Electrified tank bag

Peter

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Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 1:38am

Electrified tank bag

Here is a neat solution using the SW-Motech Quicklock electric tank ring adapter:

source: member greve762 at http://www.gs-forum.eu

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luckyll

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Saturday, January 24th 2009, 10:54am

Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't feel safe having open electrical connections right next to the fuel cap. :thumbdown:

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Peter

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Saturday, January 24th 2009, 12:08pm

Good point Lucky.

I personally would have no use for electrical connections in my tank bag. But to each his own.

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luckyll

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Monday, February 2nd 2009, 9:06pm

Quoted from "Peter"

I personally would have no use for electrical connections in my tank bag. But to each his own.

Same here. I know one guy who has a 12v socket splitter in his tankbag so he can charge the phone, camera batteries, and pda. Unless you're camping out in a field every night, I don't see the use. Sure, when I travel I bring along a cellphone (it's turned off when riding - who needs that kind of distraction?), and a camera, and a camcorder... but I usually charge the batteries at the hotel overnight. As for the bike, most electrical accessories are either mounted on the handlebars (GPS, Grip heaters), or under the seat (intercom).

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ghostrider1964

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Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 7:11am

I am not big on the electrified bag either. My GPS is plugged to aux on the fairing and I plug cell phone to charge if need be to Aux under seat. :yes: