Preparation ... Panniers ...Grab a crate!!
Lots
of preparation on the go now, luggage being the main aim to get sorted
as this will be home and contents for 1.5 years plus .... now the fun
begins.
First get one epic size cardboard box and cut
it up to a 40 L pelican style case to establish that it is WAY too big
and the wee DiR650 would look like dumbo.
So
we have decided on Kincrome cases, extra large which give us 32L
capacity on each side plus top box, decided to use this for the top case
as well, keep the weight lower.
Preparation.... getting a cases.
So now we have the cases kindly donated through
Delis Tools, we are using the
Safe Case Extra Large ABS plastic and BRIGHT yello so you will see us from New Zealand.
This is Pauls "does my hair look ok " photo
The
racks I will be fabricating from 19 x 19 x 2mm SHS 350 Mpa, 2mm wall for
strength as the corrugated roads and potholes will test the system ...
not to mention when the bike gets laid down for a rest at varying speeds
August 16th 2011, Nice Man From Mainfreight Turns Up
He has our pannier racks on board, now is the true start to the fabrication of making it all fit
We
looked at buying proprietary off the shelf kits that were going to cost
in the region of $1200.00 US dollars complete with pucks etc, instead
in order to get exactly what we want for our setup which bring the cases
way forward thus bringing the weight central.
