A while back someone asked about bungee nets.  I never got around to taking any pictures, because I figured the luggage racks on my bike would not give an accurate impression.

But this morning I thought ... what the heck?



I rarely haul my laptop to and from work, but the past few days I have needed it.

On the other hand, I ALWAYS bring my tankbag.  This morning it had the usual stuff:

* dark faceshield
* hand sanitizer
* 18mm wrench and towel (for checking the oil & plugs)
* scrap of plastic siding (to put under my sidestand)

PLUS

* a large plastic jar of applesauce (to put in the fridge for lunchtime snacks)
* my newly-rebound Haynes manual ( in case I need to scan something for anybody)

Tomorrow it will likely hold some on-sale-for-$1 frozen dinners for the next few days' worth of lunches.  The day after that ... who knows?

Now for the real reason I created this thread.  I wanted to ask....

What kinds of configurations do YOU use to get YOU and YOUR STUFF to wherever it is you go?

At the moment I'm more interested in your day-to-day jaunts than in long-haul trips, but all are invited.

I have some at home on the puter so it will have to wait untill I get off.

I use a backpack for to and from work, but when I bring the laptop with me it goes across my shoulder and lightly rests on the seat.  I use the bungee net to then strap the backpack down.  Don't know why, I just feel safer with the laptop on me, instead of the bike.

I often get boxed shipped to me at work, (Amazon and such) and I use the net to bring them home.  If it is a large box I turn the net 45 degrees - the back hook on the rear bar, two side hooks on pegs, and leave the front hook loose.  The box can't move forward because my arse is there.

I don't leave anywhere without my tank bag.  I carry my shoes and pants for work in the bag.  I have the same Tourmaster you have.  The best $70 I have spent.  I also carry along my manual, towel, spare sheild, mini first aid kit, leatherman tool thingamajig and mini mag flashlight.  When I need to carry more I use a tailbag I purchased from vtlion.

Small backpack/bookbag, containing skirt, heels, minimum amount of purse stuff, phone, a banana for my snack and keys to the office.  The mister just treated me to a new, blue bungee net to match my new, blue GS500F, but I'm going to be looking for a tankbag instead (no offense, sweetie--a tankbag is just easier to deal with once I get off the bike).

Tankbag for all my stuff.  Rain gear, cause it always rains when I leave it at home of course.  Lunch clothes... whatever.  I try to avoid laptops and large items.   :mrgreen:

For small things like a few tools, sun glasses and the odd honey-do purchase from the store, I use a tank bag. Then for the computer I use a padded backpack.

jnosal
Yellow 99 GS500E

I use a medium sized Givi topbox on a rack, i think it's a 35/36 litre model, in this I carry a pair of waterproof leggings, toolkit, slightly enhanced and one of the aerosol puncture repair kits. This leave plenty of room for any bits and bobs I may collect during the day. Also in the box is about 5m of string and a couple of bungees, for emergencies, last time I used the bungees was when I could not quite close the box having just bought one of those paper-shredder gismos. With the aid of the key the box can easily be romoved and used as "hard luggage" but I generally leave it in place.

My other half is not, at the moment, able to get out and about, so I do all the shopping, I tend to shop French style, little and often, buying pretty much for the next meal only, foreward planning does not enter my thinking. For the boring-but-essential stuff a mate and I have a day out in France or Belgium every six weeks or so filling his people carrier with stuff.

If I'm doing the catfood run locally or shoppping for more then the usual I use my Oxford "One" magnetic tank bag which is a great bit of kit very usefull.

A great advantage of the Givi is that I can just about get my fully armoured winter jacket into it and use the seat hook for the helmet so I am not lumbered with all that kit if I want to have a wander about somewhere.

One of thse days I WILL do the England to Istanbul run I have been threatening to do for years, I guess I'll invest in some hard panniers or perhaps a Honda Deaville (NT650V) or maybe even a Pan-Euro(ST1300ES) possibly one of those big beamers but I think the GS is more my style, I travel pretty light, three weeks in the med with less than hand luggage allowance is fairly typical for me. Most of my mates use backpacks, I have nothing against them but I am not too keen on the constricted feeling around the shoulders.

For work I just stuff lunch in a paperbag and stick it between my stomach and my jacket. Luckily I don't need anything else for work, and I dont have much of a stomach. If I need anything for special trips I use a bungee net, but I don't stick it over the top like Kerry. I wrap it under my seat and bungee it from the inside of the plastics. This takes a lil while but then my paint won't chance getting scratched.

Oxford Tank bag.

that's usually it.



Minus the big backpack.

DUCT TAPE!!

i just have a cargo net, i'm a simple girl, if i can't fit it in my pockets i don't need to carry it, and if i go on long trips with the family, since my parents have a harley, they will put stuff in the bags for me.

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Just so everyone is clear on this, the picture of pizzleboy's fully-laden bike is the BEFORE pic for the long-distance trip he and his wife went on recently.  (See the thread Well, I'm back!)

I'd say the overall result deserves a "Nicely done!"

Here's what I use for day-to-day hauling...hehe. :mrgreen:


Seriously though, I use a backpack for the laptop and any other things I might need at work.

My tankbag is mostly filled with my lunch, but also my security badging to get on site at work.  Its much easier to just hang the plastic card out between the zippers than to dig around my pockets with gloves on.  And fortunately the security guards don't ask me to take my helmet off when comparing my photo to my face, I just raise up my faceshield.

Also, I keep a state map opened to my area of the state in the map window of the tankbag, just incase I need to find a long way home

I specifically put GIVI bags on my YZF to have secure storage on my bike for carrying stuff.

WHEN SOMEONE BUYS THIS BIKE, I will also put them on my next GS, they are that convient.

I usually don't carry a tank bag now a days since I have the boxes. But I did miss having one to lay on while on a trip to Florida this weekend.

I NEVER ride with a backpack after reading about a guy who broke his back and became a parapaligic <sp> after crashing with one on.

manofthefield, those security passes are quite an issue where I work. I used to bugger about with it on a snake chain around the neck then hit on the idea of putting one of those plastic holders on my handlebars secured with a couple of cable-ties. Until recently we had the magnetic strip and picture type that you had to put into a machine like an ATM card but about six months back we switched to passive transponders so now i have it attatched to the back of my right glove and all I have to do is shove my hand in the general direction of the reader. As for the face-picture double check, it don't often get done but I have a flip-up lid which makes it very simple. Around my neck whilst on-site I wear a scanned-in fake that has so far not been spotted.

I use just a plain 'ol timbuk2 "el oucho" messenger bag...It has lots of pockets for my cell phone, security badge, wallet, etc. It's also waterproof and very comfortable. Fits the laptop, shoes, and pants for work. When I go riding on the weekend, just bungee the bag to the bike and go.

http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/byobclassic.t2

Quote from: davipuI have some at home on the puter so it will have to wait untill I get off.

Here are the pictures Dave took the night he got back from his double-cross-country trip:

Dig those pipes!


I guess Dave got his money's worth out of that Cheng Shin Hi-Max 130/90-17 rear tire!


Hmmm ...  he must have unloaded the air conditioning unit and the BBQ grill before he took the pictures....  :lol: