Tank bag vs tail bag

**BarBender** · 22nd January 2007, 18:40

I used a tank bag with magnets on the old bike for work - but its redundant now that I have a plastic tank cover. So now I use a back pack. If I need to bring the laptop home - I'll bungy the case to the pillion seat. If travelling for more than a couple of days - I'll use a the tank bag but attach it to the pillion seat with bungies.

**Cajun** · 22nd January 2007, 19:12

Have you considered a Ventura pack rack?
In my experience, you can fit more into two Ventura bags (zipped together over top of the pack rack) than you can in two 40L Givi hardbags!

**Pumba** · 22nd January 2007, 19:13

Originally Posted by R1madness

Or take your tank to a professional paint shop and get them to give it a THICK coat of clear (should only cost about $100). That way you can polish out any minor scuffs.

Thats not a bad idea at all.

Originally Posted by Hitcher

A tailbag will also impede your ability to get your leg over. I'd go for a tankbag, and if you need additional storage, go for a decent set of throw-over panniers (not the Ventura ones).

Ive allready got a good set of Rjays throw over panniers, grat for long trips, Rjays throw over some of the non slip matting from payles plastics to protect the rear.

**Pumba** · 22nd January 2007, 19:15

Originally Posted by Cajun

Have you considered a Ventura pack rack?
In my experience, you can fit more into two Ventura bags (zipped together over top of the pack rack) than you can in two 40L Givi hardbags!

Yea I have the same issue with them as I do with a givi box, they look

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**Oakie** · 22nd January 2007, 19:22

I have a small tank bag (17 litres) and an Oxford Expander bag (75 litres fully expanded to go over my Ventura pack rack). I use whichever is appropriate. I use the tank bag more often and it has not scratched the paintwork. Just gotta make sure there's no grit on the bag bottom or tank and it's fine.

**sunhuntin** · 22nd January 2007, 20:07

Originally Posted by twinkle

Givi luggage box thingamy beats them all for me. Waterproof, I can store my helmet in it and I can leave it on the bike if I want to. If I really try I can fit my helmet, gloves and riding jacket into it

It does spoil the looks of my gn a bit though

ive got one of those as well. carry bungy cords and bungy cargo net, spare gloves, tool kit, etc. can also fit helmet and gloves and jacket [not all at once, though i did manage once.] i was meaning to take it off when not touring, but cant be bothered, and ive got used to the look. i also have saddle bags, but they stay off the bike in case they get knicked.

i also use those brackets to bungy my backpack on if needed.

how much do you generally carry to work pumba? for lighter loads, i have a black leather shoulder bag. if i balance it right on the seat behind me, i dont notice its there. it goes either on my seat or my knee, depending.

**Pumba** · 22nd January 2007, 20:45

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

how much do you generally carry to work pumba? for lighter loads, i have a black leather shoulder bag. if i balance it right on the seat behind me, i dont notice its there. it goes either on my seat or my knee, depending.

I dont carry a lot, pair of shoes, chage of pants, my lunch if I can be bothered making it an that is about it. Im not a big fan of having a backpack or anthing else attached to me, sometimes it is the only way I know I did it for years to and from school and uni but I never really felt comfortable doing it. And in the situation that I happen to come off (touch wood) I would prefer to have nothing attached to me, just some weird thing I prefer thats all.

**limbimtimwim** · 22nd January 2007, 20:50

Tankbag.

Anything else moves mass rearward. Do you want that?

**Hitcher** · 22nd January 2007, 20:58

Originally Posted by limbimtimwim

Anything else moves mass rearward. Do you want that?

Girlfriend?

**Pumba** · 22nd January 2007, 21:01

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Girlfriend?

She can ride her own bloody bike!

If she was actually real and not figment of my fantisies

**Hitcher** · 22nd January 2007, 21:03

Originally Posted by Pumba

If she was actually real and not figment of my fantisies

Fantasies. She looked real enough. As did THAT helmet...

**Fat Tony** · 22nd January 2007, 21:05

I found a small tank bag was OK, but anything big enough to carry a decent amount of kit in just gets on the way of riding (on a sportsbike). I found it impaired moving around the bike and there was no way I could get my head out of the wind.

A well secured tail pack on the other hand... you don't even notice it's there (until you get on or off the bike and forget that you have to get your foot higher than your head to get on/off by the usual 'leg over the backend technique')

I use a rucksack for the commute though

**Bytor** · 22nd January 2007, 21:08

Tank bag as it's great for resting my beer gut on it

**James Deuce** · 22nd January 2007, 21:49

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Fantasies. She looked real enough. As did THAT helmet...

I see someone else was wondering if the excessively feminine girlfriend was compensating for something.

**Dodger** · 23rd January 2007, 13:33

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

I commute almost everyday and use a small backpack .... I carry my laptop (+ accessories), lunch and waterproof (PVC) pants. I leave a pair of shoes at work.

That's what I'm doing, only problem I find is the backpack can be hot at times

Tail pack looks like it would fit more in it than a tank bag to me, but there's no why I could get my leg over the the thing