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Jcam posted:
An excellent vehicle for a beer run, and looking mighty fine! I have done the same to my local sour brewery riding through the mountains to get to it.
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Riding your bike to pick up more beer is a time honored tradition. None of my breweries are after fun rides through the mountain though, but a bike makes downtown LA / skid rowkyo traffic much more manageable.
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Aug 11, 2020 19:13
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I did groceries on my bike for the first time last week. Was actually pretty good to keep me from buying poo poo I didn't need -- can't buy anything I can't fit into my Ogio.
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Aug 11, 2020 19:19
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remember doing a beer run with a passenger on a drz and figured we needed to get 2 30can pbr boxes instead of one to keep proper balance as the passenger held a case in each hand off the side.
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Aug 11, 2020 19:27
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Martytoof posted:I did groceries on my bike for the first time last week. Was actually pretty good to keep me from buying poo poo I didn't need -- can't buy anything I can't fit into my Ogio. Maybe once in a while it's fine, but even with a giant backpack, I hated when I only had a bike and lived in suburbia. Going grocery shopping like that was not fun for the 3 years I was car-less and did not have a walking distance store.
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Aug 11, 2020 19:40
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Oh sure, I'm in no danger of doing a Costco run on the Ninja 
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Aug 11, 2020 19:44
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Slavvy posted:This is one of my favorite bikes on this forum and it would be 100% perfect with those terrible fork reflectors in the bin where they belong. I’ve never really noticed them. More than anything people ask when I’m removing the UFO turn signals, which is never.
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Aug 11, 2020 19:46
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GriszledMelkaba posted:remember doing a beer run with a passenger on a drz and figured we needed to get 2 30can pbr boxes instead of one to keep proper balance as the passenger held a case in each hand off the side. Can’t afford Touratech, my side cases are the pillion holding two 30 racks. Bungee another one on the back and you’d have a proper long way round set up
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Aug 11, 2020 19:55
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It's a crime that motorcycle luggage isn't sized specifically to perfectly fit a whole number of beer crates.
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ought ten posted:Can’t afford Touratech, my side cases are the pillion holding two 30 racks. Bungee another one on the back and you’d have a proper long way round set up three 12 packs and several tall boys in mine  top box fits a medium figaros pizza too for glamping  
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That’s impressive Maybe I should get some plain boxy metal luggage and put on vinyl wraps printed to look like PBR racks.
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Aug 11, 2020 21:00
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right arm posted:three 12 packs and several tall boys in mine Orange freighter crew! Amazing how much poo poo you can cram on this things.  Had room to spare.
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Aug 11, 2020 21:17
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cursedshitbox posted:Orange freighter crew! Amazing how much poo poo you can cram on this things. 💪🏼 can’t you fill the outer layer of the gobis with water too? I feel like I remember reading that somewhere on ADVrider, but it could also just be a weird fever dream of mine
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Aug 11, 2020 21:29
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right arm posted:💪🏼 They'll each hold around a gallon of water. The factory fuel tank petcocks bolt to em. They work well as a cooler too.
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Aug 11, 2020 21:34
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cursedshitbox posted:They'll each hold around a gallon of water. The factory fuel tank petcocks bolt to em. glad I’m not losing it that’s rad. plastic panniers rule. I’ve posted about mine a billion times but it always blows my mind at how much more abuse they take compared to aluminum ones
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Aug 11, 2020 21:42
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Jcam posted:
Nice. I always liked their sours. You should check out Waller St Brewing if you haven't already. Was my favorite small batch brewery in the area (and a great little hangout in the pre-pandemic times)
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I've been thinking about storage solutions on my bike, but everything you can buy costs an arm and a leg.
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LCdr. Jebus posted:Nice. I always liked their sours. You should check out Waller St Brewing if you haven't already. Was my favorite small batch brewery in the area (and a great little hangout in the pre-pandemic times) I'll check it out! Thanks for the recommendation, been trying my best to get out more and get more comfortable in the city, but the pandemic obviously put a stop to that.
