I'm not sure what constitutes 'Going and doing one' but this might be it. I dunno though
Anyway, I'm taking a year out to go and travel. I've always wanted to do it and so now I am. It all starts with a couple of months around Europe on the GSA, and then off again elsewhere, again on the bike, but destination to be determined..
I've been getting ready over the past weeks and have got together a fair amount.. just reeling off what I've gotten together, it really is quite a bit. Mind, I have enjoyed doing it though
Here's my list of bits and preparation I've gotten sorted and done in the past weeks..
Wilbers WESA Suspension (from Revs Racing)
Remap (Hilltop)
Full Service (Motoscot)
Oil Cooler Guard (ex Bryn of this parish)
BMW Headlamp Guard
New battery
DS Protection Raid Box (very nice)
2 new Conti Trail Attacks
New Maps for my Zumo 550 installing them on a SD card so they'll all fit on the bleedin' thing.. and some backup maps on another card..
Large Tank Bag (ex Sadjim of this parish)
Additional Power Socket
Nippy N Fuse Box.. Rewiring all to it, shifting the autocom about.. Etc etc
Power Port (ex Popeye of this parish.. they're great)
Audio System
Coutour Roam HD Camera
Couple of Wunderlich adventure bar bags
Spare Number Plate
A new toolkit, Some spare bulbs and a puncture repair kit
… Then camping stuff..
A Hilleberg Nano 2GT Tent (ex Ballistic of this parish)
A sleeping mat from Go Outdoors
A rather nifty Ortleib Bag (never had one, they're nice aren't they?)
Some tie down straps (a kind donation from Fanum of this parish)
A couple of rather nice ROK Straps
Pannier bag liners (from ebay). Only 34 quid for a set and actually suprisingly nice.
Cheap chair from Decathlon (Looks a bit like a surface to air missile strapped to the pannier. My fat arse will probably destroy it in one sitting)
Camping Gaz Stove (99p from Ebay)
Cartridges for said bargain
Some Rock Pegs
A plethora of camping bits and bobs from the Poundshop (Hey, big spender..)
A Pacsafe Cable lock
.. Then some other stuff..
A spare laptop battery
A laptop ciggy lighter from ebay (cheap, small, nifty)
Spare phone batteries
Spare camera batteries
Additional Toshiba HDD (as the video files from said contour roam will be mahoosive)
A cheap-but-very-useful travel charger
A USB and cigarette lighter multi adapter
Then for me kit..
Shiny New boots
Rukka Xtrafit gloves.
And then all for all the documents..
E111 Card, Travel Insurance, International Driving Permit, Green Cards, a new insurance policy (my old one runs out mid-trip how's that for luck?), maps, a lonely planet Eastern Europe book..
Nearly ready. Counting down the days until Friday week
Anyway, I'm taking a year out to go and travel. I've always wanted to do it and so now I am. It all starts with a couple of months around Europe on the GSA, and then off again elsewhere, again on the bike, but destination to be determined..
I've been getting ready over the past weeks and have got together a fair amount.. just reeling off what I've gotten together, it really is quite a bit. Mind, I have enjoyed doing it though
Here's my list of bits and preparation I've gotten sorted and done in the past weeks..
Wilbers WESA Suspension (from Revs Racing)
Remap (Hilltop)
Full Service (Motoscot)
Oil Cooler Guard (ex Bryn of this parish)
BMW Headlamp Guard
New battery
DS Protection Raid Box (very nice)
2 new Conti Trail Attacks
New Maps for my Zumo 550 installing them on a SD card so they'll all fit on the bleedin' thing.. and some backup maps on another card..
Large Tank Bag (ex Sadjim of this parish)
Additional Power Socket
Nippy N Fuse Box.. Rewiring all to it, shifting the autocom about.. Etc etc
Power Port (ex Popeye of this parish.. they're great)
Audio System
Coutour Roam HD Camera
Couple of Wunderlich adventure bar bags
Spare Number Plate
A new toolkit, Some spare bulbs and a puncture repair kit
… Then camping stuff..
A Hilleberg Nano 2GT Tent (ex Ballistic of this parish)
A sleeping mat from Go Outdoors
A rather nifty Ortleib Bag (never had one, they're nice aren't they?)
Some tie down straps (a kind donation from Fanum of this parish)
A couple of rather nice ROK Straps
Pannier bag liners (from ebay). Only 34 quid for a set and actually suprisingly nice.
Cheap chair from Decathlon (Looks a bit like a surface to air missile strapped to the pannier. My fat arse will probably destroy it in one sitting)
Camping Gaz Stove (99p from Ebay)
Cartridges for said bargain
Some Rock Pegs
A plethora of camping bits and bobs from the Poundshop (Hey, big spender..)
A Pacsafe Cable lock
.. Then some other stuff..
A spare laptop battery
A laptop ciggy lighter from ebay (cheap, small, nifty)
Spare phone batteries
Spare camera batteries
Additional Toshiba HDD (as the video files from said contour roam will be mahoosive)
A cheap-but-very-useful travel charger
A USB and cigarette lighter multi adapter
Then for me kit..
Shiny New boots
Rukka Xtrafit gloves.
And then all for all the documents..
E111 Card, Travel Insurance, International Driving Permit, Green Cards, a new insurance policy (my old one runs out mid-trip how's that for luck?), maps, a lonely planet Eastern Europe book..
Nearly ready. Counting down the days until Friday week