carbon Cup holder
05-09-2007 | 05:54 PM
#2
Post Whore Junior
MotoGP
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,825
From: Triad, NC
no shyte? You really gonna put a cupholder on your bike? Next you'll be putting a radio, some subs, and a couple monitors for your PS3....
J/K.... seriously though.. a cupholder? or is that slang for something else?
J/K.... seriously though.. a cupholder? or is that slang for something else?
05-10-2007 | 08:35 PM
#5
Señor Miembro, Ay Caramba
SuperSport
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 562
From: a little north of DC
I'll begin by saying that that was my first thought. But since seeing it in words.. using that logic, wouldn't the bike fall over when you turned it?
As for cupholders.. I've, in the past, bought a meal from Taco Bell (been there only twice this year, proud of me?) and used my tank bag (it's tall) to hold the drink up while I rode home. It worked out, but it meant no quick accelerating. But bottles would be smarter on a bike, in which case a tank bag would do the trick anyway, and not require a cup holder.
I won't flame the idea, but I definitely have mixed feelings about a cupholder on anything other than maybe a Goldwing.
As for cupholders.. I've, in the past, bought a meal from Taco Bell (been there only twice this year, proud of me?) and used my tank bag (it's tall) to hold the drink up while I rode home. It worked out, but it meant no quick accelerating. But bottles would be smarter on a bike, in which case a tank bag would do the trick anyway, and not require a cup holder.
I won't flame the idea, but I definitely have mixed feelings about a cupholder on anything other than maybe a Goldwing.
05-10-2007 | 10:59 PM
#7
Josh
Superstock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 278
From: Spokane, WA
Man, i have seen some crazy *** goldwing riders though. 10x more crazy then i am
So i dont know. when they are taking turns like they are on a SH, i just don't understand it.
05-11-2007 | 05:51 AM
#8
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Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 186
From: Wekiva Springs (Orlando) FL
Hey now, a Goldwing is my other bike and yes, it's quicker than most people would suspect from looking at it. It's been down the gap several times, scraping happily.
For the record, I don't have cupholders on my Goldwing. Thought about it, but between the microwave and espresso machine, there's just no room left.
For the record, I don't have cupholders on my Goldwing. Thought about it, but between the microwave and espresso machine, there's just no room left.
05-11-2007 | 07:02 AM
#10
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Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 358
heh, theres a guy at work here with and old sport touring bike that has a wood little console piece bungeed to the back seet. he keeps change in it and 1 cup holder on it. almost every morning he pulls up with a styrofoam cup of coffee stuck in the cup holder.
05-11-2007 | 08:21 AM
#12
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SuperBike
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,455
From: Williamsburg, VA
I have often wished I had one for the morning coffe on the way to work. Other than that I can't see the use. If I'm going on a super long ride I have a camelback so I can drink with out stopping.
05-11-2007 | 09:07 AM
#13
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SuperSport
SuperSport
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 880
From: Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
I came across this problem while riding my bike to work,still in need to fulfill my coffee addiction. I was putting the cup on the tank cap the time to clutch and would pick it with clutch hand, shifting w/o clutch. The deceleration part was the most problematic since the cap is leaning toward the front. I used a cord with a few knots hung to both mirrors with a loop in the middle that seated close to the top of the paper cup so it's higher than it's gravity center, one size wonder tough. For groceries I was hanging plastic bags on both mirrors for a killer machine look 
Cases of beer, clutch hand still, gas tank on decel/clutch. Cops like this...
Cases of beer, clutch hand still, gas tank on decel/clutch. Cops like this...
05-11-2007 | 12:43 PM
#17
Post Whore Junior
MotoGP
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Posts: 4,825
From: Triad, NC
I came across this problem while riding my bike to work,still in need to fulfill my coffee addiction. I was putting the cup on the tank cap the time to clutch and would pick it with clutch hand, shifting w/o clutch. The deceleration part was the most problematic since the cap is leaning toward the front. I used a cord with a few knots hung to both mirrors with a loop in the middle that seated close to the top of the paper cup so it's higher than it's gravity center, one size wonder tough. For groceries I was hanging plastic bags on both mirrors for a killer machine look Cases of beer, clutch hand still, gas tank on decel/clutch. Cops like this...
Cases of beer, clutch hand still, gas tank on decel/clutch. Cops like this...
rofl.... 
Anything on my bike gets strapped to rear seat.. Had a 12 gallon cooler on it once full of ice and waters and sodas... for a day at the lake. I cant see myself with grocery bags on the mirrors.. lol.. that's great. Man I LOVE to ride.. but damn it, I have a truck for rainy days and grocery gettin'...
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