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help! tank cover needed
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:40 pm
by f90x
i'm in a little trouble. i bought a tank cover off ebay back in february and very foolishly never tried it on the bike untill this weekend and it is not the correct one. christ knows what it is for, i have yet to shout at the seller but i doubt very much that i shall get a refund as it was back in feb.
anyway, i am in begging mode for the borrow of a tank cover from someone on the understatnding that if i damage it in any way i shall replace it. i would just go out and buy a new one now but having tried every supplier including the uk importer there are none in the uk and it is a two to three week wait. this is no good to me as i am supposed to leave for france on monday.
can anyone help?
cheers
steve
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:58 pm
by JoeC
Got a Baglux one which ideally I want to sell - £50
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u147 ... CF0130.jpg
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u147 ... CF0136.jpg
It is as good as new. I live in Sidcup and work in Holborn, London but only at work Wed/Thu this week.
Let me know your thoughts via PM.
Joe
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:42 pm
by f90x
I'll have it Joe.
you have a PM
Cheers
Steve
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:16 pm
by skiddy boxers
Steve
Glad to see you're sorted.
Just out of interest, where are you headed in France on Monday as I'm heading to the Limousin with some mates on the monday evening crossing from Portsmouth to Le Havre.
Nick
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:17 pm
by tripe
Steve,
If you get stuck let me know as i can lend you mine and a tank bag too if needed.
Live in West London and am in Central London most days.
Henry
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:34 pm
by f90x
henry, that's great, joe has got in touch and i shall meet him tomorrow so i shall be sorted (and i need one long term anyway) but i really appreciate your offer. it's very generous of you.
thanks a lot
steve
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:48 pm
by herrman
f90x wrote:henry, that's great, joe has got in touch and i shall meet him tomorrow so i shall be sorted (and i need one long term anyway) but i really appreciate your offer. it's very generous of you.
thanks a lot
steve
Thats just one of the things that make me stay on this site!! All real people who understand the way things go t-ts up and will do all they can to help.
Long may it continue.
Regards Peter.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:22 pm
by ianbcr
i will tell you all a funny little story involving oxford panniers i had on my TLR, on the way out of dover i had my helmet strapped to the offside pannier where it had been all crossing untill we reached the exit, as a group of us rode up the motorway at 100mph on of my mates came along side to tell me i was on fire, on trying to look past my blown up sleeve on my rain suit i could see nothing untill i turned around, there to my supprise was bloody great flames from the back, i have never stopped a bike so quick,apparently the weight of my helmet had pushed the pannier down onto the micron carbon can, caught fire, burnt a hole in the can,bubbled the paint on the tail unit, and destroyed all my clothes in that side, it was 10 oclock at night dark and we were taking photos of all my burnt clothes on the hard shoulder pissing ourselves laughing.
oh the joys of motorcycling.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 6:25 am
by f90x
skiddy boxers wrote:Steve
Glad to see you're sorted.
Just out of interest, where are you headed in France on Monday as I'm heading to the Limousin with some mates on the monday evening crossing from Portsmouth to Le Havre.
Nick
we're not certain yet nick. we tend to wing these things a bit and at the moment it looks like we might nip accross france, into germany and then down through switzerland for the grimmsell, furka, davos and then italy for stelvio. i'll be leaving my friend in como where his girlfriend lives and i'll nip over the alps through grenoble/annecy and straight back home... maybe.
i'll keep you posted
steve
