Camel Toe
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My pal left his lid on the mirror in a petrol station whilst paying......scooter boy came along.....thank you.....
Not just passing dogs.If I see a lid strapped to a parked up gs I always take a well earned slash into itI often wonder when i see helmets locked to the Bike by the 'visor hole', using the Bikes own lock and chain, and locked low down on the Bike ...
... how often passing dogs takes a piss in the lid?
My brother had a load of stuff knicked off his bike in Central France. He couldn’t find the booked hotel & ended up parking and crashing out by the bike as continuing to ride was getting dangerous. He awoke to no stuff on the bike. Thankfully his keys, phone and money were in his pockets.
A monowheel (leaning) trailer solves a lot of problems. But would have to be a fully closed type and padlocked to the bike. They carry 80% of the luggage weight and lean with the bike so handling is affected less than loading it all on the bike.
...especially if there are lots of bikes parked together, I think there's kind of a code that stuff gets left alone
Bikermate Code, Chapter 3, subsections 17 through 23, as amended by the bikermates’ convention at Big Dell’s 15 January 1973:
For it is decreed that when three or more likeminds are gathered for the purpose of chillin’, gassing or even kicking back and flower pressing, that they can and should leave their shit however they like and no fucker shall touch it. Not ever, mate.
With the anti speed Gestapo in France, and the new reduced speed limits; a trailer is beginning to look more like a good option .
I agree. Panniers,top box, trailer and another bag on top of the trailer!!!Time to buy a car...
Wrap your gear with your used trollies.
Nobody will touch it then.
HTH
Planning my first motorbike camping trip to Scotland in May. Are you guys ever worried about gear that's strapped to your bike getting nicked whilst you park up and go for a walk around, or is everything in secure hard luggage the way?
The same question could be asked about your gear left in the tent when you go off for the day.....I have never had any problem, but I expect it happens.
Shame doesn't seem to deter people anymore - 'in my day' the shame of wronging someone held people 'behind the line' and common decency was more common than it is now. Or have I just led a sheltered life?