Luggage Rack

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Moedad

So there.

You California guys are SOOOOO funny! :cool: :haha2:

[alantf]

Back to luggage racks!

Mine is made by a company called SPAAN. I don't know if you can get them in America (I live in Tenerife) but they fit to the two bolts either side of the rear mudguards (or fenders as you Yanks call them) They're really easy to fit, but the problem is that they ALL come with backrests, so if you put a box such as a Shad (I don't know if you have those in America) on the rack, you can't open it for the backrest. I overcame this by removing the (removable) backrest & replacing it with a short piece of 15 mm square hollow steel rod, to act as a packer between the side support arms & the rack. The box itself acts as a backrest for the pillion passenger.

[alanmcorcoran]

Alan,

Can you post a photo? I'm interested in getting some "integrated" looking storage. I wasn't thrilled with the plywood system I saw previously. Moedad has some soft luggage that looks decent on the bike, but I'd like to see some other options. I don't really want a backrest either (won't be able to mount the bike without a pulley system!)

[Graydog]

OK, I am the one that started this whole shebang and I shouldn't have. Sorry. It is just that I thought the poster was from another country and that English is not his native language. I thought he was from Sri Lanka and the comments after his post about his grammar (which I'm sure is better than my Sinhalese/Tamic grammar) peed me off. It just seemed like an "Ugly American" thing to do to someone trying to participate in a mostly English based forum. Maybe I'm wrong and the poster is not the member I thought he was. I'm not going to bother to go back and look since I wish I had kept my mouth shut to begin with So if he is a native English speaker I apologize.

By the way, I taught English for years in high school and Jr. college. I try my best to overlook the dangling participles, dangling propositions, run on sentences, sentence fragments, and bad spelling on this forum and others. If I had a "red ink" key on my keyboard I would wear it out .
That includes myself. I am a horrible speller!

[IRingTwyce]

I feel you. I was dubbed "The Spelling Nazi" on another board I frequent. I had to force myself to stop correcting others, as it was ultimately an exercise in futility. However, it did net me these sweet gifs:



:biggrin:

[alanmcorcoran]

Originally Posted by Graydog

I try my best to overlook the dangling participles, dangling propositions...

I have an image in my mind of a "dangling proposition." You might get arrested if they found one on your computer.

I think the machinery that types is not governed by the same brain cells as those that spell and parse. I have looked back at some of my posts typed in haste to see some really pathetic mistakes. "hear" for "here", "there/their", "you/your/you're" - rookie mistakes, as Easy would say.

I am glad this site has a convenient edit button for quick fixes. My overall impression is GZ250BIKE posters are far more articulate than the typical internet forum. Apparently it takes a certain level of intelligence to ride such a fine motorcycle!

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

Apparently it takes a certain level of intelligence to ride such a fine motorcycle!

Naw.....TOO easy! :whistle: :biggrin:

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

Naw.....TOO easy! :whistle: :biggrin:

Actually it takes a certain amount of intelligence to ride a motorcycle safely. The GZ is just a bonus to the really smart rider. Getting back to spelling and the English language...........it has been my observation that most people with a good command of the written language are the ones that read a lot.

[alanmcorcoran]

[quote="Water Warriorit has been my observation that most people with a good command of the written language are the ones that read a lot.[/quote]
:plus1:

[Badbob]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

...........it has been my observation that most people with a good command of the written language are the ones that read a lot.

I read a lot mostly nonfiction.
I can't spell worth a damn.
I can't type very well even though I do it all day long
I have a nerve problem in my left are that causes transposition errors. Delayed signals to 1.5 fingers.
I have a slight problem with dyslexia.
I can write real good but it takes me a very long time to produce the good stuff.
Some times I post without proof reading. This is bad.