You think you've seen it all

I rode halfway round Australia with a dog on my motorbike petrol tank in about 1979, equipped with nothing more than a piece of terry toweling tied to the tank for her to grip onto (well more to stop scratches on the paintwork). Seemed to work OK. We had a nice little box on the back for her with a little windscreen and roof, but halfway round the island she refused to get back into it and would only ride on the tank. She did like to wear her little goggles though.

Hopper - don't suppose you have any old photo's of the dog on the tank? Sounds great!

regards Mike (Avid dog-person)

And I thought it was just me that thought that!!!!!!

It's an age thing, think grumpy old men.

You should all stop being grumpy and learn to laugh in the face of adversity.

Remember!, its the grumpy ones that go first.

Cheer up! it may never happen and if it does you can't do anything about it.

I think we should have a natioinal smile a lot day.

That should route out the b**g**s, and we can have them culled, the world is in a bad enough state as it is without you lot adding to the doom and gloom.

Oh! I forgot, It's probably all down to Brexit, everything else seems to be.

I bet they are all remoaners too........

Talk about kicking a hornets nest.........

Sounds like my wife, she divorced me!

Is it illegal in the UK to carry a dog on the tank of a motor bike? I don't know.

British law certainly forbids carrying a person in that way, but dogs aren't persons! (Even if you love Fido dearly and he's a full member of the family.)

It's probably unlawful rather than illegal. Although there's no specific law against carrying dogs on the tank, an unrestrained dog balanced in front of the rider can't be said to be safe and 'Dangerous Driving' is certainly illegal.

The problem is easily fixed. This is foolish:

This is safe:

Cats are far too intelligent to willingly get on a motorbike. Even though they have nine lives!

Dave

This is an oft asked question. Nothing to do with the water going "off" but over time nasties can leach out of the plastic into the water hence the time limitation advisory. Of course you can just ignore it completely. Not sure if there is a date on glass bottled water but who in God's name thinks it's a good idea to sell water in a glass bottle?

Perrier have been doing it since 1898

I think it is illegal to carry any animal in a vehicle where it's unrestrained and can potentially injure itself or others. I think it includes - or should - any situation where the animal is able to exit the vehicle in motion of its own volition - ie. without being released by its keeper in a safe and stationary situation.

You might trust your dog to sit on the fuel tank, but others don't know if it might decide to jump off and cause a pileup, so their concern is legitimate.

How about this one

It's illegal to carry a dog on the tank in the Police State Formerly Known as Australia these days. But it didn't used to be. Now you have to have proper box/cage on the back of the bike etc. I might have some old pics but it will take some digging out.

Found a couple. None of the dog on the tank of my bike on the epic ride, but a couple of us starting out with the dog in the box on the back of my girlfriend's Triumph Bonneville. I'm the one in the background on the Harley. After a couple of weeks on the road, the dog went on strike and refused to get in the box. So she ended up sitting on my lap/tank the rest of the way -- thousands of kilometres.

And one of the dog riding on the Triumph's tank on a weekend ride. (Dog was a corgi-beagle cross. Smart as anything and a real character.)

Edited By Hopper on 02/08/2022 11:06:00

My step son visited the other day with his dog in the car and he had to have a restraint for him(the dog that is) in the form of a lead that clips into a seat belt fixture, when we asked he did state that it is now law

Edited By Derek Lane on 02/08/2022 11:10:56

The world has gone mad.

Has been law for quite some time now. The reasoning is sensible. 1. Dogs jumping about and distracting drivers is not a particularly good idea at the best of times. 2. In an accident, a couple of stone of hound being jettisoned into the back of your head & windscreen is going to do nobody any good.

I've been using one for several years, and the dog soon got used to it - has sufficent slack to move about a bit and seems perfectly comfortable.

regards Mike

Has been law for quite some time now. The reasoning is sensible. 1. Dogs jumping about and distracting drivers is not a particularly good idea at the best of times. 2. In an accident, a couple of stone of hound being jettisoned into the back of your head & windscreen is going to do nobody any good.

I've been using one for several years, and the dog soon got used to it - has sufficent slack to move about a bit and seems perfectly comfortable.

regards Mike

p.s Love the photos Hopper!

Edited By Mike Hurley on 02/08/2022 11:31:14

Mike as I don't own a dog now (ours passed away some time ago and sadly missed) I am not up on the current laws regarding carrying pets in the car or come to think of it kids

I blame the Americans for starting it all.

When saying 'its the law' please mention which country you are in. Even if you said it a few posts ago don't expect anyone to remember......

That advertisement Hopper shows may remind others, not just me, of somewhat similar versions fitted with reins so the the child just outgrown a push-chair could be safely restrained when out walking with Mum.

Don't expect me to remember wearing such things more than two-thirds of a century ago, but if I was glad to be out such encumbrances then, what have I spent the last few decades doing but choosing to wearing vaguely similar harnesses for vertical rope-techniques in caving. (Wearing one-piece fleece romper-suits - under a protective overall - while at it!).

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Restraining an animal by lead or cage while it is being carried in a car has been law in the UK for a while. I don't know about other countries, but would think it likely in European ones.

Was on holiday on the Isle of Wight a few years ago and we were walking through one town, can’t remember which one, and a motor cycle came down the street with a sidecar on it and sitting bolt upright in the sidecar was a dog, complete with leather helmet and goggles, it looked so funny and the dog was obviously enjoying himself, was too engrossed watching to get the phone and take a picture. Dave W

Water is inorganic as it doesn't contain hydrocarbons. If it did, it could be considered to be an organic solution but I wouldn't drink it!

Russell