To be honest motorcycle camping is not something I have done or do a lot off. Tending to use cheep motels if I can.
Most of my motorcycle camping trips. I have had the advantage of riding while my wife who will not come on the bike, Drove.
My Motorcycle gear is non existent. I use my back packing? hiking kit
Canoeing, Kayaking and Backpacking camping trips are something I enjoy.
I have the kit to head of into the bush for a week long camping trip, with a Canoe, Kayak or Backpack.
My policy. Take nothing but pictures leave nothing but footprints. Pack out anything I pack in.
M gear priority is very compact. Comfortable enough.
Tiny folding micro stove, Little pot, plastic spork, plate, I do like my tea so a kettle and nice mug.
One of my favourite items a small hand water filter pump.
I haven't tried water from a hoof print yet even if theoretically ok. I try to stick with. Streams and lakes, It is nice to not have to carry a full days supply of water.
When you have to carry it. You find stuff you don't use you don't take again.
Eg. I carried a several pounds of flour and lard round the Bowron Lakes intending to make bannock. My son and I made one attempt at Bannock. Inedible so I packed it all the way round. Tortillas store bought full of preservatives come in resealable plastic bags. And they roll up tight.
If more than two or three days from a shop. I will take some kind of the compo meals. JIK. it beats starving.
Vacuum packed is much better and can be boiled in pot. and you can make coffee or tea.
Small, light, easy to carry are the feature's I value. To my mind this works for my motorcycle as well.
I don't do enough to justify spending a fortune on high end gear. You can spend a lot. Or not so much.
I get most of my gear from Mountain Equipment Co Op. (MEC) Their in house brand is good quality. Not high end. They do sell high end mountaineering kit.
Some stuff I find "Walmart Sh1t" is good enough. Cheep easy to find and replace. Even their tents are good enough. For car camping anyway.
My go to tent is a 2man MEC basic MEC back packing tent. I have a couple of them I bought about 15 years ago on sale for $125. My sons and I still use them regularly and they are great. 2man really = 1 man unless you are closely related. Even so after our trip round the Bowron Lakes. my younger son did a lot of complaining.
The feature's I like. Apart from small & light enough to carry in a back pack up a mountain.
Very easy to set up in the dark. with a little flashlight.
Very easy to pack up. in the morning.
2 aluminum poles. No need to try and feed through anything.
Just unfold the tent and poles, the poles are on elastic slip together, pop ends into corners of main tent.
Main tent has a series of clips which snap on to ploes afterpoles set up.
waterproof outer shell goes over the top and you pop the rings onto the pole ends. Job done.
I like a full outer layer. JIK
Water proof ground sheet important. as part of inner or main tent. (which means I don't need to pack and carry a ground sheet).
Inner tent. have doors and or window on both sides, with bug nets, for cross ventilation.
I have a selection of newer tents. These are still the best.
Most of the bigger brands are more complicated.
I have an oxford bike cover, If i feel like it, keeps the seat dry. I don't need to put my bike in the tent.
I tried all sorts of pads, over the years, Kids are ok on a basic roll pad, The self inflating ones are slightly better than sleeping on gravel.
I need more comfort. I used to by quite expensive well known brand hiking or climbing air mattress.
They would all fail at some point.
I now just by a Walmart air mattress. They are good for a trip, easy, cheep to replace. They keep me off the ground and I don't feel the gravel.
I kind of regard them as a 1 trip disposable item. Good enough.
In my youth I would blow them up now I use a pump. which does take up valuable space.
I bought myself a luxury item.
A small folding camp chair from MEC you can get them on amazon 50 bucks again a takes a bit of space but comfort wins.
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Sleeping bag. I choose lightweight cycling type. Cheep, compact, light and good enough. 80 dollars on sale at MEC. rated for 10c and above If required wear a sweatshirt.
I have arctic rated sleeping bags. Not to expensive. To big. Take up to much space. I'm not going to Everest Base Camp anyway.
Apart from chair all My gear rolls up or stuffs into a 30ltr dry bag and doesn't weigh much. I found space in my vario or it wouldn't have come. You can see it on the back of my bike.
What I travel with will fit into a small daypack or 1 vario case.
The other Vario has mostly bike Sh1t.
The yellow dry bag all my camping gear.
I do carry a small folding cooler. I did secure it better.
Don't need much space in tent for a lot of my gear.
Food toiletries ect. Never keep in my tent anyway. JIK. Not really bothered about black bear's. Still no point in tempting fate. Racoons though cute still bite, be annoying, will tear your tent to get food.
(I was warned about bear and cubs nearby last time I was camping) Salmon in river.
I do admit.
I preferred sleeping in car in The Yukon and Alaska, (or other Grizzly areas unless in a park with rangers and cache's) even if a tent would have been a lot more comfortable.
