Australian winter riding

[Sibbo]

Very neat! Mine has an integral pump but it's a painfully slow device ! I'll have a look and see if I can use the mat's drain valve and a cunningly modified garbage bag .

PM sent.

[Airbear]

Very neat! Mine has an integral pump but it's a painfully slow device ! I'll have a look and see if I can use the mat's drain valve and a cunningly modified garbage bag .

PM sent.

The one-way valves in the in-built pump will work in your favour. You just need a bit of pipe or the top of a pill bottle or something that will fit neatly and seal in the inlet hole.

[Sibbo]

Did you get that PM? I can never tell if they have gone !

[Sibbo]

One more short question if I may Charlie, how are the side bags attached to the bike? The photo on the Brunhilda Refurb thread shows a photo of the back of a pannier, I think it's the back ... with a reinforced central strap and snap buckle . Does that just go around the table leg frame or are there more straps ?

[DucatiPete]

Hey men,

Looks like youse had a mostly excellent, chilly, wet, warm, damp, hot w/end... lucky bastards!

Bloody grouse vid, Jeff. These airheads make great snowmobiles...

oh yeah, Charlie's ya man when it come to soft luggage design/fabrication/redesign... he da man! Can't wait to see his latest set up too.

i just changed the oil/filter on the RS in prep for the next outing... now, i wonder just what that'll be...? I'm hopin on a fairly good ride BEFORE the spring northern ride (which is definitely notched on the calendar).

[Steve in Golden]

Did you get that PM? I can never tell if they have gone !

You can tell if the PM has been opened or not by checking the Outbox. If it is still in the Outbox, the PM has not been opened yet. Once it's been opened it shows up in the Sent Messages.

[Sibbo]

Did you get that PM? I can never tell if they have gone !

You can tell if the PM has been opened or not by checking the Outbox. If it is still in the Outbox, the PM has not been opened yet. Once it's been opened it shows up in the Sent Messages.

Thanks Steve, that's quite different to the PM software on other forums .

[Airbear]

One more short question if I may Charlie, how are the side bags attached to the bike? The photo on the Brunhilda Refurb thread shows a photo of the back of a pannier, I think it's the back ... with a reinforced central strap and snap buckle . Does that just go around the table leg frame or are there more straps ?

Got yer PM and responded. Samples are on the way - missed yesterday's post but should be there on Monday.

Now, bag attachment -



The triangular black bit of the strap goes over the rear sub-frame and the lower part of the strap goes behind the horizontal metal bar of the rack/coffee table, to stop the bottom of the bag swinging outwards.



Here is the outboard face of a bag. Note the two sets of buckle sockets.



The inner ones secure the bag and the outer ones are for the overstraps. The overstraps pull the bag tops together and the bags are supported on both sides (the scrotal effect). They end up being very secure. No problems in about 5k of touring so far.

[grant81rs]

Gidday Fellas,

Excellent work Charlie, Great job!

[Sibbo]

Thanks Charlie , I think I understand but I'll have a good look at them when we meet in October. A few small projects seem the best place to start, I've made a tent roll thus far but nothing beyond that. I'll see if I can borrow my mate's machine and start crawling up the learning curve.