favorate and most useful bits

[Wrinkly]

Hi
Not getting much done since dicovering since discovering this site?
it,s a little bit addictive.
As a soon to be GSER, i was interested to read, and maybe see
what and why were peoples favourate and most useful accessories
whether they were functional or cosmetic?
Hope to get some good ideas
Steve

 

[D6]

most are cosmetic, they just wont admit it

 

[(RIP) Shenzi]

Wunderlich handlebar bag and Kaoko throttle thing, buy the latter directly to get a good deal.
Then all the rest of the goodies that are generally more expensive!

 

[Jon P]

Simple - Panniers and heated grips are a must........oh, and a tank bag!

A GPS is useful but only if it fits neatly and does not get in the way.

In my opinion evything else is just a waste of time and money......spend it on fuel and tyres!

Check out all the extra bits of metal and plastic and exhausts etc that some folks just have to have. The seem to spend for ever debating about them......."does my bum look big in this?"

It's a shame really as it seems that all interests / hobbies these days have to have the associated 'extras' in order for people to feel as though they can fit in

 

[POG]

most are cosmetic, they just wont admit it

Hark at the man that wears a dress

 

[Fanum]

Simple - Panniers and heated grips are a must........oh, and a tank bag!

A GPS is useful but only if it fits neatly and does not get in the way.

Gotta disagree with you there Jon....I reckon a GPS is pretty essential for a lot of people.

I use them for work which may be slightly different, but it still applies to anyone else riding in places like Morocco....sure you can do it wihout one, but you would find it extremely hard to find some of the best tracks and places to go.

For day to day use, a good example of their use for me was last week, on the way back from the Czech republic, heading for the Hook Of Holand port to get a ferry with 45 mins to spare from Antwerp.

The signage there is crap and I'd never used that port....there are literally hundreds of docks, confusing directions (at least five different places signed as 'Hoek Van Holland' and no normal ferry signs until you get to within two miles of the actual passenger ferry area.)

I'd made the booking the day before by phone and knew nothing about where the actual ferry went from.

Luckily, I'd looked at the GPS and set it to take us to the end of the black line marked 'Harwich ferry' and the GPS took us right to the book in kiosks.......even though the area looked a lot less 'ferry port' like than the stuff we'd been riding through for the last half hour.

Couldn't have done it with a map in that time either.

Sorry, thread hijack but I'd rate my GPSs as one of the most useful and essential items I've got on my bike, for the sort of thing I use mine for

 

[cookie]

heated jacket. ride all year.

 

[POG]

Muffs are the best things that I've had on my bike

Keep my hands nice and warm all year round without getting moist

 

[Jon P]

Gotta disagree with you there Jon....I reckon a GPS is pretty essential for a lot of people.

I use them for work which may be slightly different, but it still applies to anyone else riding in places like Morocco....sure you can do it wihout one, but you would find it extremely hard to find some of the best tracks and places to go.

For day to day use, a good example of their use for me was last week, on the way back from the Czech republic, heading for the Hook Of Holand port to get a ferry with 45 mins to spare from Antwerp.

The signage there is crap and I'd never used that port....there are literally hundreds of docks, confusing directions (at least five different places signed as 'Hoek Van Holland' and no normal ferry signs until you get to within two miles of the actual passenger ferry area.)

I'd made the booking the day before by phone and knew nothing about where the actual ferry went from.

Luckily, I'd looked at the GPS and set it to take us to the end of the black line marked 'Harwich ferry' and the GPS took us right to the book in kiosks.......even though the area looked a lot less 'ferry port' like than the stuff we'd been riding through for the last half hour.

Couldn't have done it with a map in that time either.

Sorry, thread hijack but I'd rate my GPSs as one of the most useful and essential items I've got on my bike, for the sort of thing I use mine for

As I say a GPS is useful, and if you need one make sure it fits and you know how to use it. I spent 10 years in HM Forces and used them for work.....but they were an aid always backed up with a map. One of the things I have against them is that it is often tempting to follow them without really watching where you are going and where you have gone......oh, and the fact that all the muppets are fitting them in their cars now they are so available and cheap creating yet another distraction. I try and avoid following a route with the gps (unless I am lost and on a deadline) - instead just use it to keep in check - for me it is not as essential as panniers and heated grips. Sometimes the best thing about riding is the getting lost.

 

[Jon P]

heated jacket. ride all year.

Heated jacket is on you - not the bike...............sorry

 

[deaninkl]

Hello wrinkly, the only farkles you really need are boxes is you go touring. The rest is... well farkles... lights are a bit crap but that only entails changing bulb.

30 years ago if you bought a Lambretta then the were things you needed to add... Parker, mirrors, chrome....etc.etc. If you got a bonneville you needed leathers, a tough look on your face, clip ons, and an oil tray... nothing has changed accept now you have touratech and more money in your pocket. And of coures a bunch of tossers on here that have beat you to it and can tell you just how essential the farkles are.

I'm lucky, no touratech or wonderlich in this country, so what I don't have I dont miss. Just be sure to buy the bike first, its best that way.

 

[D6]

Muffs are the best things that I've had on my bike

Keep my hands nice and warm all year round without getting moist

they smell of lager though

 

[Wrinkly]

The bike will be ordered with luggage .
seems like sat nav could be a favourate.
was thinking ,maybe a gsa screen and winglets,
if anyone has done that mod?

 

[cookie]

Heated jacket is on you - not the bike...............sorry

true, but nitpicking as it enables you to get more use out of the bike.

i'll switch my recommendation to muffs if rules are to be enforced so rigorously

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

There's a few ideas here.

Enjoy the new bike when you get it

Andres

 

[ianboydsnr]

Some would say a breakdown services card

 

[ukaluk]

gps

very handy gps and most tell you where the speed cams are so will pay for its self nothing worse than a 3 pointer for being 2 mph over the limit.

 

[ukaluk]

but going on about essentials for your bike i would say the most usful thing i'v got is the knowledge i'v gained from my own and others expiriences on this site and the more i ride the more i realise what is good to have and whats nice to have.

but this site is very good at saying what is a complete lemon

 

[Wrinkly]

but going on about essentials for your bike i would say the most usful thing i'v got is the knowledge i'v gained from my own and others expiriences on this site and the more i ride the more i realise what is good to have and whats nice to have.

but this site is very good at saying what is a complete lemon

Could not agree with you more. Only down side to discovering this site
is i am now struggeling between between GS and GSA

 

[ukaluk]

well i got a 3 month old 08 gs that was fully loaded for the same price as a gsa but looking back i think if i were to do it again i'd of got the new gsa but i'm chuffed to bits with my gs