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fastngreen

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Touring
« on: January 15, 2009, 01:49:05 PM »

Has anyone tried touring on there zx10. last couple years been away with better half to lake garda and again to provence, this was on my last bike BMW r1200  loads room and storage space this year hope to do bit solo touring camping on new zx10. what luggage did you use did you camp etc. BM great for travel but lacks grin when you get there. hoping to try Alps into Italy.   what you done where you been??????

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Re: Touring
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2009, 02:07:31 PM »

Germany last 2 years, over 1000 miles each time out. No worries at all
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Re: Touring
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 03:12:26 PM »

been all round europe on mine, generally with my wife on the back and have got to say no problems for me but she found the back seat a bit slippy.  I used a tank bag, some paniers and a ruck sack, and when i am touring alone i sometimes put the seat hump bag on as well, totally enuff space to stick a small tent in etc, if on the other hand you are intending on using a caravan stick with the bmw  [whistle]
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Re: Touring
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009, 03:55:32 PM »

Holland twice and round Scotland......No problems
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Re: Touring
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2009, 08:27:50 PM »

its not a zx10r but my mate rid an R1 home from croatia and it was fecked when he got home.
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Re: Touring
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2009, 08:36:22 PM »

Get one of those triboseat gripper covers for the pillion seat
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Re: Touring
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2009, 09:22:46 PM »

Done it last August to southern spain, 4000 miles in 10 days:







The bag is from bags connection, and it can carry alot of stuff and is very stable with it on the bike.
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Re: Touring
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2009, 09:39:16 PM »

Good bags them, and they won't do 140mph..........................................


























well they're not supposed too [whistle]
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Re: Touring
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2009, 09:41:15 PM »

its not a zx10r but my mate rid an R1 home from croatia and it was fecked when he got home.

 :?: :?: :?: Nick Sanders rode his 35000 miles across 41 countries including 3 desserts and the bike survived so how come your mates was 'fecked' after a short ride back from Croatia   :dontknow:
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Re: Touring
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2009, 09:41:23 PM »

its not a zx10r but my mate rid an R1 home from croatia and it was fecked when he got home.

 :?: :?: :?: Nick Sanders rode his 35000 miles across 41 countries including 3 desserts and the bike survived so how come your mates was 'fecked' after a short ride back from Croatia   :dontknow:

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Was jsut thinking exactly that myself






Get one of those triboseat gripper covers for the pillion seat
its on the cards but no rush as shes not due to give birth till mid april :)
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mongo

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Re: Touring
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2009, 09:52:55 PM »

Good bags them, and they won't do 140mph..........................................


























well they're not supposed too [whistle]

Yep very stable even at high high speeds. I got the bag after seeing it on this site before the trip, very glad i did. As i done a scotland coast tour with a backpack for 5 days and that was a nightmare, even although it was a kriega it was just far too heavily loaded up.
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