Any other MT07 riders on here?

[pritch]

Got to buy some bags for it, as I have been advised against carrying everything in a backpack.
Trying to find a phone mount and also if I have the spare funds I might look at importing a alarm.
New tyres are sorted and service coming up.

Don't get too excited about cell phone coverage down there, most of the West Coast doesn't have any.

[RAYDEO]

Ha! You make it sound like the South Island is stuck in the dark ages.


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[pritch]

Ha! You make it sound like the South Island is stuck in the dark ages

Not really, the West coast is a mainly narrow strip of land between mountains and the sea, they'd need a cell phone tower every few kilometres.
Very expensive for such a sparsely populated area so it'll probably never happen.

There are some magic roads down there.

[ellipsis]

Don't get too excited about cell phone coverage down there, most of the West Coast doesn't have any.

...not just the West Coast pritch...great swathes of the SI are out of coverage...

[RAYDEO]

Not really, the West coast is a mainly narrow strip of land between mountains and the sea, they'd need a cell phone tower every few kilometres.
Very expensive for such a sparsely populated area so it'll probably never happen.

There are some magic roads down there.

Haha yeah I know, I'm a southislander originally.

[actungbaby]

damm if that had been me on the vfr the crowd whould been running too . and the tamtrum when i fell of for the ten time whould have been amazing ;-)

[Raptor822]

Just going to use my phone for a gps. Going to save the maps of areas I need. Harvey Norman have a bar mount mountain bike mount for phones as well which is similar to the mount I have.
Has anyone had experience with bags that sit on the pillion seat?

Morning ferry in the 23rd Jan so will be passing through early, coming back midday on the 9th.

[RAYDEO]

What sort of bags to you mean? Like in this picture?


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[Maha]

Great mid range bike, I once owned an FZ8 which was a lot of fun.

[Raptor822]

The bag is a 50 liter bag that sits on the rear seat. Im just worried that if I do get it the sides of the bag are going to hang too far over the sides of the back seat being a bag that big and the MT07 having a narrow tail.

[RAYDEO]

Oh right. Honestly I think your best bet is twin bags like mine. They they expand to around 25L each, but are nice and compact.


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