Do you remove vario panniers overnight?

[Miz]

I'm Civil!

No, I'm Civil!

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I worry more than most


What if it gets stolen .. I just buy insurance that covers bike plus pannier.

Hope you don't have BMW Insurance, Tom

Because your panniers won't be covered by them

 

[Account removed]

Oil, oh here we go

I think what we all need is a good old oil thread, so what oil do you keep in your panniers ? and do you remove the oil from them or just take them off when you park up ?

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Jesus - what a bunch of tossers some of you are! Why the barrage of abuse and level of sarcastic drivel??

Quite simply I was interested in your informed opinions as to whether you used pannier bags or remove the box itself (which it's clearly designed to do in seconds). Is that too much to ask?? Having spent the last five days getting p155ed on back through France the boxes just felt like hard work so I was looking to gauge what most of you do (which clearly is leave the boxes on) whilst raising the subject of security. Not because I'm paranoid or full of worry - just that I don't know! If the question is percieved as naive by the experts out there then why not use your opinion more productively?

Continue with the schoolyard mentality of pointless abuse if you wish but at least be somewhat subjective??

Thanks to those who understood the simple nature of my question

You're new here.....................

If you don't like sarcasm or P taking.......................you're in the wrong GS Forum

Try another GS Forum or stick around and enjoy the ride................rough or smooth

 

[John Armstrong]

Hope you don't have BMW Insurance, Tom

Because your panniers won't be covered by them

I was told by the BM insurance people that they only covered accessories that had BM part numbers. Got a bit of huffing and puffing when I asked about the tyres etc

 

[Wapping]

I was told by the BM insurance people that they only covered accessories that had BM part numbers. Got a bit of huffing and puffing when I asked about the tyres etc

Er, please Miss, since when have tyres for motor vehicles been accessories?

 

[Deleted account W]

Every time I see the title of this thread I think of that song "Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It's Flavour On The Bed Post Overnight"

 

[John Armstrong]

Er, please Miss, since when have tyres for motor vehicles been accessories?

When it's not the ones it came fitted with

 

[Mr K]

Every time I see the title of this thread I think of that song "Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It's Flavour On The Bed Post Overnight"

You're not the only one:

I'm beginning to loose the will to live. What I regarded as a reasonable question, has turned into a saga.

What is worse, not knowing and asking, or not knowing and not asking?

 

[karnevil]

Er, please Miss, since when have tyres for motor vehicles been accessories?

When you have accessorized with em

 

[Deleted account W]

Got to be the best thread of the year so far in this spangley woeful corner of the forum

 

[John Armstrong]

What is worse, not knowing and asking, or not knowing and not asking?

Have you just moved to Slough?

 

[Wapping]

When it's not the ones it came fitted with

Still not clear, Miss.

Are you saying that tyres are essentials until they wear out, and then become accessories thereafter? This is very worrying.

 

[John Armstrong]

Are you saying that tyres are essentials until they wear out, and then become accessories thereafter? This is very worrying.

As worrying as if you should leave your panniers on overnight

 

[Wapping]

Got to be the best thread of the year so far in this spangley woeful corner of the forum

Drawn back he is, each time, like a moth to a flame....

 

[Wapping]

As worrying as if you should leave your panniers on overnight

Phew, panic over.

Thank you so much.

That's the great thing about this site.

 

[Wapping]

Keep 'em peeled!

Caught in the act.

Inner city pannier thief at work:

Whilst scaley locals look on:

It's a jungle out there!

 

[Wapping]

Caught in the act.

Inner city pannier thief at work:

Whilst scaley locals look on:

It's a jungle out there!

It is worse than we thought. Some basted has now stolen the pictures! Where will it all end?

 

[Deleted Member I]

Hope you don't have BMW Insurance, Tom

Because your panniers won't be covered by them

I have to check, they might.

Although I was highlighting they cover BMW branded panniers as they regard that as manufacturer's official add on. So my BMW top box should be ok.

Anyway .. I don't seem to be able to give away the bike

 

[Wapping]

It is worse than we thought. Some basted has now stolen the pictures! Where will it all end?

Now they have put them back.

Phew.

It shows how difficult it is to know what to do and what to think.