krussell Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Needed to make a run out to Carlton, OR to pick up this months meat order from Carlton Farms. They've got great meat at excellent prices. It's featured in a a lot of the restaurants around town. It was 40 and dry so I took the RT. 12 NY strips, two pork tenderloins, one beef tenderloin, and 10lbs of hamburger. I equally split it between the side cases and added some ice for good measure. Took the long way home, but the ice wasn't melted at all when I got back so I think it was likely overkill. I've made this run a few times, today I grabbed some pics when I got back. What interesting stuff have you transported on your bike lately? Link to comment
rob1100r Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Hi! My name is Rob. It would be great to 'meat' you over some grilled goods! I can bring over some beers! Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I've filled the cases (and top rack) of my RT with beer before. Fall '06, I rode from Michigan down to El Paseo with a couple of folding chairs and 3 or 4 Duraflame logs. Coming home from trips, sometimes I stop at the grocery store a mile from home and buy a bunch of flowers to take home to my wife. Put a grocery bag over the blooms, and then tangle the stems up in the bungee net on the rack; they survive the 30-MPH ride home just fine. Link to comment
upflying Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 New name for your bike? Barbque My Way, Rare 1200 Roast-Tender Watch for roadside carnivorous wildlife trailing you. Link to comment
Silver Surfer/AKAButters Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I do all most of my grocery shopping on the GT. I love watching peoples faces when they stare in disbelief as the bags absorb whatever is in the cart. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Watch for roadside carnivorous wildlife trailing you. No doubt; you're likely to end up in a National Geographic video, with a cheetah coming up behind you! Link to comment
jfixit Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I always carry quilt fabric home from a solo tour, lets my wife know I thought about her while I was away and I think quilt shop owmers get a chuckle out of selling fabric to a motorcyclists. Not to mention the looks of puzzlement I get from my riding companions, actually went fabric shopping while they ate lunch once. Link to comment
jfixit Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Mitch, don't they sell dura flame logs in ElPaso? Link to comment
Calvin (no socks) Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Mitch, don't they sell dura flame logs in ElPaso? Nope, it was a dry county... Link to comment
boatzo Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Watch for roadside carnivorous wildlife trailing you. This congers up an image in my mind of throwing a road killed deer over the rack and taking it home to butcher ???? Link to comment
boatzo Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 What interesting stuff have you transported on your bike lately? I might try this the next time I go to my meat supplier for a frozen side of beef. Might have to use the cargo net and bungees to get it all on board. As for other interesting stuff, a lot of spirits now come in 1/2 gallon plastic containers. This makes me feel much more comfortable when riding to the ABC store and transporting the goods home. They also work great on the boat eliminating breakage. I have had to change some of the brands that I consume to get the plastic bottles and they are usually cheaper too. Link to comment
CarrotNC Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 On camping weekends I've been known to stop at a roadside stand and keep swapping watermelons until finding one that fits in the top case. And one trip I picked up a bag of crickets so we could feed the fish in the pond at the campground. Learned that while a paper bag is adequate protection against cricket pee, it's NOT enough to stop the smell. Just glad the sidebag was empty of clothing that day! Link to comment
KDeline Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Total truth, I have ridden 60 miles with a box of 24, 6 foot long florescent lights, in hindsight if a cop would have seen me I am sure I would have been in trouble. Another time 145 miles with a dual prop motor off of a paraplane, with the props still on, pointed off the back of the seat, (A little kid in a car at a stop light with eyes as big as dinner plates asked if I could fly), and 100 miles with a 21x23x30 TV bought off of Craigs list when we got down here. Link to comment
T__ Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Very strange cargo! Snake On Bike Linkey Link to comment
outpost22 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Needed to make a run out to Carlton, OR to pick up this months meat order from Carlton Farms. They've got great meat at excellent prices. It's featured in a a lot of the restaurants around town. It was 40 and dry so I took the RT. 12 NY strips, two pork tenderloins, one beef tenderloin, and 10lbs of hamburger. I equally split it between the side cases and added some ice for good measure. Took the long way home, but the ice wasn't melted at all when I got back so I think it was likely overkill. I've made this run a few times, today I grabbed some pics when I got back. What interesting stuff have you transported on your bike lately? It must be us Oregonians that really pack the meat Actually I do the same with my RT. My biggest fear is that I'll have a HES go bad, and the vultures will circle the stranded bike Then there would be the smell.... Link to comment
Bob_Minor Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 One of my favorite Fall rides is from Portland OR to Hood River to buy apples. I'll pack 30lbs or so in the hard cases. Link to comment
Dave in Doodah Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Ditto on the beer. The old R100RT side bags could take a Miller Lite 30-pack, no sweat, and still button up tight. Or lots of groceries, of course. No such luck on the 1150, but still very useful. On the old bike, I have hauled a Fender bass, tennis racquets, a full 3-drawer toolbox, 50# bag of dogfood, crickets (in plastic, not paper) and super worms for my son's lizard, and other odd stuff that all managed to survive - not all on the same trip of course. Bungee cords or cargo straps helped a lot. So far on the new bike, though, only a bunch of 8-foot cove molding come to mind. Link to comment
mikeR1100R Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We have the carrying of a case of wine down to a science. Bring some towels, wrap the bottles, (keeping 1 or 2 cold ), and distribute them evenly among the side and topcases. Crank up the preload and we're good to go. Link to comment
gottabmw Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Floracycle Vicki loves to go shopping on her bike. One of her favorite types of rides, actually. Amazing how much those saddlebags can hold. She came home several days last summer with veggies and flowers from a local farm. Link to comment
Rob L Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I carried a chain saw 200 miles......16" bar Poulan. I also have packed 3 30 packs of beer for the weekend. A 22 caliber rifle fits on the rear seat if you remove the barrel. Link to comment
krussell Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 A 22 caliber rifle fits on the rear seat if you remove the barrel. Reminds me of a GS1100 I came across in rural Idaho. I pulled into a carry out to get a snack and went around the side to park. There was a GS1100 there and it had a rifle and a shotgun bungeed across the back. They looked like the were on the bike all the time. The cashier was the owner, we talked a bit, but I didn't ask about the guns. Here is a pic, you can't make out the guns though. Link to comment
krussell Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Oh, and that post reminded me of someone else I met in Idaho carrying something that could be perceived as unusual... He said they ride every day on the scoot, he rides his FJR1300A by himself. Link to comment
pbbeck Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Hey.. We should meet up and have a party! Link to comment
elkroeger Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Next time you pass through Cle Elum (WA) you have to stop at Owen's Meats. I can't get out of there for under $100. Link to comment
JohnTena Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The bike was one day old. We just HAD to go to a winery to pick up the wine. Our first trip. Link to comment
Dietrich Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The next thing we need on the beemers is refridgerated sidecases. Someone should talk to BMW about that. Not wanting to hitchhike this post, but it brings back memories of many years ago in South Africa where one day I was using a friends Vespa to go and get some groceries, among them a whole bunch of bananas. The Vespa had a storage bin on one of the rear sides. So everything went in there. On a gravel road I got chased by some dogs, turned around and kicked them and tried to get away. When I looked forward again I was heading straight for an oncoming Volkswagen. Hit it on the front fender and went summersaulting over the VW. The Vespa got hit, you guessed it, in the rear end where the groceries were. What a mess, squished bananas everywhere. I was ok, the Vespa and the VW needed work. And I had to go back to get groceries again, this time on my old Java. Link to comment
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