Best accessories ad I have ever seen - F800 GS

**onearmedbandit** · 20th September 2010, 00:04

What a squid! Jeans, open face helmet, ankle boots, it's riders like him that give us all a bad name.

Oh wait a minute, sorry, he's not on a sportsbike. That was awesome.

**Owl** · 20th September 2010, 07:19

Originally Posted by dipshit

what exactly does that vid prove...???

That GS horns are very resilient.

**Eddieb** · 22nd September 2010, 08:41

A video test of Twisted Throttle hard luggage on a F800GS.

**yod** · 22nd September 2010, 08:47

lol mint

**Transalper** · 22nd September 2010, 09:33

Well, I honestly don't know how other luggage would have compared under the same treatment but what I saw was the luggage appeared to be empty yet the topbox lid failed so was flapping pretty early on and in the end the side box was lid was flapping too. Nothing some duct tape and/or bungees couldn't fix I'm sure.
The bike on the other had went really well.

ps that's the same video as in post#1

A quote from the youtube channel owner...
"the rear bag was scraped 1 to many times in a wheelie. This ground down the lock and broke it, not the jumps. So unless you do 12 oclock wheelies on your daily drive to starbucks, i think you will be ok! "

**Transalper** · 22nd September 2010, 10:10

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

What a squid! Jeans, open face helmet, ankle boots, it's riders like him that give us all a bad name.

Oh wait a minute, sorry, he's not on a sportsbike. That was awesome.

Not sure if you're serious with the first line or not.
Further investigation turns out he's in Shift Torque Jeans and Shift Fuel Street Shoes among the rest of the kit, jacket/gloves so he is in fact in full riding gear, though I'd like more protection but then I guess he knows his stuff a lot better than I.
As for the open face helmet, well I guess at least he has a helmet, I like mine full faced, but he does his stuff in the appropriate places such as on tracks and closed roads which is more than can be said for a lot of us.

**george formby** · 22nd September 2010, 10:30

Originally Posted by Transalper

Well, I honestly don't know how other luggage would have compared under the same treatment but what I saw was the luggage appeared to be empty yet the topbox lid failed so was flapping pretty early on and in the end the side box was lid was flapping too. Nothing some duct tape and/or bungees couldn't fix I'm sure.
The bike on the other had went really well.

ps that's the same video as in post#1

A quote from the youtube channel owner...
"the rear bag was scraped 1 to many times in a wheelie. This ground down the lock and broke it, not the jumps. So unless you do 12 oclock wheelies on your daily drive to starbucks, i think you will be ok! "

Hmmmm, I wonder if the lock would be replaced under warranty & the loss of pies & undercracks reimbursed?

**onearmedbandit** · 22nd September 2010, 10:38

Originally Posted by Transalper

Not sure if you're serious with the first line or not.

Yeah I wasn't being serious, I was taking the mick.

**Crisis management** · 22nd September 2010, 12:11

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Yeah I wasn't being serious, I was taking the mick.

Well stop doing that, BMW owners take their bikes very seriously.........

**Phreaky Phil** · 22nd September 2010, 12:47

He probably did $10k worth of damage to the bike

**NordieBoy** · 22nd September 2010, 19:38

Originally Posted by Phreaky Phil

He probably did $10k worth of damage to the bike

That's his normal stunt bike.
He's probably done more damage than that...

**Padmei** · 22nd September 2010, 20:14

Well I have to say that was incredibly awesome. Shit those stoppies were ... well.. incredible - reminded me of a jet fighter coming to land on an air craft carrier somehow.

Yep sold the gear to me - they took some good hits - i'm pretty shallow tho.

Just watched it again & loved it even more the 2nd time thru. i'm pretty impressed with that camera still going after bouncing down the road.