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SEKCobra posted:I've been thinking about storage solutions on my bike, but everything you can buy costs an arm and a leg. https://www.cyclegear.com/accessories/sedici-distanza-square-saddlebags Enough storage space to leave your helmet jacket and gloves on a bike. You can also get a top case from Amazon for like $60.
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Aug 12, 2020 12:43
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Kawasaki might as well just include the damned milk crate from the factory
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Martytoof posted:Oh sure, I'm in no danger of doing a Costco run on the Ninja The most dangerous game 
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Aug 12, 2020 15:20
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Everybody likes to talk poo poo about my putting a top box on every bike I own until the topic of beer runs comes up. Then it's nothing but converts. Top boxes own and I can never go back.
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Jazzzzz posted:Kawasaki might as well just include the damned milk crate from the factory They’d have to do like I did and put one in that folds flat so it could still technically have a rack.
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Coydog posted:Everybody likes to talk poo poo about my putting a top box on every bike I own until the topic of beer runs comes up. Then it's nothing but converts. They're so convenient, and so dorky looking, especially on my FZ.
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Nitrox posted:https://www.cyclegear.com/accessories/sedici-distanza-square-saddlebags I am under the impression that these need a rack or something
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TheBacon posted:Maybe once in a while it's fine, but even with a giant backpack, I hated when I only had a bike and lived in suburbia. Going grocery shopping like that was not fun for the 3 years I was car-less and did not have a walking distance store. poo poo, I've got three cars and still just get my groceries delivered.
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Aug 12, 2020 19:08
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Topbox chat: I keep thinking I should try to build a more permanent version of the largest box I've ever hauled:  Related that I'm not sure if I posted before: that time I bought a Christmas tree 
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SEKCobra posted:I am under the impression that these need a rack or something Depends on the bike. If you've got something with fairings from the 80s to early 90s, the plastic bodywork panels on the tail will provide enough support. If you're on a naked or any sportbike from this century (which tend to have more knifelike tail sections) then yes you need supports, but they're literally just a bit of bent wire with the ends hammered out and drilled; if you don't want to pay, they're not super difficult to make.
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Coydog posted:Everybody likes to talk poo poo about my putting a top box on every bike I own until the topic of beer runs comes up. Then it's nothing but converts. I feel you  
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Renaissance Robot posted:Topbox chat: I keep thinking I should try to build a more permanent version of the largest box I've ever hauled: Never managed anything quite that big but I did used to take my full tower PC to gaming LAN's back in the day. Racks are the best. 
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Redvenom posted:Never managed anything quite that big but I did used to take my full tower PC to gaming LAN's back in the day. Racks are the best. How much of your computer internals did you have to re-assemble upon arrival? 
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Redvenom posted:Never managed anything quite that big but I did used to take my full tower PC to gaming LAN's back in the day. Racks are the best. lol that owns. Clutch for a jeep:  DRZ block:  The DRZ the block went to:  Scored a cheap second set of aftermarket wheels: 
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Martytoof posted:How much of your computer internals did you have to re-assemble upon arrival? None - you lay it motherboard side down so all the expansion cards are upright and well screwed in. This of course was circa 2006 when things like this actually mattered, now I'm sure you could do the same but in a much smaller form factor and actually just fit it in a top box... if LAN's are even a thing? Better content, the brief time I owned more than one bike (and more luggage comedy, done the cheap way with just a rack and soft bags) 
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Aug 13, 2020 00:25
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 I probably need to mix it up and get some pictures in front of, I don't know, nice scenery or something?
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I'm pretty much always hanging bags off the handlebars/clipons and wedging even more groceries between the tank and my stomach even with a backpack.
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Aug 16, 2020 01:56
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Played around on some gravel roads today. 
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Aug 17, 2020 00:31
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 Scorpion Trail rear, Dunlop 605 front. Allegan State Game Area has a ton of sandy poo poo. Went out for about an hour on a whim to see the place and get a feel for off-roading the KLR. Verdict: tires suck, suspension sucks, I suck. The ATV routes were real grassy (pictured) and I could pretty much fly down those, and the numbered dirt roads were obviously fine but after a couple of sand paths I knew immediately what I could and couldn’t handle. No offs, and could still cruise home. Today was a really fun day.
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I picked this up just over a month ago.
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