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I stopped using bungees when one broke and wrapped itself around the
chain sprocket. Ugly mess that was.

 

Bonwick, OTOH, stopped using toothed sprockets whe he had one try to
eat the swinging arm.

 

No. I have no problem with tailpacks, and habitually use one when
circumstances make it convenient. Never had one move, possibly because
its a little full of double airbed and sleeping bag.

I'd considered the freezing thing, but thought it would be the
mechanism that solidified and that might be avoided with a bit of lube.
I wondered whether bungees might freeze or denature too, come to that.
If it was just the coiled up 'spare' strap that froze into a lump, that
could be sacrificed, but if all your bungees have gone solid that could
be a bit of an issue.

Since I was persuaded to give straps a go when travelling to rallies,
they've largely replaced bungees in my travelling repertoire. Sure,
bungees have their place - cargo nets are particularly wonderful, once
you've sorted the tangled mess out in the first place - but a couple of
straps squeeze down something like that paddock sack and prevent it
from slipping about in a way that bungees could never do.

I find it a sight quicker to secure stuff with straps, as opposed to
risking the bloody rubbery bastards pinging off and having a bloody eye
out, or trying to find enough locations for the hooks that aren't
hanging out of my eye sockets. Bungeed gear, ime, always seems to find
a way to slide forward and encroach on my space, leaving my bollocks on
teh tank. Strapped gear just doesn't and that's good enough for me,
not to mention saving me that bloody painful crouched walk around the
back of ther bike, stretching bungees as far as they'll go and then
trying to find somewhere to hook 'em on.

I saw a guy at a bike rally who wondered why his tent refused to go
together in any shape that didn't resemble a grumpy caterpillar: he's
slung it on the pillion, then bungeed it down with the only bungees he
had, that were a bit long - so he'd hooked 'em around the swinging arm.
80 miles later and a few oscillations down the road, he was wondering
whu all his tent poles were curved, like.

 

I've got a mudguard waiting too. Where did you get yours, OTR?

I'm also hoping to have LED bulbs and flasher relay waiting for me.
So that will be Thursday evening.

And then... I think it's done.

Might remove some of the stuff from the bike... Do I really need
inner tubes? Do I need a tyre inflator? Do I need a fluid pump, or
will a funnel do? Surely two pairs of underpants are enough for two
weeks.

 

I've seen plenty of things freeze on Ice Road Truckers, but never
ratchet straps. I'd use normal non-ratchet tie-down straps though,
simply because they're easy to use with gloves.

 

Heh, I got sweets with a Cagiva part from Germany. Thought it was a
nice touch.

 

And they're also cheap. I bought 10 2.2m ones for about 12 quid
delivered.

I really hope we don't pick up much in traffic fines since it's been
expensive kitting the bike up...

 

That too.

It's not all about you, ya know. Our entertainment is far more
important.

 

I thought he was just trying to justify buying one of those Ventura things.

 

In message

Yup. OTR. It's an acerbis item and not a great fit. Also involves
dismembering the original guard. After a closer look I think it's a good
thing. If the mud and snow didn't get it I think the pigg's would....

I'm still in a quandary. The tubes are pretty big and heavy.
Maybe a 21" can be squeezed on the back wheel in an emergency?
I'll only destroy them in the changing process anyway.

I have a jiggly syphon tube which might be handy.....

Two underpants? Posh or what.....

 

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