I don't wear rucksacks when on the bike, I tie them to the rack., or saddle. The map case is handy. You can buy map cases separately. As to tank bags having no advantage, I disagree, they are as useful as any other piece of luggage. If you don't like them, they are of no use to you, but those who like them wilt, obviously, find them extremely useful. I have a small bar bag to stash items needed while traveling - toll money, passport, etc. These items then relocate to various pockets, when I'm off the bike. I then leave the bag open, so thieves can see there's nowt to pinch...... unless they want the bag. -- Cheers! Fr Jack 96 Tiger. FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM skype: fr.jack (without the dot)
When I was training for the bike test, it was hammered into us that coming off, with shoes, or a laptop, or a 'U' antilock wotsit in a rucksack, would have us in a wheelchair for whatever remained of our lives. It may have been exaggerration, but it worked, and I haven't worn a rucksack whilst on the bike since then (the one exception being the multipack of crispies that SD brought for me on the 2000 TOG run). Plus most of my touring now is done with an SO on the back, and she'd take a dim view of a rucksack digging into her ribs.
I crashed wearing a rucksack that contained a Moto Guzzi gearbox. That was a bastard as I ended up with two bikes off the road.
I used a tankbag on the Frankfurt run. On left turns, the horn button pressed against it and noises resulted. The rest of the away team hoot in derision. Later, I used the bag on the Evil Twin, and it turned off the ignition on righthanders...
me too. I hate carrying a ruck sack on a bike. gives me backache. I guess the peeps earlier in this thread haven't realised that there are different sizes on bags and they don't all get in the way. -- Adie (replace spam with nickname to reply) UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ Triumph 955iSS / GSF1200 bandit / CG125 MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11
I do So far, they have for me. A small mapcase may be under consideration, though... -- Cheers! Fr Jack 96 Tiger. FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM skype: fr.jack (without the dot)
Likewise. Tried one on one of my bikes (can't remember which - it might have been the VFR 750), hated it, got Ventura luggage instead. Now every bike I get gets a Ventura rack fitted to it - and when I'm not using the main luggage I have a sports rack that fits on instead. Phil
