To Rok or not to Rok?

[Straydog]

So I have a good collection of good olde bungee cords, but have a up coming trip to Switzerland via Bastonge.

So is it worth investing in some ROK straps for the bag on the back or are they just bling with no sing?

Words from the wise please

 

[Fanum]

They are available from nearly every bike shop around, including the Kawasaki dealership down on the Quay near you.

Go in, feel them, stretch them, see what you think

It's a bit of elastic and a hook, not rocket science

 

[ihandyman247]

So I have a good collection of good olde bungee cords, but have a up coming trip to Switzerland via Bastonge.

So is it worth investing in some ROK straps for the bag on the back or are they just bling with no sing?

Words from the wise please

It will be best to have it with you for a pace off mind , You will never know what you will come across and it will not fit in to the panniers
Have a lovely trip

 

[Medic]

Does what it says on the packaging

I have used the extendable ones for a few years and use them to strap boxes of blood and blood product onto the back of the bike when I do my serv duties. Not ad any problems so far.

 

[ihandyman247]

It will be a good idea to have a spare helmet with you !
All the time that I go in one off this long trips I get lucky , specially in Italy

 

[cookie]

they're great, particularly the ones with a hook at each end and a clip in the middle.

never use ordinary bungees now at all really.

 

[Straydog]

ihandyman247 my 6' Blonde size 10 wife is coming along I am already lucky
She has new own F800gs

Thanks guys guess I have to invest with that backup..

 

[ihandyman247]

ihandyman247 my 6' Blonde size 10 wife is coming along I am already lucky
She has new own F800gs

Thanks guys guess I have to invest with that backup..

Lucky Dog

 

[wheelnut]

Well worth it - great bits of kit

 

[paul nicholls]

rok

ive used them for years, great bits of kit.
quick and simple to use,
zen overland (use google) were selling two pairs (4 straps)
for £22 recently. normally £18 for one pair.
I posted a link in the spotted a deal section a while ago.
paul.

 

[phooey]

They are brilliant. Had mine over 4 years, abused them regularly and the only fault was mine - let a strap tail get too near a hot exhaust.

Buy, enjoy and forget.

 

[Pukmeister]

Link Straps

These are excellent kit, no sharp edges to scratch bodywork or hit you in the eye, can be linked together to make longer straps (never needed to though). Handy off the bike too.

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?catRef=576727

 

[walrus]

As above - excellent kit.

 

[rce]

These are excellent kit, no sharp edges to scratch bodywork or hit you in the eye, can be linked together to make longer straps (never needed to though). Handy off the bike too.

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?catRef=576727

We use those (Zuru) and the Rok adjustable pack straps, for fastening to my luggage plate the Rok strap is better as it will pass through the strapping holes in the plate and on my grabrail.

The Zuru tend to get used for strapping stuff on the car roof rack now as they are just a bit unwieldy by comparison to the Rok straps. The Rok straps are also cheaper for me to buy.

 

[Norfolk Tiger]

Definitlety to Rok. A friend of mine was lucky not to lose an eye thanks to a low flying bungee.

 

[walrus]

As above - excellent kit.

That was intended as +1 for rok straps

 

[Wapping]

So I have a good collection of good olde bungee cords, but have a up coming trip to Switzerland via Bastonge.

So is it worth investing in some ROK straps for the bag on the back or are they just bling with no sing?

Words from the wise please

Had you not been going to Switzerland via Bastogne (you adventurer you) I would have said YES. But as you are I have got to say, NO.

There again, Switzerland could bring you up above 1,000 meters, so maybe a guarded YES and of course it might rain? What would you then do with a soggy bungee?

DO WHATEVER YOU WOULD DO WHEN CHOOSING UNDERPANTS AND BEFORE YOU BOUGHT A 1200 GS MOTORCYCLE....

You did nothing?

OK stay doing nothing or make a feckin' decision for yourself. It is not open heart surgery or whether to push the big red button marked 'DO NOT PUSH', is it?

PS If the real intent of your post was to tell us that you are off to Switzerland (via Bastogne, to emulate the heroes of WW2) full marks But try the Travel section next time.

 

[Straydog]

Suppose it would not be ukgser if a tosser comment wasn't around..

 

[Wapping]

Really, look at your question.

How difficult can it be?

Bungees, you are familiar with we assume? Nasty stretchy things that either fail or ping off, scratching your TB (if you have one) and then proceed to rip your eye out.

Rok Straps, which we guess you have seen or read about (or you would not know they existed) do not suffer any of these failings. Indeed they are the very ambrosia, the Holy Grail if you like, of packing and securing.

Buy and use with confidence. Whether on a 1200 GS or a Krapasakiduchonyam. Whether it's to Tesco for vegetables or the outer reaches of Uzbekistan... or even Heidi Land, via a crossroads in Belgium.... you'll not go too far wrong.

Now, lighten up. But if not, by all means carry on sending me PM's moaning. It passes the evening.

 

[Fanum]

Suppose it would not be ukgser if a tosser comment wasn't around..

C'mon, what did you really expect?

Your sig line is " Anarachy Is the Mother of Order "
and the tagline under your username is "Anarchy", yet you come on asking for help in choosing a set of elastic bands to hold your kit on your bike?

Why don't you go ask your mum, while she washes out your favourite pair of jeans, those ones with the nappy pins through them instead of safety pins 'cos they are less likely to do you damage when you inevitably stab yourself with the pointy end