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What do you do with your helmet?

I am here at the rally, and I have seen LOT of gear left with the bikes, unattended. Heck, I even saw a pair of riding boots next to a helmet that was sitting on the ground near the foot peg. Also notice gear with various methods of being secured. To each their own. Cheers!
 
Try A Bike Cover

A simple bike cover can save a lot of anxiety. Here's a photo of my RT at Lebanon. Under the cover are a helmet, jacket, pants, tank bag, boots, and my luggage. I needed to leave the bike to register, and it spent all day unmolested. In my experience, covers work well at motels/hotels too because nothing of interest is on display. Here's the photo:

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I put my helmet on a foot peg and bungee corded my Aerostich suit to the seat. I did lock my topcase with the computer and stuff in it.
 
Put mine in the cockpit along with my gloves and often the ignition key, then cover the mess with my 23 y/o Darien jacket.
 
Someone mentioned covers....I have never done that but one time we stayed in Tumwater Or....what a **** hole! Didn't help that my cheap friend booked us in at the Motel 6....people were living and dealing out of the motel....so when it got dark we did this...lol



My view from the ****ter



Great for doing maintenance too....lol



 
Someone mentioned covers....I have never done that but one time we stayed in Tumwater Or....what a **** hole! Didn't help that my cheap friend booked us in at the Motel 6....people were living and dealing out of the motel....so when it got dark we did this...lol

Motel 6, not even on my list of places to stay!

There is one in our city. At least every month the cops are over there busting someone for drugs or prostitution. I would feel safer sleeping on a bench in the city park!
 
Motel 6, not even on my list of places to stay!

There is one in our city. At least every month the cops are over there busting someone for drugs or prostitution. I would feel safer sleeping on a bench in the city park!


Lol...we had to stay at one on the way home from California last month...we got a ton of rain and were kinda desperate....the highlight was a dude masterbating in his window looking out.....lol:hungover
 
Motel carpeting

Once stayed in an on the beach motel during the Daytona gathering not cheap. The carpet was black. Don’t know if it left the mill that way or not. We figured out that some guests parked their oil dripping machines inside creating or adding to it’s dark hue. I suppose that this would have the benefit of discouraging viruses & other germs.
 
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