Author Topic: Cupholders - seriously?! (Read 1859 times)

nelmo · « **on:** November 05, 2013, 11:56:45 »

A few years ago, on another forum (Honda, I think), I saw a thread about installing a cupholder on a bike. Thinking it was a joke, I read through it but it was deadly serious

- and it went on for pages, discussing best location to put it, mounts etc.

That thread was from our US cousins and so I thought, 'Americans, tsk'.

BUT then, today, in good ol' Blighty, I spot a bike with a cupholder - a 1200GS (what else?

), with the thing attached to one crashbar. Sadly, I was riding so I couldn't get a pic...

Does it make ANY sense?

frez · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2013, 12:22:59 »

Got to have someway of safely transporting your skinny mochachino with almond syrup and whipped cream home, well if you're a girl you do.

skinny5216 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2013, 12:39:15 »

Ram Mounts UK £20.00

not sure if they do a kettle holder though

Evo57 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2013, 12:42:02 »

I noticed someone selling a shelf that goes above the clocks on a Vstrom.
Perhaps you could put your Doughnuts on it, next to your coffee.

Hugo Magnus · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2013, 13:04:09 »

A cup holder might be a handy place to put my specs whilst putting my helmet on

stibbs · « **Reply #5 on:** November 05, 2013, 13:06:28 »

Useful for holding your "in-ride" can of Stella...... :wtf:

frez · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2013, 13:10:08 »

Of course there is a slight problem if you leave it unattended, some knob might piss in your drink.

Fatbelly · « **Reply #7 on:** November 05, 2013, 14:09:49 »

I was once on a tour in India on rented Enfields. They had a holder for a 2 litre bottle of water on the crash bars, wrap a damp cloth around it and the wind kept it a little bit cooler - pretty darned handy in those climes.

2112 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 05, 2013, 15:00:39 »

A GS with a cupholder ? Not a bad idea, at least you can have a coffee while you're waiting for the AA...

Mitch · « **Reply #9 on:** November 05, 2013, 16:20:41 »

One of the members who came to the Squires camping event had a push cycle drinks bottle and cage mounted to the crash bars!!

bigpie · « **Reply #10 on:** November 05, 2013, 16:40:02 »

I'd fine a couple of cup holders useful, I'd be able to do the Subway or McDonalds run on the bike instead of the car.

Ptarmigan · « **Reply #11 on:** November 05, 2013, 17:25:51 »

Quote from: "Mitch"

One of the members who came to the Squires camping event had a push cycle drinks bottle and cage mounted to the crash bars!!

That was Little Chris I believe

Quote from: "bigpie"

I'd fine a couple of cup holders useful, I'd be able to do the Subway or McDonalds run on the bike instead of the car.

OK for the cold drinks but the hot ones wouldn't last long!

Ptarmigan · « **Reply #12 on:** November 05, 2013, 17:28:51 »

Quote from: "2112"

A GS with a cupholder ? Not a bad idea, at least you can have a coffee while you're waiting for the AA...

Ridaz · « **Reply #13 on:** November 05, 2013, 17:40:03 »

Surely a BM Cup Holder will also be wired in and able to keep one's Darjeeling at the optimum temperature?

Andy M · « **Reply #14 on:** November 05, 2013, 18:02:49 »

Nope, Ze Computer vill enter safety mode und reduce the temperature (***ing filter not letting me type c00l) the liquid to 23.7 degrees while preventing the ignition module vorking in a way which might cause splillage (ie at all). Once the beverage is consumed a simple dealer reset can turn the ignition back on.

Anyway, FFS, have these Charlies no pride anymore? In my day

they'd have the 93-piece aluminium jigsaw out of the Toura***t loggo'd baccy tin, assembled as a heliograph, disassembled, reassembled as a stove, filled with fuel from the half litre bottle strapped to the back of the pannier (empty), lit using their Grilled Bear striker/Lofty "I really was in the SAS" Parsons arson-inna-tin kit, crusader cup on top and filled with Starbucks choccy-wokky-fudgee-tripple-latte- with-candy-twist before you could say "hide the paper cup".

I did have an ashtray on my Ural. Even when working and going a full tilt 50 you could keep a bit of rough shag going and the pipe smoke hid lots of other escaping vapours. Carrying matches while dealing with Russian quality had some tempting moments though.

Andy

Juvecu · « **Reply #15 on:** November 05, 2013, 18:17:26 »

If I could only read one person's posts each day then it would be yours, Andy

The matches and Ural image is very funny in my head

MartinW · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2013, 19:36:52 »

Yep, Andy's always a good read and has made me think of a rough shag too. Result all round.

The Cup Holder might have been the CD Drawer, which is where the vendor downloads the previous days error codes and installs options for how many coughs the engine should do before it dies.

Andy M · « **Reply #17 on:** November 06, 2013, 17:59:35 »

How amazingly kind of you to say so. Thank so.

You do remember what the teacher said in primary school about not watching the class idiot...

Andy

Juvecu · « **Reply #18 on:** November 06, 2013, 20:56:59 »

Nope, never heard that said before

adst · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2013, 16:49:06 »

I have a pal with a GS 1200adventure... with a touratech "bottle holder" - some might say cup holder? amongt other things ... but as he does Iron Bu tt rallies @ 1500 miles in 30 hours ..I think it can be forgiven ...and those camel packs aren't every ones idea of fun ...