Well I went to the store for some rice and ended up buying a little more than planned.... No backpack, tank bag, or any other storage other than the GS and my jacket.
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I looked like a squirrel before the winter with produce bulging out of everywhere. Didn't think I could fit three rice packs under the seat, ended up tying the jacket sleeves and made a makeshift backpack.
Just wondering what's the most ridiculous, odd, oversized ect. things you guys have carried.
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Wow.. that's pretty impressive... I carried a gallon of milk inside my jacket.. it was extremely uncomfortable.. fortunately, it was like 1/2 mile from the store to my house..
dude!
Impressive! That is the definition of adapt and over come. Most I've done is 3 quarts of oil, and a filter inside the jacket.
:o Thats a ton!! Most I've done is wedged a 16oz soda (plastic bottle) between my thigh & the tank, left the quiki-mart, then went through the drive-thru for lunch & carried the food in my jacket, had exzactly zero room in my 30lb backpack full of my laptop & tons work crap. Kinda felt like a lot goin on during the 1 mile ride i had left to the shop/office. Fun though :laugh:
I wish I still had the pictures. My old neighbor used to ride his 98' Honda Blackbird to the store every time he needed groceries. I'm not joking here...he'd come home with $100 worth of food hanging from his arms, mirrors and bars. We're talking 10-15 plastic bags of groceries and he was decked out in sunglasses and flip-flops. The grocery store is like 15 minutes away... He called the Blackbird "The Grocery Getter". Silly white trash!
-Turd.
**EDIT** Found it. He titled this picture "The grocery getter at work"
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:laugh: Im sorry officer I didnt realize I lost the Thanksgiving turkey back there :o You know when he flipped me the bird i threw him one back :thumb:
Dale suddenly realized his stink bait wanst near powerful enough to noodle the snot out of his mother and law.
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Listen to this...I have a small tank bag and have managed to fit a six pack of guinness bottles, cold cuts, cheese, loaf of bread, gallon of juice, a tote tied to the back with 2-12 packs of soda, two bags of chips, cookies, granola bars, all tied over a 25 pound bag of dog food.... beat that! Of course I have 2 small bags, but when was the last time you saw someone on a GS500 hauling two bulging totes of groceries on top of a bag of Kibbles n' Bits? :laugh:
(this was basically a weekly occurance...)
People used to see me in the parking lot and stare in awe as I tied everything to my bike... wish I had pics
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Tank bag schmank bag. I drove home with a RC helicopter (in a giant box) from radio shack. Kept it on my tank, and only took side roads home. We needed one for a project, every store was out, and then I happened to be next door to one, peeked inside and asked, and they had one! Had to grab it or else it would have been snapped up quick. The salesman even came outside to see how I planned to ride away. But it worked. :cookoo:
Also took 3 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts on the back once, under a bungee net.
In the box? Lame. I'd be impressed if you'd flown it home in formation with your bike. :icon_mrgreen:
Not an extremely large load, but I brought home a couple 4 foot 2x4s. All I had was a backpack, so i stuff the 2x4s in there the best I could and left like 2.5 feet extending out of the bag, over my head. I thought it'd be fine, but they leaned to one side, trying to twist the backpack with me attached. And it got really bad when I got above 45mph or so. Despite their small cross section, they were acting like a sail and really torquing on me. After the first time I hit those speeds I decided to slow down and take the back roads the rest of the way home. :laugh:
There's a scooter under there some where...
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haha, when i first got my bike i was talking with an "uncle" (calls himself my father's evil twin but not really family) who's an old school hells angel about needing a backpack with chest straps because mine blew me all over the place on the freeway. he laughed and told me "you know, you don't really need a backpack. you can fit a couple 6 packs in your jacket easy. hell, i fit 2 12 packs once..."
what else would i be carrying? all you need is beer. :cheers: :cheers:
Not on the GS, but I regularly transport a case of 12 1l mineral water bottles on my bicycle. Bungee cords are teh shitznitz.
Yeah, I got a tank bag now. 31L so I can carry what I need.
My dog got majorly sick a few weeks ago from eating a frog in the backyard...i stuffed him in my jacket and rushed to the Vet. they were laughing their asses aff when I walked in with him in my jacket :icon_mrgreen:
BTW, he's a 22 lbs Jack Russell Terrier. He completely forgot he was sick with the wind hitting his face from under my chin.
The only reason I did it was because my roomate and my girl were both at work and the dog looked like he was gonna keel over.
Quote from: aaronstj on November 29, 2006, 01:22:51 AM
In the box? Lame. I'd be impressed if you'd flown it home in formation with your bike. :icon_mrgreen:
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"This is GS calling RC, do you hear me."
"I hear you loud and clear GS."
"We have a possibly boogey heading our way with a bearing of 137."
"Roger that GS."
"Let's light them up"
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Quote from: Foreverunstopable on November 28, 2006, 10:12:16 PM
Just wondering what's the most ridiculous, odd, oversized ect. things you guys have carried.
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A passenger :cookoo:
Once carried home 3 10' antenna pole sections from radio shack, all at the same time about 8 miles from my home.
Jousting anyone?
Wrongside, I'm hijacking my own thread but I have a JRT also. Pee-Dee. When he bites the frogs it sounds like little kittens crying. Freaks you out :icon_confused:
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I rode 20 miles home with a rear tire (150/60R17 Pilot Sport) around my waist. It was raining, my GS kept cutting out, and 15 miles of that was freeway. I had to stop for gas, went inside, pulled off my helmet and unzipped my jacket, but left the tire.
Other oddities:
Frame and fork (mid-80s Shogun 54cm road bicycle) tied to passenger seat.
Longboard skateboard and 300 CD case, also tied to pass. seat.
Backpack full of bicycle gear, with 2 road bicycle wheels tied to backpack, complete with tires and tubes.
Quote from: Foreverunstopable on December 13, 2006, 08:12:38 PM
Wrongside, I'm hijacking my own thread but I have a JRT also. Pee-Dee. When he bites the frogs it sounds like little kittens crying. Freaks you out :icon_confused:
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Sweetness!!!!
This is Obie Wan Kenobi:
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I rescued him and we think he is half Fox Terrier
Cute pooch!
Don't ever call me a Squid...I'm a Marine!!!
Semper Fi by the way.
Quote from: Foreverunstopable on December 14, 2006, 11:05:04 AM
Cute pooch!
Don't ever call me a Squid...I'm a Marine!!!
Semper Fi by the way.
Ooh Rah!!
Wow, it's been awhile since I said that
This is some funny stuff! I guess we have all been there. Mine is a little weak, I know, but listen up. I was out doing a cruise while my truck was in the shop. My wife was out on her own excursion when she gives me a call. "Pick up some cat litter." "Why, woman that I love, I would do so, of course." Then I walk outside of the restaurant where I was eating, rode down the street, walked into Petsmart, bought a 30lbs box of litter (better value, right?), and walked outside tucking my receipt in my pocket. My RIDING jacket pocket. Upon arriving at my 95 GS500e, I realize... my head has been up my butt for over an hour now. I put the litter up on my tank, sandwiched between my arms and ride down the street to the auto supply joint and pick up some bungees. You wouldn't believe how many, "Dude, you've got kitty litter on your tank" I got during that 2 mile stretch. A major case of head-in-ass disease claims another life.