Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos

Luggage. Had to be careful not to park at the bowser and wander off to the dunny or the guy might have started filling them. As panniers they were cheap as chips, stronger than any patent luggage, and watertight.
My SFC 2 into 1 melted the bottom out of one touring with passenger at 100mph, fixed by wiring som coke can under it.
 
Xav said:
Are they jerry cans for suitcases or are they gasoline reserves ?
We are not used to seeing jerry cans attached to motorbikes in France ...

Nice pics anyway  (thumbup)
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Yes we are.
We call it BMW luggage and it's very expensive.

Paul
 
Tippie said:
Luggage. Had to be careful not to park at the bowser and wander off to the dunny or the guy might have started filling them. As panniers they were cheap as chips, stronger than any patent luggage, and watertight.
My SFC 2 into 1 melted the bottom out of one touring with passenger at 100mph, fixed by wiring som coke can under it.
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Had that happen on my Hein Gericke soft panniers riding the SFC down to Italy in 97.
I'm still using them.

Paul
 
Okay.

It didn't seem improbable to have jerry cans full of gasoline on long journey's travel (au long cours) ...
 
Soft throw over panniers! I had them sag and burn a hole in a pair of jeans, another time they wore through and I lost a huge padlock and chain on the M5 and when I got home there was a shoe melted between the tyre and swing arm. My brother rode home with pannier full of dirty washing...whole lot gone!
I use a seat/ tank  bag now.
 
Years ago, leaving Mallory Park after a Track Day, I almost caught up with an Owner whose right hand side throwover pannier was loose and bouncing up and down on top of the left hand side one.
I tried to attract his attention and get past to stop him, but the red mist was still on, so he was determined to stay in front.
It was worrying to watch, but he made it to the Motorway, where I could have passed him safely, before the tyre grabbed the panniers and pulled them through the gap between the tyre and the left hand silencer.
I stopped and gave him a hand to recover his stuff.
I remember being surprised how wide a three lane plus hard shoulder (we had them, back then) Motorway was, when you're running from side to side, picking stuff up, and trying not to get run down!
 
The photo (Puno, Lake Titicaca) shows plastic jerry cans in use as panniers, the smaller can was used as a reserve fuel can and was used many times in South America. The jerry can panniers were extremely strong and suffered very little road damage if you threw the bike down the road. As Rob said they were cheap as chips around 7-10 $AUS, just make your own rack. The smaller can was metal.
 

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Did about 2,500ks this week, two bag losses. Last one the bag was dragging behind by an Okky strap, spewing clothes an toothpaste and and and along the road.
I thought I had a flat tyre with the bike weaving around.

Should have taken the soft panniers ::)
 
1) High Sierras, California 1981  3C and SF2
2) Baja Sur, Mexico same trip
3) Carretera de Rocas to Guanujuato, Mexico  Motoddrob SF2
4) Guanujuato locals, its a very dry climate.
 

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Andy Strap does a 50mm wide elastic strap you can spec to any length. I have one 2.5m long that goes below and over both soft panniers and holds them more stable and level. Heard too many stories about burning panniers so bought that strap.
Not my idea, saw it on Dave Hodsons bike first
https://www.andystrapz.com/category/straps
 
Hey Dave, cool pics. Be good if you could emailed them to me. Don't have many photos from that trip and the ones I do have are in slide format. Must dig them out and convert to digital sometime.
 
Approx 1976: I would be 27.
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Looking at that pic it's no wonder I had a lot of Girl friends - Johnny Depp eat your heart out  ;o)

Approx 2017: I would be 69.
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Same bike with different paint plus a few mods and I'm much older but the same barber.

That Guy in the background, leaning against the pole, is my FXWG Hog riding friend, Bernard, having piss - No respect man - LOL

The other riding buddy, Ivor, had a brand new 1300cc GWX Suzuki wonder bike - You can see his windshield there. That means Ivor took this pic.

American Hog Vs Japanese Vs Italian - Great Day of riding between friends on Lake Huron North Shore and Manitoulin Island.
The weather nice enough not to wear our Leathers and Chaps.

I'm sure that Breganzie will out live me - Can't say about Ivor's Suzuki but can say Bernard's Hog will probably out live him too.

The short wheel base of the Breganzie SF or SFC is rather squirrel at times - So beware - Pay attention to your tire pressure. She like to eat rubber.
 
By the way, DO NOT paint your ride in White Pearl - Nobody see's you especially 1/2 blind folks whom pull out in your right of way. The main reason why I repainted her in 1970 Corvette Flaming Red with loud Faim Horns a Hi-Intensity lights - Watch it, I coming through  ;o)
 
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