Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan: I did a 1,700 km trip from Nova Scotia to North Carolina. I took an M6, Noctilux, 35mm Summilux ASPh, and a 90mm Tele-Elmarit. I carried them in an Alice bag inside of my tank bag on a Suzuki RF900R. In case there was vibration, I put a layer of soft foam on the bottom of the tank bag and then placed the Alice on top of it. The motor cycle tanks tend to be mounted in rubber which absorbs a bit of the vibration while hard luggage attached to the frame of the bike. Your other luggage that is fixed to the frame may transmit too much vibration. On my web page with pictures of the trip, you can see the Alice bag peeking out from the tank bag in the Washington Photo. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/trip.htm Regards, Robert At 07:41 AM 3/5/99 +0100, you wrote: >Friends, > >I am looking forward to meeting some of you at the LHSA Solms Photo >Shoot in April. I am thinking of riding my motorcycle to the event, as >the road from Brussels to Solms passes through some of my favourite >riding territory. > >Of course, I want to bring at least a subset of my Leica outfit with me. >My question is how to transport it safely on a motorcycle. I know some >of you have experience with this. My motorcycle is a Suzuki GS500E, and >can best be described as buzzy, i.e. there is a fair amount of >vibration. It is this vibration that I worry about (loosened parts, >misaligned rangefinders are some of the dangers in the back of my mind). > >I am thinking of putting the stuff in my Billingham Alice bag, wrapped >in a jacket or some other piece of clothing, and carried in my Givi >topcase or side case. Are there any other precautions I should take? I >would appreciate hearing from other LUGger-bikers. > >Nathan > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Overijse, Belgium >Photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator > > > > > >