A short story of a tankbag that decided to have an adventure
What is a tank bag? A tankbag is a bag that afixes to the gas tank of your motorcycle. It can be secured by magnets, straps or a hardware mount. They are all different characteristics depending on the type or combination of mounting system.
Magnets are easy and quick. They can fall off the bike or scratch the paint.
Straps are slow and tedious, but they are reliable. Can still scratch the paint
Hardware options make sure the bag doesn't make contact at all with the gastank, to avoid chipping paint, and it very quick and easy - as well as adding more security. Expensive though.
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| My bag is 3 liters in capacity |
So, I went off to Canmore on my motorcycle. Windy day, 30kmph winds, 40kmph winds (20-25mph wind gusts).
Placed my magnetic tankbag on my gastank to secure it so it'll stay put.
In the midst of tucking behind my small sport bike windscreen and leaning off the bike, not to mention getting blown around, I made it to Canmore! Only to place my gloves on my gastank. Wait, what? I shouldn't be able to do that, because I HAVE HAD A TANK BAG
So I headed back home to go find it. Scoured up and down the highway for it. No suck luck
I felt pitted. Like jeez, I lost my tank bag. It just so happened I was using my Ram Mount as a place to secure my Sony Action Camera for filming. So my tankbag was holding my GPS mount/GPS/Cell phone tripod+mount. So yea, I felt pretty down and not very happy with myself.
But, all was not lost! A good Samaritan headed to my home and returned my bag. They found it by the highway, scratched off and such. They figured it came from a motorcycle since it was a magnetic tank bag. Good thing I had my GPS inside, they hit 'go home' and were able to return it.
Damage to the tankbag, the two pins on the strap. There's scratches on the paw, and a light scratch along the emblem
Scratching again.
