Now onto figuring out how to pack onto a motorcycle so I decided to do some research by reading a couple of books such as Going Small – A Guide to Lightweight Motorcycle Touring by Andrew Pain and Lightweight Camping for Motorcycle Travel by Frazier Douglass even though through the years I have learned how to pack minimally since only having a Toyota Corolla to haul the camping gears and the kids. However, I figured too much information wouldn’t hurt so I goggled and read as much information I could find.
I began laying out the gears that I needed for this trip and here is a picture of everything.
- Tent
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping pad
- Chair
- Tool bag
- Oil
- Funnel
- Chain lube
- Tarp
- 1 jean
- 3 shirts1 pair of Under Armour
- 1 bathing suit
- 5 socks
- 5 underwear
- Towel
- Wash cloth
- 1 pair of rain suit
- 1 winter riding pant
- 1 pair of winter 2 liners for the motorcycle jacket
- 1 pair of hiking boot
- 1 pair of flip flop
- 1 bag of toiletries
- 1 bag of foods for a week
- 1 Jet boil
- 1 camera
It doesn’t seems like a lot in the picture but boy I sure realized how much of the work he did on our honeymoon to prepare for this trip and how he took most the weight onto his bike. I don’t know if you already noticed in the picture that I was missing one key item need for the Overland Expo but I sure clueless until I started packing everything up. Yep, I’m missing the sleeping bag! Oh geez, I had to go back into the garage to find it under the pile of stuff that I tossed around looking for the camping gears. Then unpack and re-pack everything once again!
A Widow's Ride 