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motorcycle camping
hey i joined this web site last spring, while selling my sportster chopper and looking for a touring harley. i bought a 99 flht, and hotel/motel toured the bike last summer. i did my own stage one , thanks to the help and advice available on this web site. this coming season i want to try camping with the bike, and am looking for advice as to gear, tips, tricks. any one got any?
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Motorcycle camping is the best, these websites assisted me.
http://micapeak.com/checklists/mclist.html
http://motorcyclecamping.org/
http://www.cyclefish.com/motorcycle_camping.php
http://www.bikercamps.com/
http://micapeak.com/checklists/mclist.html
http://motorcyclecamping.org/
http://www.cyclefish.com/motorcycle_camping.php
http://www.bikercamps.com/
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Get a decent tent; and practice setting it up and taking it down a few times at home before you hit the road. (It's a tad bit harder to do in the dark or when it's raining on you).
Get a good sleeping bag; a good air mattress or pad; and one of those miniature pillows that camping stores sell. Second only to your tent keeping you dry, getting a good night's sleep is the most important thing in having a good camping experience.
You'll be inclined to bring along everything you might possibly need. Don't fall for it. Take the very least that you can.
Start out with a short, 1 or 2 day trip.
Enjoy. Motorcycles and camping were made for each other.
Get a good sleeping bag; a good air mattress or pad; and one of those miniature pillows that camping stores sell. Second only to your tent keeping you dry, getting a good night's sleep is the most important thing in having a good camping experience.
You'll be inclined to bring along everything you might possibly need. Don't fall for it. Take the very least that you can.
Start out with a short, 1 or 2 day trip.
Enjoy. Motorcycles and camping were made for each other.
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Hey Scarz, I did a quick search and found a ton of information already posted here on this forum.
Good Luck ...
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/303777-pics-of-your-bike-loaded-up-for-camping.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/303587-camping-advice-for-wife-help.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/303288-bike-camping-instant-tent-you-should-consider.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/302804-advice-on-bike-camping.html
Good Luck ...
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/303777-pics-of-your-bike-loaded-up-for-camping.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/303587-camping-advice-for-wife-help.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/303288-bike-camping-instant-tent-you-should-consider.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/302804-advice-on-bike-camping.html
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motorcycle camping is the very best it gets and I sleep next to my bike so if you mess with it you mess with me.
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CSMHOG, thanks! The trip we're planning will be my first ride and camp trip so any and all information is good.
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I've done it on a Road King and a KTM 640 Adventure. The key is to travel light...Indian Style. You want to think like an ultra light backpacker. Pick up Backpacker magazine at a book store. There hasn't been an issue where I didn't get something out of it. The more you know...the less you need.
For Example: Use a 1 Liter Nalgene water bottle to hold water to drink….store hot water to keep you warm in your sleeping bag on a cool night….or fill ž full with water, then add soap to wash your synthetic clothes. Believe it or not this does work.
Leave anything cotton at home…it sucks up moisture and takes forever to dry. Use synthetics for your clothes. If it can’t be hand washed and dried overnight don’t take it.
Forget about anything that's leather....get riding gear that gives you all-weather/all-purpose protection. None of this stopping to put on rain gear crap.
http://www.aerostich.com/home.php?cat=250
This advice works for non-camping road trips too. Now hit the road and have a great time.
daryl
For Example: Use a 1 Liter Nalgene water bottle to hold water to drink….store hot water to keep you warm in your sleeping bag on a cool night….or fill ž full with water, then add soap to wash your synthetic clothes. Believe it or not this does work.
Leave anything cotton at home…it sucks up moisture and takes forever to dry. Use synthetics for your clothes. If it can’t be hand washed and dried overnight don’t take it.
Forget about anything that's leather....get riding gear that gives you all-weather/all-purpose protection. None of this stopping to put on rain gear crap.
http://www.aerostich.com/home.php?cat=250
This advice works for non-camping road trips too. Now hit the road and have a great time.
daryl
Last edited by dlh62c; Jan 2, 2009 at 12:25 PM.
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