Best tank bag for a ST1100?
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From: Mark Olson on 18 Mar 2007 08:03 P.Roehling wrote: > "Mark Olson" <olsonm(a)tiny.net> wrote > >> Ah, you're too clever by half. Yep, I gave the wrong link but it was >> still the RKA site and the important thing was you got there in the >> end. No matter, I still like my RKA magnetic 16l expandable tank bag. > > I may order one first thing Monday. (And where were you a couple of weeks > ago when I was bitching about the magnets in my Ocelot tankbag being so weak > that the bag slides forward on the tank under braking?) > > I assume that this isn't a problem with your RKA? It is not. The magnets in my RKA bag are strong and held captive in such a way they are able to make good solid contact with the tank. My son has a cheaper tank bag which has a somewhat less compliant base and flaps, and his bag doesn't sit as securely on the tank. -- '01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13 OMF #7
From: Mark Olson on 18 Mar 2007 08:16 Blazing Laser wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:32:19 -0500, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> > wrote: > >> I don't have an ST but my RKA magnetic expandable tank bag is still >> doing its thing on the Concours and SV650S, six years after I got it. > > If you did have an ST you'd know the 'tank' is aluminum so you can't > use a magnetic tank bag. It may well be that every school-boy knows the minutiae of the ST1100's construction and spends many a pleasant afternoon arguing the merits of aluminum tanks, However, I pray that my abysmal ignorance of the ST1100's construction can be excused, never having owned or ridden one. On behalf of Mr. Roehling, I thank you kindly for pointing out this deficit in my grasp of all things related to the ST1100. You have reinforced my long-standing belief that this newsgroup, while regarded by some as a simmering pit of iniquity, is still a source of some of the ripest information available. -- '01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13 OMF #7
From: JD on 18 Mar 2007 13:07 Blazing Laser wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:32:19 -0500, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> > wrote: > >> I don't have an ST but my RKA magnetic expandable tank bag is still >> doing its thing on the Concours and SV650S, six years after I got it. > > If you did have an ST you'd know the 'tank' is aluminum so you can't > use a magnetic tank bag. Bingo! That's why I asked specifically about "best for an ST" JD
From: Blazing on 18 Mar 2007 18:54 On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:08:13 -0900, Turby <turbosurfer(a)beach.comber> wrote: >ahem. On an ST1100 (see subject heading) it doesn't matter what the >tank is, because the Top Shelter (the part that covers the air cleaner >and gas cap where a tank bag sits) is plastic. No, it's aluminum! I put 'tank' in quotes in my post because it's not really the tank, the tank is lower down in the frame, as on a GW. The cover between where you sit, which covers the air cleaner and gas cap, is aluminum.
From: Blazing on 18 Mar 2007 19:37
Oops. Just checked. It -is- plastic. You were right. Anyway, not magnetic. |