how to go camping on a dyna.
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Do guys you have a problem with a passenger at low speeds? I imagine not. My bag set up may be a bit wider than my wife but it sure don't weigh no where near the 110 that she wieghs. get what I'm sayin....
Last edited by DYJ; Apr 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM.
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The contents of my luggage weigh from 60#-up. Even keeping the very heaviest of that low, in the saddlebags, the extra dead weight near the top of the sissy-bar makes a felt degradation in the handling on my Dyna. The reason for this, separate from the added weight, is the increased inertia due to how far it is away from the pivot point...@ the tire's contact patch.
Keep the weight low.
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What is the bag you are using? Is it waterproof?
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There's really quite a difference between the "live" weight of a small passenger, able to allow the bike to move, much of which is below your pack, and the "dead" weight of attached, strapped-on baggage, all of which could be above your seat.
The contents of my luggage weigh from 60#-up. Even keeping the very heaviest of that low, in the saddlebags, the extra dead weight near the top of the sissy-bar makes a felt degradation in the handling on my Dyna. The reason for this, separate from the added weight, is the increased inertia due to how far it is away from the pivot point...@ the tire's contact patch.
Keep the weight low.
The contents of my luggage weigh from 60#-up. Even keeping the very heaviest of that low, in the saddlebags, the extra dead weight near the top of the sissy-bar makes a felt degradation in the handling on my Dyna. The reason for this, separate from the added weight, is the increased inertia due to how far it is away from the pivot point...@ the tire's contact patch.
Keep the weight low.
Last edited by DYJ; Apr 20, 2011 at 03:48 PM.
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Holly crap! Are you bringing your waterbed to go camping? Even with large caliber toys and ammo, I can't imagine 60#.
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Everybody who loads their bike like a pack mule bro! I can do 4 days tramping with 22 kilos in a 90 litre backpack that isn't full......can do 4 days on a bike with half that.
If you need to take all that gear...leave the wife at home
If you need to take all that gear...leave the wife at home
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Yep, my wife is 45% my weight, but abot 60% of bike packing and weight! LOL
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I got lucky, my OL was an avid backpacker and outdoorsy type girl before we met. She biked, hiked and canoed all over Upstate NY, so she knows how to travel light. Lately though, she's been staying home and I get to travel solo, with a bro or my kid. He rides my Beemer these days.
Thats us last year taking off on a 2500mi ride. He had a XS650 Yamaha then.
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Nah, that's cool. It's just that you didn't post your comment to anyone in general, and it came up right after I posted. Even though I didn't post anything about what I pack. So it confused me a bit.