Saxophones Carrying a tenor on a (motor)bike?

[kevgermany]

I had one like this, pity the pics is faded

 

[jonf]

Nice. A thoroughbred to my cart horse. Pic of mine to follow.

 

[ProfJames]

Italian bikes were like English bikes...........bits fell off!

 

[jonf]

This one is mine. 2002 BMW r1150 GS Adventure. Big beast, great ride. Plenty of space for a tenor or two altos on the back.

 

[ProfJames]

Nice bike sir

 

[richardr]

Done it

(no red ones).

I saw one for the first time today, at the petrol pumps so I had a good look and a natter with the rider. It seems a nice bike.

 

[dooce]

Done it

(no red ones).

Good on you. Ignore the nay-sayers, keep your wits about you, never under estimate the stupidity of other road users (including other bikers) and frequently remind yourself how painful it would be to go sliding down the road at 60mph. As for carrying the tenor, entirely practical but as someone who cossets my horn like a family heirloom, mine will never, ever go on the back of the bike.....

 

[Jay]

Good on you. Ignore the nay-sayers, keep your wits about you, never under estimate the stupidity of other road users (including other bikers) and frequently remind yourself how painful it would be to go sliding down the road at 60mph. As for carrying the tenor, entirely practical but as someone who cossets my horn like a family heirloom, mine will never, ever go on the back of the bike.....

Thank you for the encouragement I've just bought my horn a Hiscox case, so am cosseting it like that instead 🙂 (gotta work out in due course how to strap it onto the seat behind me).

 

[richardr]

Italian bikes were like English bikes...........bits fell off!

No, they rusted away.

 

[Targa]

Thank you for the encouragement I've just bought my horn a Hiscox case, so am cosseting it like that instead 🙂 (gotta work out in due course how to strap it onto the seat behind me).

When you work out how to strap it on double the straps.
Don't underestimate the vibrations, I had a bag very securely strapped on which still fell off.

 

[ProfJames]

Don't disregard a side car...............

 

[Jay]

Don't disregard a side car...............

I might have to get Daisy a sidecar one day 😀

 

[ProfJames]

I might have to get Daisy a sidecar one day 😀

Made me laugh thinking of Wallace and Gromit!

 

[kevgermany]

When you work out how to strap it on double the straps.
Don't underestimate the vibrations, I had a bag very securely strapped on which still fell off.

Agree. It's worth passing the straps through the case handle. I used bungees - thick elastics with hooks on the end. Make sure they're tight.

 

[kevgermany]

...Daisy...

You're having us on. I hope.😱

 

[MacRaven]

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mate of mine in the 60's did that (Arial 4 square, i think, bike that was). side swiped from tympanum nutter who said i didn't see him. Going slow enough so that only sustained the normal low speed injuries except because he had his trumpet across his back, he spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
Try a side holster like cowboys did with their long rifles and the British Army do today, if you must.

 

[jonf]

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mate of mine in the 60's did that (Arial 4 square, i think, bike that was). side swiped from tympanum nutter who said i didn't see him. Going slow enough so that only sustained the normal low speed injuries except because he had his trumpet across his back, he spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
Try a side holster like cowboys did with their long rifles and the British Army do today, if you must.

Applying this logic, don't under any circumstances drive a car, I've lost several friends in car accidents.

 

[richardr]

There's no way to eliminate the risk in motorcycling of injury to either or both the rider and/or her tenor and Jay's made her decision to accept this. I'm not sure about the Hiscox case. They're strong but from what I've seen on the 'net, they're of the kind that follows the profile of the sax. It's difficult to secure irregularly-shaped objects on motorcycles. I think I'd have accepted the extra width of a rectangular case in return for ease of fastening it to the bike and greater security. However I've no doubt that Jay will find a way.....
In a lighthearted vein, this is a tale of one experience of my own about securing irregular objects:
Back in 1978, after serving me well for over a year, my Honda CG 125 had objected to a daily Motorway journey that ensued from the completion of the M66 and I needed to buy a bigger bike. The question was what to buy and I was pacing up and down the kitchen trying to make up my mind. My mother became fed-up of this and, just to get me out of the house, sent me on an errand to buy some potatoes. I set off on the CG125, bought the potatoes in a polythene bag and put them in the top box then went to view a Ducati 860 that was advertised for sale by a local dealer. That showed obvious signs of neglect - not for me. By this time I was fed up of looking for the ideal bike and decided that I'd go for the safe-but-unexciting option of a nearly-new Honda CB550 that I'd already seen in another dealer's showroom in Rawtenstall.
I arrived and announced my intention to buy the CB550, trading-in the CG 125. The dealer said "fine, but I know you really want something else". He was right: the bike of my dreams was in the same showroom, a BMW R90/6, but I didn't have enough money.
"How much have you?" asked the dealer. I told him and he said he'd take that plus my CG125 in return for the BMW. The deal was done there and then - I paid in cash, left the CG 125 at the showroom and set off home on the BMW. The only problem was the potatoes. The BMW had a small carrier frame but no top box, so the dealer gave me a couple of bungees to secure the potatoes in their bag. When I arrived home, the bag was almost empty and I had to set off on the reverse of my journey, picking potatoes out of the gutter as I went.
I admit that Jay's thread has scratched my itch for another bike and if I spend money that I shouldn't in that direction, it will almost certainly go on another BMW, a pre-1985 R65.

 

[kevgermany]

Lol. Your potato story reminds me of going on my bike to the grocers for a dozen eggs as a kid. I got home and mum asked where the rest of the eggs were. I told her that that's what I'd been given. She sent me back to get the test of them. Grocer swore blind that he'd given me the full dozen, but I wasn't going back without the rest. So eventually he made up the dozen, gave me the paper bag back and off home I went. To discover a trail of broken eggs... I'd no idea they'd dropped out.

 

[kevgermany]

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mate of mine in the 60's did that (Arial 4 square, i think, bike that was). side swiped from tympanum nutter who said i didn't see him. Going slow enough so that only sustained the normal low speed injuries except because he had his trumpet across his back, he spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Applying this logic, don't under any circumstances drive a car, I've lost several friends in car accidents.

I think we have a misunderstanding here. Looks to me as if McRaven meant don't strap it to your back, something we've all already agreed upon.