Author Topic: Tool tubes (Read 8946 times)

King Orry · « **Reply #20 on:** November 08, 2017, 21:17:56 »

Would be quite funny to get a second exhaust silencer, convert it and mount that on the t'other side as a tool roll.

Rusty Nuts · « **Reply #21 on:** November 08, 2017, 21:21:30 »

Been done. Stromtroopers has a thread, somewhere.

King Orry · « **Reply #22 on:** November 08, 2017, 21:29:54 »

Ha ha.. Top Class.

greywolf · « **Reply #23 on:** November 08, 2017, 22:50:16 »

Some of us need more than others.

King Orry · « **Reply #24 on:** November 09, 2017, 11:58:04 »

Cool.. is it yellow because it's powered by bananas, like the Docs DeLorean.?? ????

greywolf · « **Reply #25 on:** November 09, 2017, 15:11:30 »

It's yellow because I didn't like orange. Adding electronic cruise control, a voltmeter, an air horn, heated gear that has separate controls for body and hands turns plus off when the brake light is held on, a garage door opener, GPS with MP3 player feeding head phones, headlight relays, speedometer correction and a fuse block switched on and off with the ignition while carrying an air compressor and a socket set adds a lot of stuff under the seat. Not properly planning the wiring ahead of time adds to the amount of stuff, similar to the previous sentence.

I see you tried a word that Americans use instead of a bit cold or somewhat brilliant and the Americanism filter chose the wrong option. That's always a source of fun.

King Orry · « **Reply #26 on:** November 09, 2017, 15:55:07 »

(To be read in your best Dick Van Dyke)
Gawd blimey guvnor, would you Adam n Eve it, that spellcheck has got me rabbiting complete Jackson Pollocks.. again.

Rusty Nuts · « **Reply #27 on:** November 09, 2017, 16:11:10 »

(That was his stage name. Real name Penis Van Lesbian. You can see why he changed it.)

hotbulb · « **Reply #28 on:** November 09, 2017, 16:24:08 »

kwackboy · « **Reply #29 on:** November 09, 2017, 16:27:16 »

TLPower · « **Reply #30 on:** November 09, 2017, 17:17:48 »

Somebody's been opening the crackers early this year haven't they Rusty?

greywolf · « **Reply #31 on:** November 09, 2017, 18:25:33 »

I didn't notice the play on words at first. That's brilliant.

tallpaul · « **Reply #32 on:** November 09, 2017, 18:55:07 »

Rusty, you are on top form today!

Graham62 · « **Reply #33 on:** November 11, 2017, 00:46:29 »

I have 3 tool tubes aka grenade launchers.

mr_diver · « **Reply #34 on:** November 11, 2017, 07:42:02 »

I made a 16" tool tube out of soil pipe and screw off end caps and a couple of exhaust straps.

Someone said as I was putting my tool kit back in there... "Load aft torpedo tube!"

The new owner of the rear rack and attached tube uses it to carry his 12" sub, cookie and drink to work.

Joe Rocket · « **Reply #35 on:** November 20, 2017, 19:48:25 »

Any extra space is helpful when Two up and touring..........

mr_diver · « **Reply #36 on:** November 21, 2017, 22:52:07 »

You're telling me!
2k miles around Scotland a few years ago on my Wee.
It showed up the fact the Mrs needed her own big bike to carry her own sh##!

2x 44ltr panniers, 48ltr topbox, 30ltr tank bag, and a 25ltr roll bag strapped to the topbox.

Now she has her own 1400cc bike and I still end up as a pack horse with an aditional 90ltr bag on the back seat!

But then again it might all be a different story if I could find somewhere to fit a ~~tardis~~ tool tube to the Varadero.

greywolf · « **Reply #37 on:** November 22, 2017, 01:19:40 »

It sounds like you either need a trailer or a change in mindset rather than a tool tube.

Joe Rocket · « **Reply #38 on:** November 22, 2017, 21:30:50 »

Have you come across 'tardis' before Greywolf or do you have a big enough imagination already?

greywolf · « **Reply #39 on:** November 22, 2017, 22:41:08 »

A Tardis would handle the job just fine as long as the door was big enough or there was a transporter included. The bigger inside than outside is a basic but I don't know if details of moving big stuff between inside and outside was ever covered. It does seem a bit redundant to mount a Tardis on another machine that can only handle a relatively slow change between surface coordinates but the joy of the journey needs to be taken into account.