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    Bikes and christmas

    Now with the rush on to get presents, every where is jammed packed full of people in cages. The great thing about being on the bike is you can park right by where you want to go, not spending half an hour trying to find a park half a k away from your destination. Then just strap everything on and off you go with the electrical tape you keep in your jacket, or just balance it on the tank.
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    I think you need a rucksack for Christmas mate

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    done that many a time with different objects including pizza, fairings, tyres (round my waist), cameras and a bunch of other stuff i cant remember.

    Didnt you take a rather large printer home that way once?
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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    Didnt you take a rather large printer home that way once?
    Maybe http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...9&d=1112077170

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    I once rode from Lower Hutt to Otaki with a pavlova in a tin in my tank bag, and two oven racks on the back of the RG150 - although I wouldn't recommend riding with sheep salt lick blocks in a top box... I forgot I had them in there and took the long way home from town - via Palmerston North! Got home to find a lot of dust in the bottom and two significantly smaller salt blocks!
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    I strapped 5 swappacrates to my GN250 and rode from the Hutt to Wellington city last week. They were empty of beer, but still they weighed a lot and it was awkward and astoundingly noisy with all the bottles rattling around.

    I wouldn't do it again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steam View Post
    I strapped 5 swappacrates to my GN250 and rode from the Hutt to Wellington city last week. They were empty of beer, but still they weighed a lot and it was awkward and astoundingly noisy with all the bottles rattling around.

    I wouldn't do it again.
    But I learned Ratchet tiedowns are amazing things.
    Quote Originally Posted by sAsLEX View Post
    Now with the rush on to get presents, every where is jammed packed full of people in cages. The great thing about being on the bike is you can park right by where you want to go, not spending half an hour trying to find a park half a k away from your destination. Then just strap everything on and off you go with the electrical tape you keep in your jacket, or just balance it on the tank.

    Nice one!!

    OOOooOOoo Swappa crates!! I drank half a crate last night and was a little this morning lol... Just got back to auckland about half n hour ago... ah the good ol crate, my mates laughed at me for showing up with a crate n asked if I'd been watching once were warriors lately
    But taking 5 on a bike?? even empty!?! good effort!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sAsLEX View Post
    Now with the rush on to get presents, every where is jammed packed full of people in cages. The great thing about being on the bike is you can park right by where you want to go, not spending half an hour trying to find a park half a k away from your destination. Then just strap everything on and off you go with the electrical tape you keep in your jacket, or just balance it on the tank.
    What you need is a elastic cargo net ($15 at most bike shops), fits in most pockets or under your seat, between that and a back pack bought presents for 11 people last year.

    Brilliant for those impulse purchases.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dog View Post
    ($15 at most bike shops)
    Tape was 1.50 for three rolls and lasts a long time, also very versatile!

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    Bikes and x-mas...
    What a wonderful combination!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by sAsLEX View Post
    Tape was 1.50 for three rolls and lasts a long time, also very versatile!
    True, but a cargo net does not lose it's grip when in the sunshine and doesn't look like you can't afford a bag.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sAsLEX View Post
    Now with the rush on to get presents, every where is jammed packed full of people in cages. The great thing about being on the bike is you can park right by where you want to go, not spending half an hour trying to find a park half a k away from your destination. Then just strap everything on and off you go with the electrical tape you keep in your jacket, or just balance it on the tank.
    If only there was some kind of bag you could put on your tank that you could put all kinds of wonderful things in...lord knows what you'd call it though...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dawnrazor View Post
    If only there was some kind of bag you could put on your tank that you could put all kinds of wonderful things in...lord knows what you'd call it though...
    Try and fit that under your seat....

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    Quote Originally Posted by dawnrazor View Post
    If only there was some kind of bag you could put on your tank that you could put all kinds of wonderful things in...lord knows what you'd call it though...
    So you carry your tank bag, of which I have two by the way, around every where with you?

    The glory of tape is that a random purchase no matter how large can be attached with ease!

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