From:	Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:	Re: Harleys and Pumpguns
Date:	Wed, 6 May 1998 01:46:54 +0100

In article <199805050929.LAA15942@*****.xs4all.nl>, Gurth
<gurth@******.NL> waffled & burbled about Harleys and Pumpguns
>Fred Stoessel said on 11:35/ 4 May 98...
>
>> Hoi. I just read the last entry and now have question concerning bikes.
>> A player in my party is driving a harley scorpion. Now he wants to
>> transport his deck or his assault shotgun under the seat. Is this
>> possible?
>
>IMHO a cyberdeck could fit under a motorcycle seat, if there's a
>reasonable storage space there (like when it says "1 CF underseat" in the
>RBB), after all it's about the size of a modern keyboard. I'd say no to a
>shotgun; a small SMG could fit, but larger ones would be difficult I
>think, let alone rifle-sized weapons.

The primary problem with under seat storage on a bike is that this tends
to be where some rather important components hide. Such as air filter,
carburettors, battery, electrics, fuse box, and other rather essential
items. Part of the fuel tank also feeds down under the front of the
seat and secures to the frame on the majority of bikes. On top of this
there's normally a taped and clamped wiring loom to contend with and
this is a fairly chunky piece of wrapped cabling. Plus breather tubes
for the battery and fuel tank. Bike storage is usually reserved for
panniers and tank bags. It is possible to get a disassembled smg into
the boot compartment (under tail fairing) of some bikes, but this is
usually an essential storage area for spare fuses, wiring, tools, wet
gear, grease, oil and the myriad of other components that help bikes
continue running.

This is from personal experience as rider of some 17 years now, and
although storage is better on the newer bikes, it is still savagely
limited.

IMO of course.
--
Avenger