Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

Monty wrote:For me it is all about the sports bikes. I've always used them for commuting, touring, scratching and part of the appeal for me is using them for things they aren't meant to be used for.

Plus another one for the Kriega tail packs, hard and soft panniers tend to limit the size and shape of the stuff you can carry.

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Rossgo wrote:

Monty wrote:For me it is all about the sports bikes. I've always used them for commuting, touring, scratching and part of the appeal for me is using them for things they aren't meant to be used for.

Plus another one for the Kriega tail packs, hard and soft panniers tend to limit the size and shape of the stuff you can carry.

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Did you have the kitchen sink as well

Although on a serious note I think this is how my bike will end up for TT and Scotland for my stag do!!

Is that all kriega stuff, how did your bike feel with it all on?

Monty wrote:

Rossgo wrote:

Monty wrote:For me it is all about the sports bikes. I've always used them for commuting, touring, scratching and part of the appeal for me is using them for things they aren't meant to be used for.

Plus another one for the Kriega tail packs, hard and soft panniers tend to limit the size and shape of the stuff you can carry.

IMG_0052.jpeg

Did you have the kitchen sink as well

Although on a serious note I think this is how my bike will end up for TT and Scotland for my stag do!!

Is that all kriega stuff, how did your bike feel with it all on?

Yep all Kriega and it didn't feel too bad apart from under heavy braking

No kitchen sink, but we were wild camping in Scotland so tent, camp chair, cooker, pots, sleeping bag, tarp, axe, saw, waterproofs, food, whisky and water.

You won't need any of those things, but that's the main advantage of the kriega stuff. You can scale it up and down to whatever you want to carry.

Monty wrote:Yep, there is a 30L in the middle and two 20L, one each side.

Great choice hands down prob the best out there for someone who has little experience. Remember it only goes as fast as you twist the throttle. It will be quite a step up from even the 650 that you learned on my opinion. Defo will be a grower can't see you getting bored of the engine to be honest in any quick time.

There's a few of us here who have been or are involved in IAM and that is a great decision. Get some miles under your belt first though with your new bike, don't go there wobbling down the road, they want to see you when you have a bit of confidence and they will build on that. They want to get you out of bad habbits and extend your information further, picking up your headand also don't be shocked when they take you down niggly little rides - some are horrid but it's all IAM techniques and training that will help you overcome these roads.