Wheeled hockey bag for use with motorcycle

[chidarste]

Does anyone have a means of transporting their hockey equipment to games which is compatible with motorcycles?  I'm looking into wheeled bags which would be multifaceted - public transportation in the cold/inclement weather and backpack style or whatever on the bike when things are happy.  Does anyone have any experience transporting hockey gear on their GS500 to and from games?

Thanks!

-d

[007brendan]

How much gear are we talking about? for lots of gear, a tail rack is priceless. For the hockey stick, you could attach PVC pipE to the rear rack. Haven't done this with the gs, but I used this method on a 250 Honda in college for fishing poles.

[tt_four]

Hockey bags are huge. I think you're only logical hope is one of those little trailers that guys with Goldwings hook up to their bike. Technically, if you wear all your gear while you ride, all you'll need to carry with you are your ice skates and a stick 

[JEREMY JOCK]

If you find a solution for this, definitely let me know! I'd love to show up at my hockey games on a motorcycle with all my gear, haha.

[scottpA_GS]

Yea, I would think you need a side car or trailer to cary it all in one bag... Maybe you could fit your gear if you put it in all different bags... Tail bag, sadlebags, tank bag, backpack etc...

[tt_four]

I didn't think about the sidecar. I'd love to have a bike with a sidecar, even if passengers didn't care to go for rides, I'd still be able to carry all kinds of things just by tossing them in there, like dogfood, my dog, etc...  Although people would totally want to go for a ride in a sidecar. I'd talk people into riding my bike places just so I could ride in the sidecar.

[gregvhen]

just strap your bag to a dollie and tie the handle of the dollie to that black handle on the back of your GS. thats what we call Jeff Co motorcycle trailer

[chidarste]

Shoulda known, bunch of wisecrackers

I was looking at something like this....




Who knows, maybe the dimensions are too big - the stick bag would have a handle as well, so I could tie it to the backpack.  I'm really wondering if it would all be just too awkward...

Anyway, thanks for your (not at all sarcastic) suggestions 

-d

[jeremy_nash]

have you seen the child carriers that attatch to the back of a bicycle? the ones with big wheels. one of those would probably work ok, plus you could take your motorcycle grocery shopping

[PachmanP]

Looking at your pic, you might be able to just get a tail rack and strap/bungie that bag or soemthing like that to the rack.  It's kinda hard to tell with no scale though.  You'd have to strap it down pretty well though, maybe get something that stuck up like a sissy bar.

Also, it may just be me, but I think of hockey season as "not gonna ride the bike" season...

[dohabee]

can you just ride in your hockey gear?

[meri]

I have thought about this a few times as well.. and the one thing that it comes back to is the sticks. I can't figure out where I could put them where it wouldn't be sticking out too much.

Strapping them to the side *might* work, but I fear it would be a bit uncomfortable.

[gregvhen]

why cant you just drive a car. There some cases in life where a motorcycle just isnt the way to go.  How often do you play hockey that you really need to ride the bike? just spare your GS a few hours a day or week or whenever it is that you play hockey and be done with it.

IMO anyway.  When i have hockey practice i just drive my moms mini van

[dohabee]

I would strap the stick across my back diagonally like a sword