Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert, Thanks for the advice. Your point about the tank being rubber-mounted is a good one. The only problem is that I will have to buy a new tank bag--the one I currently have is not worthy of carrying two Leicas. Nathan Robert G. Stevens wrote: > 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 - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html