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what are you keeping under your pillion seat?

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  • #52
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,461 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    Wossack wrote: »
    higher chance of a blowout at the plugged spot (already weak there, and plugs 'weight', and desire to vacate the tyre increases with wheel rotations)

    only really meant as a stop gap, to get to a shop to have tyre removed and patched from the inside

    You are correct in "Theory" but my last tyre I had I got about 4 punctures in (PR2 rear tyre) and it was plugged 4 times. If inserted correctly they are fine, I would not plug a front tyre without a patch and if I did I would get it patched on the inside STRAIGHT AWAY.

    Back tyre you are grand....no chances with the front, I dont anyway.


  • #53
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    All my bikes have had almost no space under the seat, enough for a wallet maybe - so I never bother putting anything in there! My current one has the alarm wedged in one side, you could probably fit a disc lock in the other side at a push.


  • #54
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,461 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    Tomohawk wrote: »
    I carry the following on the Vespa:

    GripLock Throttle Lock (very handy for around town)
    griplock-bmw-7001.jpg

    Where you get the grip lock mate.....and how much?

    Handy for when I am going away.


  • #55
    Rosahane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭Rosahane


    positron wrote: »
    Standard tool kit.
    ...
    All absolutely essential. I have been meaning to get a clear thin meter long plastic tube, just in case if I see another biker stranded out of fuel and if I have some in my tank I can quickly share a liter or so to get him/her to next garage. But I haven't found a cheap but quality pipe ...

    Go to any home brew or winemaking suppliers. They will have clear high quality tubing!


  • #56
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,554 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Dead cat.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #57
    Rosahane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭Rosahane


    I usually have.
    Standard OEM toolkit
    Small motorcycle toolkit with pliers etc.
    Cable ties
    Duct tape
    Leatherman
    Torx and Allen key set
    Puncture repair kit
    Waterproofs
    Spare gloves
    Torch
    Right angle valve thingee
    Puck for under side stand
    Tyre pressure gauge
    Plastic hose (used twice over the years) now kept in its own plastic bag :)
    Road atlas

    Having hard luggage helps :)


  • #58
    Tomohawk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭Tomohawk


    Wonda-Boy, Try Griplock or DataTool CrocLock (a rival company)... If I remember the original Grip Lock is about 65 euro from http://www.sip.de and the newer CrocLock is cheaper at about 30 sterling in the UK. Great device 'cos it locks the throttle shut and the front brake simultaneously, preventing wheel-away theft. Handy for popping into the shops and it's a very visible deterrent to passerbys.


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