At some point I ordered again a 0.7l bottle of Irish
Bushmills-Whiskey. The bottle then did not come in the normal card
board roll, but in a nice cover of artificial leather. I immediately
knew what I would do with this cover, if PET-bottles would fit in it
too. So I got a bottle of coke and tried to put it in - it fit, but
the top would not close properly - what a shame. But then I tried it
with a mineral water bottle and it fit perfectly! I quickly ordered a
second bottle of Whiskey (it won't go bad ;-) ) to get a second cover.
A one liter bottle of stainless steel fits as well, but the one
liter-bottle from Globetrotter/Enders unfortunately has only a
capacity of 850ml!
Putting it on the bike was no problem at all. Holding
the cover to the engine guard, marking the positions of the bars and
drilling eight small holes for four zip ties. Put the zip ties trough
the holes and tighten them to the engine guard. Done! It is fixed to
my Africa Twin now for about 20,000 km.
This bottle holder costs about as much as the one from
Touratech, but this one comes with a bottle of good Whiskey ;-)