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What do you keep in your "Glovebox"?

Bluntly

Bluntly

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I was hoping to keep my ray-Bans in it but have visions of burning my nose when I put them on :blush: so apart from a small cloth to wipe my visor and the screen it seems to me that the glovebox is too hot to keep anything in! :blink:

Any suggestions?
 
Registration and proof of insurance.

And, of course, gloves.
 
Rain covers for my boots and gloves.

I'm thinking it should be a rain cover for the speedo sensor instead...

:laugh:
 
Hi Gang

I put my Tom Tom in there when I park up ;)

I do wish it was extra petrol storage though.

How to improve the Stelvio: Fit it with a 25 gallon tank :D




Loftyjohn
 
Fuel list, pen, a soft cloth, keys to my weekend cottage and to my fathers house.
Think the box is to small, hot and wet...
 
I keep :-

Cable Ties - very useful in the event of an off.
Rubber Bands made from old Inner Tubes - you never know?!
Spare Ear Plugs
Aprilia Breadown Cover Documentation - nuff said.
Quite a bit of water - not on purpose!?!
A letter to Moto Guzzi asking why they have wasted this space that could have been far better put to use as an extra 3 or 4 litres of fuel tank!!!

Has anyone found a way to stop the flimsy glovebox cover acting as an 'air scoop' at over 80 mph? I have looked and looked, dismantled it, reassembled it, but it is all so placticky that I cant adjust it to lose that 1/4" movement at speed.

Maybe if I could get a big inner tube of a lorry I could make an uber-rubber band that goes right around the tank????? Hhhmmmm!!!!
 
I've settled on a small towel to wipe my visor :roll:

As the temperature here is often 30C I just cant see anything else (even a pen) surviving in there.

Pity as I thought it was cool and the remote release means they actually thought about it... A bigger tank would have been a better option though, if they could have bumped it 5-6 litres it would have given it a big sales edge on the R1200GS...even though a lot of them don't go further than the nearest shopping mall. :laugh:

Just a thought, perhaps the wet weight would have been against a bigger tank :blink:
 
Bluntly said:
Just a thought, perhaps the wet weight would have been against a bigger tank :blink:
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I would have happily accepted the extra wet weight in order to get a better range!
 
Campagman said:
Anyone tried lining the gloxebox ( i guess on the outside) with self adheshive reflective aluminium tape to limit the heat rise.

I'm thinking it may be good place for my ipod once I get the Autocom fitted.

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=DEI010408
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Heck of a job (for me) :oops: and I wouldn't trust the temp not to cook anything delicate like an iPod even with the heat tape.

:idea: Perhaps we could get one of the after market manufacturers to look in the forums and consider making a big tank, even if only 25% of owners bought one it would pay off...I think :?
 
Since I have loaded the latest ECM fuel map the engine runs that much cooler I can even notice the diffrence in the Glovebox temp. Previously I would not put my mobile phone in there in fear of it being "nuked". Once I put a few dollars in there for fuel stops and they came out crispy. Now even after a long ride on a hot (35C) day its actually ambient temp in there. I cant believe it....seriously, no problem at all and it was a big issue before.
 
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