![IMG_0521[1].JPG](https://www.ukgser.com/community/data/attachments/440/440811-977a12d9d5f4cbde544214dfa5150d1c.jpg?hash=s34SrkFxvF "IMG_0521[1].JPG")
Most of my motorcycle camping trips. I have had the advantage of riding while my wife who will not come on the bike, Drove.
My Motorcycle gear is non existent. I use my back packing? hiking kit
Canoeing, Kayaking and Backpacking camping trips are something I enjoy.
I have the kit to head of into the bush for a week long camping trip, with a Canoe, Kayak or Backpack.
My policy. Take nothing but pictures leave nothing but footprints. Pack out anything I pack in.
M gear priority is very compact. Comfortable enough.
Tiny folding micro stove, Little pot, plastic spork, plate, I do like my tea so a kettle and nice mug.
One of my favourite items a small hand water filter pump.
I haven't tried water from a hoof print yet even if theoretically ok. I try to stick with. Streams and lakes, It is nice to not have to carry a full days supply of water.
When you have to carry it. You find stuff you don't use you don't take again.
Eg. I carried a several pounds of flour and lard round the Bowron Lakes intending to make bannock. My son and I made one attempt at Bannock. Inedible so I packed it all the way round. Tortillas store bought full of preservatives come in resealable plastic bags. And they roll up tight.
If more than two or three days from a shop. I will take some kind of the compo meals. JIK. it beats starving.
Vacuum packed is much better and can be boiled in pot. and you can make coffee or tea.
Small, light, easy to carry are the feature's I value. To my mind this works for my motorcycle as well.
I don't do enough to justify spending a fortune on high end gear. You can spend a lot. Or not so much.
I get most of my gear from Mountain Equipment Co Op. (MEC) Their in house brand is good quality. Not high end. They do sell high end mountaineering kit.
Some stuff I find "Walmart Sh1t" is good enough. Cheep easy to find and replace. Even their tents are good enough. For car camping anyway.
My go to tent is a 2man MEC basic MEC back packing tent. I have a couple of them I bought about 15 years ago on sale for $125. My sons and I still use them regularly and they are great. 2man really = 1 man unless you are closely related. Even so after our trip round the Bowron Lakes. my younger son did a lot of complaining.
The feature's I like. Apart from small & light enough to carry in a back pack up a mountain.
Very easy to set up in the dark. with a little flashlight.
Very easy to pack up. in the morning.
2 aluminum poles. No need to try and feed through anything.
Just unfold the tent and poles, the poles are on elastic slip together, pop ends into corners of main tent.
Main tent has a series of clips which snap on to ploes afterpoles set up.
waterproof outer shell goes over the top and you pop the rings onto the pole ends. Job done.
I like a full outer layer. JIK
Water proof ground sheet important. as part of inner or main tent. (which means I don't need to pack and carry a ground sheet).
Inner tent. have doors and or window on both sides, with bug nets, for cross ventilation.
I have a selection of newer tents. These are still the best.
Most of the bigger brands are more complicated.
I have an oxford bike cover, If i feel like it, keeps the seat dry. I don't need to put my bike in the tent.
I tried all sorts of pads, over the years, Kids are ok on a basic roll pad, The self inflating ones are slightly better than sleeping on gravel.
I need more comfort. I used to by quite expensive well known brand hiking or climbing air mattress.
They would all fail at some point.
I now just by a Walmart air mattress. They are good for a trip, easy, cheep to replace. They keep me off the ground and I don't feel the gravel.
I kind of regard them as a 1 trip disposable item. Good enough.
In my youth I would blow them up now I use a pump. which does take up valuable space.
I bought myself a luxury item.
A small folding camp chair from MEC you can get them on amazon 50 bucks again a takes a bit of space but comfort wins.
It's in the little blue bag.
Sleeping bag. I choose lightweight cycling type. Cheep, compact, light and good enough. 80 dollars on sale at MEC. rated for 10c and above If required wear a sweatshirt.
I have arctic rated sleeping bags. Not to expensive. To big. Take up to much space. I'm not going to Everest Base Camp anyway.
Apart from chair all My gear rolls up or stuffs into a 30ltr dry bag and doesn't weigh much. I found space in my vario or it wouldn't have come. You can see it on the back of my bike.
What I travel with will fit into a small daypack or 1 vario case.
The other Vario has mostly bike Sh1t.
The yellow dry bag all my camping gear.
I do carry a small folding cooler. I did secure it better.
Don't need much space in tent for a lot of my gear.
Food toiletries ect. Never keep in my tent anyway. JIK. Not really bothered about black bear's. Still no point in tempting fate. Racoons though cute still bite, be annoying, will tear your tent to get food.
(I was warned about bear and cubs nearby last time I was camping) Salmon in river.
I do admit.
I preferred sleeping in car in The Yukon and Alaska, (or other Grizzly areas unless in a park with rangers and cache's) even if a tent would have been a lot more comfortable.
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