motorcycle camping trip
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Don't ask what was in that cigar, and absolutely NO swimming trunks allowed...
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I take one motorcycle camping trip a year and take my thru hike gear with a few extras since its not all strapped on my back. I use a 2-person tent instead of my thru hike 1-person tent with the added room in the tour pak. The MC camp list linked looked like a good start. I always take a water purifier (SteriPen) which wasn't on the list. SJ Ron 
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Check out this site: www.motocampers.com lots of good ideas for bike camping.
I've been camping by bike for many years. Started out pretty basic, small backpacking tent, sleeping bag, foam pad, sterno stove. Over the years I've added stuff, bigger tent, air mattress, backpacking multi-fuel stove, coffee pot.
These days I pull an Aspen fold-out tent camper (king size bed, tons of storage space) with my Roadglide sidecar rig. We do several 2-5 day trips a year, and usually at least one long trip of 2-3 weeks or more. Two years ago we took off for four months/15,000 miles around the country. On long trips we usually split the time between camping, staying with friends/relatives, and a motel room every few days. Here's a couple pics of recent trips.
Camping at San Simeon.
Roughing it - fresh corn, steak and mushrooms
Lime Kiln State Park
I've been camping by bike for many years. Started out pretty basic, small backpacking tent, sleeping bag, foam pad, sterno stove. Over the years I've added stuff, bigger tent, air mattress, backpacking multi-fuel stove, coffee pot.
These days I pull an Aspen fold-out tent camper (king size bed, tons of storage space) with my Roadglide sidecar rig. We do several 2-5 day trips a year, and usually at least one long trip of 2-3 weeks or more. Two years ago we took off for four months/15,000 miles around the country. On long trips we usually split the time between camping, staying with friends/relatives, and a motel room every few days. Here's a couple pics of recent trips.
Camping at San Simeon.
Roughing it - fresh corn, steak and mushrooms
Lime Kiln State Park
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I try to get out camping on the bike once a month, but it's usually more like ever 2-3 months. I keep it simple though.. tent, sleeping bag, knife and something to start a fire. I make sure I have room to carry a case of beer somehow, even if that means taking a backpack just to get the beer from the closest store to wherever I camp. When I get up in the hills, or close to where I think I'll camp, I'll stop and get the beer. I don't cook.. keep a bag of jerky in my coat pocket and stop somewhere mid morning on the road for a biscuit. I'm not in it for the "camping experience" though.. I just want to be out in the world by myself or with a like minded friend, ride all day.. pitch a tent.. get drunk.. pass out.. rinse, repeat.
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If you can be sure of trees, get a Hennessy hammock, a compact 3/4 length pad (just for insulation) and a sleeping bag. Beats the crap out of sleeping on the floor, and takes hardly any weight or space. Cooking kit as required, and I have a Kermit chair that fits in a saddlebag. Made in Tennessee, and worth every penny of its high price, trust me.
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