Simon Davey

Good evening, and it will be, the local fish and chips van is in the next village tonight

Good morning

This is excellent, well done.. It's a good read, I like how you write, and love all the detail.

@Fozzie Your head must be full of it, all that detail to consider.

Absolutely brilliant!

Mine was the same as you @Geordie Oldie I didn't read the number plate of the car across the road correctly, so the examiner said, "take off the sunglasses and move nearer"... That would be a fail now of course.

Those are the ones that I have my eye on. I have an old ZZR 1200, it even has pannier racks, and the exhaust is quite low.

Hello and welcome aboard.

I'm thinking "why not", but, I also have stronger thoughts about it being contained in something waterproof. I can only imagine I would always wish I could see the screen properly under a variety of conditions. How did you manage an XT for that price? I can only find them for £340

Absolutely adorable.

Many thanks @Isla I've pretty much decided to give the Lomo panniers, dry bag, and even the tank bag a go. Looking forward to pay day....

Always before, then the beer goggles, and beer coat would take over.

Good idea, cheers.

I'm sure I remember her from my misspent yoof...

After reading this last night, I had a look on eBay. You can get a Nuvi 58LM European lifetime maps for anything between £20-40 used. There's also someone selling waterproof motorcycle mounts for the Nuvi 5x models for £15

Welcome to the forum

Good morning you lovely lot

@fullscreenaging & @Throttled Many thanks, it seems those Lomo dry bags are a must have, see them often on YouTube videos.

Congratulations, I'd love one as "another bike".. Good luck with the op.... Hope the Fat Boy lives up to your expectations....

Ah right, the Harley.....

You can't leave us hanging, you have to tell us what it is....

Thanks @Copycat73 I'll have a look

Many thanks guys, that's a lot of very useful information. I suppose with the Lomo bags being such good value, I could start with those, and it wouldn't be tragic to buy hard panniers at a later date. (rather than vice versa) @rob mI have to confess to spending just as long looking at the bikes as I did the luggage.... @Gerontious I hadn't given the exhaust height too much thought, so thanks for pointing that out, and probably saving me the hassle of returning stuff. Just like most peeps, I'll see how the budget works out.

I have a 40L top box, which isn't huge, but it's a fair size, and can be left on the bike as it doesn't get in the way. As per title really, does anyone use soft panniers, if so, are you happy/unhappy with them? I'm only thinking of the odd few days, maybe a week away very occasionally, and I'm considering the Lomo large panniers. I've had Lomo for non-bike equipment and it's amazing value for money. I actually have Monokey pannier racks, so it's either soft panniers, or £250 on Monokey, which isn't megabucks, but does mean two lumpy boxes. ANY opinions appreciated. Cheers

In a very seductive voice, a woman asked her husband, "Have you ever seen a crumpled £20 pound note?" "No" said her husband. She smiled and then unbuttoned the top three buttons of her blouse and reached into her bra and pulled out a crumpled up £20 pound note. She then asked him, "Have you ever seen a crumpled up £50 pound note?" "No I haven't" he answered in an anxious tone. She then seductively unzipped her skirt and pulled out a crumpled £50 pound note. She then asked him, "Have you ever seen £40,000 all crumpled up?" "No way" he panted in excitement! She said, "Go look in the garage."