Carrying anything on a sports bike - how?

Does anyone ever try and carry anything apart from themselves on a
Fireblade, R1, Gixxer or whatever? I have a VFR750F with panniers and
I'm wondering what I will do without them if I get a sports bike
instead.

Is any sort of sensible luggage available for the latest sports bikes?

 

Baglux!

Panniers should fit on most sportsbikes, anyway.

But really it depends what you want to carry, and how far you want to
carry it.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

Fit bitch wivva rucksack?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Yes big Oxford throw over panniers and a sports rack with a big
sausage shaped Oxford stuffer bag bungeed on.

'Hog

 

Fit bitch wivva rucksack?

Is your best option, but I tend to use rucksack (& tankbag if needing
some extra space for 2*4pack)

 

Soft luggage all round.

Went to France in August[1] for a week (1800miles+) with panniers,
tail pack and tank bag.

No problems.

[1] Gixxer thou.

 

Was this solo or with the woman though? is it possible to take your
SO on holiday by pillion and carry all her luggage.

'Hog

 

Ortlieb sausage-shaped bags and a bungee net are a superb combination.
I now have four of them in differing sizes. Ortlieb bags are tough and
completely waterproof. Speak to Les at Traveldri-Plus. He is knowledgeable
about these things.

www.traveldri-plus.co.uk 01647 24523

Mikey

 

I usually chuck everything in a holdall and bungee it on, then cover
the lot with a hairnet to stop any bungees that let go pinging into the
wheel.

'This never happens' I thought, until I found one had pinged on the
way to the EOSM :-0

I have soft panniers, but they are a PITA on the 12R as the exhaust is
so big and high.

I have a wingrack, but it's not going on the 12R as they look Gash, it
even spoiled the lines of my Blackbird, but was very useful, so it
stayed on as long as I had it.

Tailpack attached loosly on the back. Ash can let you know the outcome
of this.

Next up for me [1] is a tourer, an all out sports bike, a SOB and a
supermoto.

Best of all worlds,

Cheers

Paul.

[1] Job permitting

 

wrote:

I think the ideal combination for me will end up being the ZRX, a
sportsbike, and a small capacity (possibly 2 stroke) trailie.

 

Honda XR250 please!!

'Hog

 

You could always put a trailer on to carry the shoes.

 

On the way back from EOSM I passed a couple of large touring bikes
with HUGE trailers. I have to say that it seems like a far superior
load lugging idea than a Trike.

Has anyone on the NG ridden distance with such a trailer??

'Hog

 

'Hog wrote

Yup, it's why you get the bitch to buy herelf a cage innit.

 

Hacksurly, when I purchased something Oxford Products like, earlier
this summer It came with a CD.

Said CD had a movie demonstrating the Hump Back range, all on Sports
Bikes. The range is specifically designed (so they say) for sport
bikes.

In the end, I succumbed to the marketing forces, and bought the full
set.

They don't fall off at 160+.

 

That was not quite SO's kinda holiday ;-)

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Throwovers, rucksack, tankbag, tailpack or just be a man and use
bungees.

 

wrote:
: Does anyone ever try and carry anything apart from themselves on a
: Fireblade, R1, Gixxer or whatever? I have a VFR750F with panniers and
: I'm wondering what I will do without them if I get a sports bike
: instead.

: Is any sort of sensible luggage available for the latest sports bikes?

Oxford soft panniers and tankbag work fine on my CBR600 ... done seven
touring holidays round europe with them. They're not waterproof though
so I use bin bags inside them ... not keen on the giant 'showercap'
covers.

Blair
'97 CBR600

 

Norfolk and back, years ago.

 

Sports panniers, Renntec rack with either a sausage bag strapped on or
a universal top-box such as Givi (advantage is it's lockable), tank
bag (preferably expanding).