92KK 84WW Olaf
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Chocolate wrote: BobT wrote: 92KK 84WW Olaf wrote:Wow that's a very neat box of tricks.
Thanks for sharing too.
Olaf, I could imagine you on a cafe racer,
biut where would you fit the bathroom?
Olaf will need a sidecar.
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Cheers
One needs to be thick skinned around here. Great guys all round and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Anyway last weekend I took the K and Kamping gear out for a fabulous camping weekend after finding I could finish work at lunchtime Friday and no commitments until Tuesday morning and decent weather forecast with it. The tent and camping stuff were all sitting there ready to go and in half an hour bike had tyres pumped and was packed up and bike gear on to roll out the gap and tent pitched by 7pm. [Saturday morning was fun, finding a nail in rear tyre but a very helpful (Marcus) Doherty Motorcycles in Waterford sorted that and another one he found in it in short time.]
The K can now fit everything
inside the panniers and top box with nothing strapped on and no tank bag. And that includes a 3/4 season sleeping bag, a new chair courtesy of Lidl last week [seemingly a Helinox copy], a new folding sleeping mat and a bbq. If I bring the tarp it will fit too but poles are too long to fit inside so they would have to be strapped on. The only extra thing I would have for a trip of 2 or 3 weeks would be some extra spare clothes but a lighter sleeping bag if it was France would make room for that. Admittedly that's 2 Krauser K2 panniers at 42 litres each and a Hepco & Becker 40 litre top box. Spare bike bits like bulbs, tools, puncture repair kit, lock and bits and pieces all fit in fairing boxes etc etc.
Its just a matter of finding the right size gear and it does not have to be expensive. In fact it should not be expensive so that it's easily replaced along the way if anything gets lost/stolen/broken.
No need for the Villeroy & Boch sidecar at all!!
Currently plotting a trip to France for May 2017, not sure of dates but keen to avoid excess heat so last week of May would seem to be my limit or else end of August/September. I like May simply because of longer daylight hours.
Oh, I did once have a café racer and before I got the first K top of my list was a Moto Guzzi Le Mans and a Ducati 860. My LT is likely to become a café racer too.............
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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles.
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles
Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500