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DarkMeister
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« on: July 25, 2011, 03:42:20 PM »

Heck, ah loined sumph'n today. The hard way.  Angry

Ah loined dat thier there their thar ain't no drainholes in our sidecases. DUH!!

Thought I'd let them air out after a two week trip. Left them open, went to town. And it rained, naturally, like end-of-days.

For those of you still suffering in the heat, so much so that you've forgotten what "rain" is, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain

Two inches of water in one case. One inch in the other. (The second inch got soaked into the owner's manual, insurance/registration papers and other unimportant stuff.)

Now that I've spent quality time soaking up and squeezing out several towels, please don't tell me there's a drain-plug or such...

Sincerely, Forest Gump  crazy2
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The Anvil
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« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2011, 03:44:43 PM »

Left them open, went to town. And it rained, naturally, like end-of-days.

It's the same mechanism that causes rain the one night you forget to put the top up on your Jeep or that causes to people to call your cell phone the minute you get on the highway while on the bike.
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DFragn
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« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2011, 05:50:31 PM »


How that I've spent quality time soaking up and squeezing out several towels, please don't tell me there's a drain-plug or such...

Sincerely, Forest Gump  crazy2

Well, Ya could of removed the two bottom 8mm bolts and drained most of it from there and blotted the rest with a single napkin.  laugh
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R J
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« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2011, 06:35:02 PM »

Or took 4 bolts out of each bag, took it off and tipped it upside down.

Hope ya loin dat no mutter wha hoppen, ya don't leave da firkin lid up, do wha ya gotta do and close da dang thing.   Den latch it.

 cooldude cooldude cooldude uglystupid2 uglystupid2 tickedoff tickedoff tickedoff tickedoff tickedoff

As Forrest Gump would say:
“That's all I have to say about that.”
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Big IV
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« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2011, 06:41:47 PM »

Or took 4 bolts out of each bag, took it off and tipped it upside down.

Waterproof side cases do become a problem when the water gets in and won't get out. I like this simple advice of pulling the easy to remove bags and draining them.
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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2011, 07:27:03 PM »

You know if you drill a hole in the bottom, fill with ice and your beverage of choice, they make nice coolers.  crazy2
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« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2011, 03:02:52 AM »

I'm just courious what you were carrying for 2 weeks that smelled so bad you had to air them out. Roll Eyes
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DarkMeister
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« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2011, 04:41:15 AM »

Thanks guys.

Ah figured youse would come up with easier methods.

The one to 'bookmark' will be Fudgie's idea.  cooldude

Scoot: wet running shoes. See, the day one doesn't 'bother' swapping shoes for boots is the day it pours during the ride.

Bang-on, RJ. In fact, the reason I signed as Gump is because of another of his quotes (or his Mama's): Stupid is as stupid does. That was my first thought when gazing at the twin lakes inside the cases.
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