Jacket on the handlebars
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Jacket on the handlebars
Can anyone explain how to roll up your jacket and bungee them to the bars. I have seen this all over and now that the weather is cool in the mornings I have been wearing the jacket but when I leave work its in the 80's and sometimes the jacket gets too hot in stop and go BS. Just wondered if anyone could explain how to fold and roll your jacket....
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RE: Jacket on the handlebars
I usually roll it and bungee it to the sissy bar but with the rolling I had to experiment a little. I fold both sleeves into the front, fold it in half and roll it tightly. Works for me. Just play with it.
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RE: Jacket on the handlebars
I've never bungee'd my jacket to the handle bars but have strapped it to my t-bag. I zipped it up, folded the sleeves to the inside then rolled the jacket up top to bottom. Seemed to work OK that way.
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RE: Jacket on the handlebars
For me the best way I found was to first of all zip up the jacket and then lay it out so the front is facing up and then fold over the sleevs so they are over the front pockets, then start on one end and start to roll it up as tight and even as you can get it. Make sure you have two good bungie straps ready, (small ones work the best).Then lay your jacket on top of the triple tree right next to the handle bars and strap one side at a time. Make sure it's even and tight.You can even strap two coats at once just put one inside the other. I did it this way for several years until I got my RK.
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Can anyone explain how to roll up your jacket and bungee them to the bars. I have seen this all over and now that the weather is cool in the mornings I have been wearing the jacket but when I leave work its in the 80's and sometimes the jacket gets too hot in stop and go BS. Just wondered if anyone could explain how to fold and roll your jacket....
Can anyone explain how to roll up your jacket and bungee them to the bars. I have seen this all over and now that the weather is cool in the mornings I have been wearing the jacket but when I leave work its in the 80's and sometimes the jacket gets too hot in stop and go BS. Just wondered if anyone could explain how to fold and roll your jacket....
RE: Jacket on the handlebars
Usually bungee the rolled up jacket to the bottom of the handle bars and use the bar itself to hook up the bungees too. although the last headlight I had on my FB the chrome rubbed off on the top of the headlamp. So now I try not to to it as much.
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RE: Jacket on the handlebars
As it gets cooler, bought a 9" stuff bag at the local sporting goods store. Keep chaps, jacket and warm gloves it it. Strap it to the handle bars. The stuff bag keeps bug splats and sun fading off the leather.
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RE: Jacket on the handlebars
My technique is slightly different....I lay the jacket down flat. Put both sleeves on top of the jacket. Fold one half of the jacket over the other--not top to bottom but sideways--so the pockets would touch each other. Then roll that up, again, sideways so I wind up with a collar on one end and the sleeves sticking out of the othere end. I have some black velcro straps that I cinch the jacket down to the handlebars with. Great thing about a jacket on the bars, is that it acts like a mini fairing. It will deflect a good amount of air from hitting your chest.
