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oic - my house is far from spotlessly clean. And my bag just lies around when it isn't on my bike.

So, more likely it picked up crap from my garage or front-room, than from the road.

RhadamYgg

Yeah I have to agree with the picked it up from home theory because I own the same bag as you and I never scratched it and I had been on some pretty wild roads.

Though I have never been on the bridge you usually go over so I can't be 100% sure.

Really sorry to hear that it happened though

Oh and just to point out my OCD, I always made me tuck the little magnetic nubs back into their little compartments before I put them down. So that might have helped me as well.

And I never pulled the bag right off, I'd always lift up 2 or 3 of the magnets then maybe leave the last one on.

Regardless of where it picked it up - anyone who has used a magnetic tank bag knows its very very easy to scratch your tank with one unless you're very conscious of what you're doing. If you haven't - you'll have to take other's word for it.

Best thing I've found to do with it is take it from said tank, and put it on something else metal. At work my tank bag sits on the side of my filing cabinet. At home, the side of my fridge.

The other thing I did with my current bike is got some clear 3m material to go over my tank. Keeps the paint job nice underneath and I don't care if the clear stuff gets scratched. You can find kits or sheets of it here: http://www.compacc.com/cat.cfm/cid/1309001/fid/67

Works really well! Just make sure you take a bit of care when putting it on.

Nalian wrote:Regardless of where it picked it up - anyone who has used a magnetic tank bag knows its very very easy to scratch your tank with one unless you're very conscious of what you're doing. If you haven't - you'll have to take other's word for it.

Best thing I've found to do with it is take it from said tank, and put it on something else metal. At work my tank bag sits on the side of my filing cabinet. At home, the side of my fridge.

The other thing I did with my current bike is got some clear 3m material to go over my tank. Keeps the paint job nice underneath and I don't care if the clear stuff gets scratched. You can find kits or sheets of it here: http://www.compacc.com/cat.cfm/cid/1309001/fid/67

Works really well! Just make sure you take a bit of care when putting it on.

Heh, I'm definitely going to get some of that - after I fix my little scratches with some touch up paint.

RhadamYgg

Scratches, meh. Those are just character marks...............

jstark47 wrote:Scratches, meh. Those are just character marks...............

Well, yeah. After all, I'm not looking to turn the bike over as quickly as Brackstone. I'm hoping to get three years out of it since my wife won't let me even drool over new bikes - since I might really want one.

I'm sure... I'll be adding character to more parts of the bike over time.

RhadamYgg

Anything you put on the tank will collect debris under it. I have a 3/4 tank cover on my Ninja 250R and I have to remove it every few days and get the dust and dirt out before it scratches. Car salesmen will tell you what a mess a front cowling will do to a car's paint job and they don't recommend them. Not sure about metal filings on the road, but you can sure collect a whole lot of dust and dirt in everyday riding.

TrueFaith wrote:Anything you put on the tank will collect debris under it. I have a 3/4 tank cover on my Ninja 250R and I have to remove it every few days and get the dust and dirt out before it scratches. Car salesmen will tell you what a mess a front cowling will do to a car's paint job and they don't recommend them. Not sure about metal filings on the road, but you can sure collect a whole lot of dust and dirt in everyday riding.

That tank cover sounds cool. Do you have a link? It might not prevent my problem, but it gives me options. I suspect the turnpike is a very 'dirty' road - and so is NYC.

RhadamYgg

RhadamYgg wrote:I suspect the turnpike is a very 'dirty' road - and so is NYC.

Ya think??

RhadamYgg wrote:

TrueFaith wrote:Anything you put on the tank will collect debris under it. I have a 3/4 tank cover on my Ninja 250R and I have to remove it every few days and get the dust and dirt out before it scratches. Car salesmen will tell you what a mess a front cowling will do to a car's paint job and they don't recommend them. Not sure about metal filings on the road, but you can sure collect a whole lot of dust and dirt in everyday riding.

That tank cover sounds cool. Do you have a link? It might not prevent my problem, but it gives me options. I suspect the turnpike is a very 'dirty' road - and so is NYC.

RhadamYgg

Here you go, my friend. It's made by Targa. Guess it was actually a 1/2 tank cover, not 3/4, but they had both when I ordered. They have a lot of other cool stuff for the 250R.

http://www.targa-acc.com/cgi-bin/produc ... 6&format=3