Packing my panniers

[yambabe]

Right, I'm packing my stuff up ready for Bulldog this weekend, and as I tried to squeeze one last pair of knickers into my panniers it occurred to me that, apart from camping stuff and food, I don't really carry much on my bike - especially not pillions.

My other half, however, has a claim to fame that he once took a fridge-freezer home on his bike, an XS500 and a journey of about 3 miles. And he didn't get stopped!

So what's the wierdest thing you've ever carried? Big or small, just looking to hear about the .... odd... stuff really.
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[aqualung1]

rear axle of a landrover on a honda c70

i usually have club gazebo as well as rest on my bike

[baldy]

I have carried a built up cupboard on my nsr.
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[Ste]

Have had my minimoto, 3 sets of spare wheels, lots of tyres for it, spare fairing and other minimoto stuff on the back with no problems.

Have had a BBQ on the back again no problems.

Only limitations to what you take on your bike is how many bungees and straps you have.

[saxmonster]

I used to take my old departed jack russel in my rucksak, with his head sticking out the top.
and mrs sax one carried a tree home on the pillion, if i went over 30 mph she started to get blown off the back.

[Visitor Q]

The guy on the gsxr somehow managed to carry a aluminium stepladder over his arm to my house when he borrowed it.
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[stinkwheel]

An entire Honda PC50 moped, engine in the throwovers, wheels tied down the sides and frame bungeed accross the back.

My two rats used to travel regularly in my panniers in a buscuit tin with airholes and a chemical handwarmer.
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[fakeblonde]

My cats in their cat box. All bungeed onto my rack.

All depends how many bungees you have.

[Frost]

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Owned.

[Sadie]

An entire MAG stand (gazebo and table with seating for four, plus 50 Streetbiker magazines, assorted literature, leaflet stands and a twenty foot long MAG banner).

All on the back of my trusty Virago.


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[Annabella]

Two 40 litre rucksacks - stuffed to the brim with wetsuits, clothes, and Portugese Pottery,
Two surfboards - one 5'7" (mine..) and a 6'5" (James), in a rather broken board bag which was held together with gaffer tape

All of this two up on an NSR50
How on earth we survived the journey with the boards getting caught in the wind and flying out (incidently the strap was around my neck great idea that ) and the suspension bottoming out at every lump (portugese roads... think about it) whilst being overtaken by just about every other form of transport and avoiding the rabid wild dogs, I will never know!
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[Fallen Angel]

I find it bad enough just now when I've got my backpack on and it's full!!
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[Bendy]

Clairol footspa and a flatbed scanner (both boxed), sleeping bag and four decorative candles.

I was xmas shopping. The pictures in the Argos catalogue can be deceptive.

[sv_cath]

Kinda related story - we went to the GP at Donington one year two-up on hubby's 350 Powervalve with the tent in throwover panniers.
We'd forgotten how hot the exhausts would get and when we got to the campsite, the tent was melted! Luckily it was only in patches and it didn't rain!

[Minky_monkey]

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[Fallen Angel]

Cheers Shade!
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[McJamweasel]

[WildGoose]

ive carried a fair amount of stuff, never just one big item, but normally my entire navy wardrobe going from one location to another, which belive me is ALOT of shit

frustrating how hard it is sometimes to get stuff on your bike, cars = chuck in back get in

bikes, ive often spent up to an hour bungeeing stuff on the back so its stable etc
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[Trunecka]

12-year-old brother on the chromed wire cargo rack of an old Raleigh gent's touring pedalcycle.
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[Annabella]

McJam's right.

I don't carry a rucksack now, because the damage that the rucksack caused to my back when I landed on it will never heal, and it causes me a lot of problems. However, I was lucky, the rucksack did stop me breaking my spine.... it's all a game of chance really!
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[WildGoose]

just to add to above, my back is also quite dodgy, crashing with a bag didnt do that part any favours, but also gave some support

you cant really win, and i'm not willing to re try it without a back pack to see
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