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PostPosted: 20:23 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: carrying things too large for top box of panniers Reply with quote

Hi,
I currently have a honda s-wing.
I am buying a computer screen tomorrow, not really sure how to get it home on my honda. what do you guys recommend for carrying larger stuff?

sorry its such a abstract question
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PostPosted: 20:27 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Strap it to the back seat and hope its dry Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it's possible bus or taxi
For me trying to carry a screen on a bike would be a no no
More experienced people may disagree
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: Re: carrying things too large for top box of panniers Reply with quote

josh95 wrote:
what do you guys recommend for carrying larger stuff?

1. Monitor into a completely waterproof plastic bag (double- or triple- bag it).
2. Find a slab of plywood or similar big and flat enough to completely cover the vulnerable screen
3. Lay the monitor face down on to the slab, and lay that on the bike seat; then strap it all down nice and firmly to the bike as best you can
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Put in a box with lots of packing then put in a big rucksack.
Pizza delivery box if you have one is a bonus or bungee it to the seat.
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PostPosted: 20:31 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: Re: carrying things too large for top box of panniers Reply with quote

josh95 wrote:
Hi,
I currently have a honda s-wing.
I am buying a computer screen tomorrow, not really sure how to get it home on my honda. what do you guys recommend for carrying larger stuff?

sorry its such a abstract question


Assuming you have a cargo rack, wrap it in bubblewrap and use as many bungee cords/ratchet straps as you can.
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PostPosted: 21:06 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

How big is the box containing the screen?
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PostPosted: 21:49 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bogeyman wrote:
Wheezybiker wrote:
If it's possible bus or taxi
For me trying to carry a screen on a bike would be a no no
More experienced people may disagree

Lul you pussy. I've carried everything from pizza to fork legs.

Bungee straps OP. Should be plenty of anchor points on your faggot scooter.


maybe I should get a faggot on the back to hold it for me. you up for it? Smile
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PostPosted: 23:30 - 11 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bin bags and shares in a bungee company. Decent bungees are your friend. Poundshops do not sell decent bungee's. Toolstation does some decent ones for not much money.

If I can get 2 wheels & tyres and 2 new tyres to my mates place on the back of a 125, then I'm sure you can get a monitor on whatever it is you have.
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PostPosted: 03:07 - 12 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

All you need is one friend with a car, how tricky can that be???

Billy-no-mates can always Uber it.
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PostPosted: 07:29 - 12 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Taxi.
Mate.
Mum.
GF/BF
Some things are not practical to carry on a bike.
You'll be on public roads not under a Big-Top in a Circus Ring. 😂

It would probably be okay if you can strap-it-onto-something but if it looks insecure you risk a tug from the popo who would maybe ask you to find alternative means.
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PostPosted: 14:31 - 12 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Remove top box, lay flat along rear seat & top box mount, and use (preferably) ratchet straps and / or cam lock straps to attach to top box mounts and pillion handles.

Tighten straps enough to bite into the package. The package should be tight enough that you could move the whole bike around by handling only the package - there shouldn't be any movement, slack or elastic stretch between the package and the bike.

Here's a 24kg microwave I carried home on my VFR:

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/vfr-microwave.jpg

I would not be able to do the same thing on my Brutale. I think it could be done on most Honda scooters though, since they tend to keep the pillion seat in the same plane as the top-box mount, giving a broad flat area with solid attachment points via the top-box mount / pillion handles.

I've carried 2 wheels + two new tyres to the tyre shop on the back of my scooter, all stacked on top of one another.

A scooter with a flat floorboard (so, not the S-Wing) can potentially carry flat luggage like you're talking about in the foot well, but not if it interferes with the steering, and I'd expect it to for most monitor-sized boxes.
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PostPosted: 14:42 - 12 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Taxi, Mum, friend.

You are going to feel a right prick if you get it home, open it and find a nice big crack on the screen.
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PostPosted: 21:24 - 12 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where there's a will, there's a way......

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Or a relative... preferably with a car!
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PostPosted: 21:36 - 12 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

barrkel wrote:
Here's a 24kg microwave I carried home on my VFR:

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/vfr-microwave.jpg


THAT looks familiar!

https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=95134

Was it 24 Kg or 24 liter? Mine was a 24 liter microwave, and one of those 'moments' in Curries, when I spotted it and thought, "24 Liter? My top Box is 36 Liters.... That'll go on the rack then.... save me coming back with the car...." LOL famous last thoughts!!!!

Until he walked out into the car-park with it on a sack-cart and asked "So where's your car then?"

Conveniently there was a cheap-shop next door, I popped ito (With the effin Micro-wave!!!) to pick p a couple of suitcase cam-straps, and then, in a moment of 'err' spotted a couple of ratchet straps, and got them too!
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PostPosted: 23:15 - 12 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got on a bus with some smelly people
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PostPosted: 00:07 - 13 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

josh95 wrote:
I got on a bus with some smelly people


Very wise..

I would never carry a screen, even if it did fit in my artwork bag, I would
tell the customer to upgrade to a van or small car.
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PostPosted: 01:03 - 13 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Teflon-Mike wrote:
Was it 24 Kg or 24 liter? Mine was a 24 liter microwave

27 litre internal volume, 24kg stamped on shipping box - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-NN-CF778SBPQ-Family-Combination-Microwave/dp/B001HN6QS4 - though Amazon says the shipping weight is 23.5kg.
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PostPosted: 09:31 - 13 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Teflon-Mike wrote:
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When are you going to fix the odometer on that CB?
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PostPosted: 13:16 - 13 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
Teflon-Mike wrote:
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When are you going to fix the odometer on that CB?

You been Checking MOT history?
Why do I need to know how many gazzillion miles its done?
I don't care how many MPG it returns, & 'routine' maintenance on a bike that age is routine, and as required, not by the tables!
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PostPosted: 14:52 - 13 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Order it from Amazon and have it delivered
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PostPosted: 15:26 - 13 Feb 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most stuff fits in my box (van) and what doesn't will strap to the roof bars I put on it. Motorcycles are for fun,
not moving stuff, better things have been invented for that task.
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