Thursday, March 20, 2014

Cortech Tank bag 2.0 18L review

So copy and paste everything I said quality wise about Cortech from my previous reviews, same stuff different shape.

The downside of a modern sportbike is that you can't use a magnetic tankbag without glueing some magnets to the other side of your plastic tank cover. Thats where the strapped design comes in. One harness loops around your steering yolk and the other nooses around part of your subframe under your seat. The rest is mostly the same as the magnetic version and includes some cheesy built in straps to take it on the go like a backpack.

Like the other Cortech components it comes with a rain cover and zips apart to allow bigger storage. When you open up the zipper to expand it up you can unfold some rigid parts inside the bag to give the sides more stability.

Loaded up it flops a little, but if you tighten everything down right its pretty stable as long as you dont load it like a moron and exceed the load limit. You can fit a sweatshirt, waterbottle, extra gloves, glasses, and a hat into it and still maybe fit some other stuff into the side pockets.

The unit has side pockets, a map pocket, a glasses/media device pocket (with grommet for wire), and includes a soft protector for a spare visor.

Last but not least, unlike the other Cortech 2.0 pieces of luggage, it comes with instructions.

Pictured: visor protector

The bag expanded
Demonstrating depth with a WD40 can

The bag, not expanded



 The side rigid thingy





Sunday, March 16, 2014

Busy busy busy

In the last month I've moved and been very busy. My GF found a nice place in the suburbs and we moved there. It was a pain in the ass, but now I can host MotoGP parties and have a bigger garage.
Pictured: all the important things moved

As the weather has been improving I've been trying to get out and re-learn how to ride. I think I've got the hang of the D616 tires, I just need to play with the pressures. If they're designed for a heavier adventure bike maybe using regular sportbike pressures is the wrong thing to do, I'll have to try a range and see.

Unfortunately the roads near the agriculture areas are a complete mess due to spring. I re-installed my chain guard (removed by PO) today because I was tired of cleaning up chain fling. The "Black Label" chain grease is really greasy and flings all over the place, much more flingy than the chain wax I had been using.