or right on top of the bag clear away from the magnetic base...twas a bit of a pain having to continue to remember doing it.

Havn't heard of other items being effected by this, but sometimes you never know till it's too late...didn't Kerry brief you on the pros & cons?

[Lou Girardin]

The better brands have wallet/cellphone pockets under the top flap to prevent these probs.

[James Deuce]

Never had any issue with the magnets doing stuff in.

Howver be aware that the magnets will pick up little bits of ferrous material. I use a piece of the stuff you can buy from the $2 dollar shop to put under rugs to stop them sliding. Prevents the surface touching the paint and can be replaced cheaply. Never had any issue with the bag falling off either.

[skelstar]

Heres a tip. Dont attempt to take your cat to the vet in your tankbag. Even if its just down the road. Not sure if it was the magnetism or what but the cat was ferked after that. Next money I forked out was for an animal therapist.. did you know they even exist??

Dude I wet myself when I read that, and then I wondered if the cat 'was ferked'
because of the 1000cc engine running just underneath it?

[skelstar]

Only 400cc, I dont know what the cat's problem was then...gotta just harden up I guess.

[Phurrball]

Heres a tip. Dont attempt to take your cat to the vet in your tankbag. Even if its just down the road. Not sure if it was the magnetism or what but the cat was ferked after that. Next money I forked out was for an animal therapist.. did you know they even exist??

Nice one SM . - I'm going to show this post to our little darling. Somtimes I think a trip in the tankbag is just the therapy she needs...

[Especially after last night's effort of bringing in some freaky, bird-sized, West Auckland moth that started laying eggs everywhere in its death throes...GROSS!]

[vifferman]

Hey, thanx guys.

I usually carry my wallet in my shirt pocket or left inside jacket pocket, my swipe card for the gargre/front door at work lives in the top right pocket, and cellphone goes in my right shoe (it's a special shoephone) or left outside jacket pocket if I don't have my shoes to carry around. Watch stays at home, or goes in left shoe (it's a special light-powered shoewatch). Digital camera goes in a bag somewhere (and stays there, while I'm having too much fun to stop for photo opportunities...)

Here's a tip, for would-be terrorists: make your weapons out of titanium. My watch has much more metal than my belt buckle, but my (largely ferrous) buckle sets off the metal detector, whereas the watch doesn't.
(I think I pissed off the security dude at the airport once, demonstrating this Homer-style to my wife: "Watch goes in.. watch goes out... in..out...in...out."
"Belt buckle goes in..." BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

[**R1**]

I watched a show on discovery a while ago (i was unemployed and had nufin beta to do) The show was called mythbusters and they tryed to kill a credit card with magnets and unless you scratch the shit out of the magnetic strip on the back they were all sweet... and they had some big magnets...

[vifferman]

I watched a show on discovery a while ago (i was unemployed and had nufin beta to do) The show was called mythbusters and they tryed to kill a credit card with magnets and unless you scratch the shit out of the magnetic strip on the back they were all sweet... and they had some big magnets...

Hey thanx, Aaron - that's good to know!

[vifferman]

Howver be aware that the magnets will pick up little bits of ferrous material. I use a piece of the stuff you can buy from the $2 dollar shop to put under rugs to stop them sliding. Prevents the surface touching the paint and can be replaced cheaply. Never had any issue with the bag falling off either.

I was thinking, "How the hell is that supposed to make a difference?", as there's already material covering the magnets (also the magnets in the flaps are cunningly opposite to others with the opposite polarity in the base, so the flaps stay shut when off the bike). Then I realised you probably meant you put the 'stuff' on the tank, so any ferrous crap the magnets gather is between the bag and the layer of 'stuff'. Yes?

[James Deuce]

I was thinking, "How the hell is that supposed to make a difference?", as there's already material covering the magnets (also the magnets in the flaps are cunningly opposite to others with the opposite polarity in the base, so the flaps stay shut when off the bike). Then I realised you probably meant you put the 'stuff' on the tank, so any ferrous crap the magnets gather is between the bag and the layer of 'stuff'. Yes?

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