1992 Honda Goldwing Aspencade 1 up - 5 weeks

[Dusty Boots]

Here's how I pack for my rides during the 'Shoulder Season', where I'll be encountering cooler temps and running through places like Death Valley(115*), to up and over 12,000'+ high mountain passes. For that, I add heated riding gear(jacket liner/gloves and a couple of heavier pieces of clothing, such as a fleece vest and fleece pants. The fleece vest is for around camp and the fleece pants are for wearing under my riding pants and like a PJ bottom for lounge wear 1st thing in the morning to wear for that dash to the washroom. :D


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Typical camp set-up


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This is the 2 man tent I usually pack with me(MEC Wanderer 2 (http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552444177 3191&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302885936))

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More, detailed photos of the tent, can be viewed here. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dusty-boots/sets/72157618562830003/)

During the warmer months, I do packsomewhat 'lighter'

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Dusty

[coolhaven]

I like your setup. i have crusier i use to pack it close to that. just bought a goldwing and looking forward to all the extra packing area....come on spring time...;)

[Dusty Boots]

A lot of people are amazed at what you can pack in them, if you know how to pack right. P^
Before long you'll get the urge to hurry and finish getting your new to you ride finnished, but just take your time and do it right. You have lots of support for that, over at Saunders. ;)

[coolhaven]

The urge to hurry is HERE but i`m doing it right.....Took on a very large project when i started this....first was the goldwing in a millon parts:eek:. pos took the bike completely apart trying to replace what he thought was a bent frame. and when i say completely apart that is no joke...completely filled up a 5x10 trailer and the bed of a 1/2 ton chev. thanks to u guys over at saunders i`ve got it back together and running.. now i`m starting in on the trailer hopefully should have it ready by march......But your right if you plan ahead and do it right you can pack a lot on them. and the more you do it the easy it gets....

[kayakinbiker]

A lot of people are amazed at what you can pack in them, if you know how to pack right. P^
Before long you'll get the urge to hurry and finish getting your new to you ride finnished, but just take your time and do it right. You have lots of support for that, over at Saunders. ;)

You pack well Ken! I won't be bringing my small grill anymore now that I have my grilliput so I can bring more of something else! HAHA!!

[aysrav]

I know these pics were posted months ago, but I for one appreciate them. It's always fun to share notes and see how others do things. The attention that you've paid to detail and your quest to be organized is commendable and applauded. :wow1:

[kdf9511]

I just did my first long haul on my 1500 and I know I could probably pack things a bit better on there. One thing I probably need to change is my Wally World special sleeping bag. It worked fine but seems to take up most of one saddle bag. I think for summer months I may try just using a fleece bag. They are much smaller. The twin size air mattress was also a bit big.

I think I also need to find a bag for the back seat. Looks like you got a lot of stuff in that space witch was empty on mine.

I may have to print these pics out next time I pack up for more than a weekend.

[Dusty Boots]

Seeing as I had a 3 month long tour coming up, I designed myself a new gearbag to fit on the rear seat, which would hold more 'stuff'.

I came across a fella on another forum who does custom sewing using 1000 denier Cordura. I got in contact with him and after a few design revisions I made, I sent him the design and he made me the bag. Wasn't quite as I specified, :rolleyes: but close enough to work with/use.

Here it is in use, with my 4 tarp poles, tent poles and my Kermit Chair, all fitted and secured underneath the bag.


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Here is a link that you can follow my design process, from it's inception, to the final revision. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dusty-boots/sets/72157626430917451/

It was a worthwhile addition to my camping set up. P^

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Dusty

[kdf9511]

I like that seat bag and how you put your chair under it. I'm still carring a full size bag type chair and would love to do somthing like that to get some extra packing room.

[Dusty Boots]

Yes, it's worked out well.
The bag can hold 5431ci/88l/3.14cf of gear, including the pockets. Besides the straps on the bottom, there are a couple of straps/D rings on top, along with 'cargo netting' on the top to hold stuff as well (jacket, bladder, stuff that needs to dry, etc.)
It also has a rain cover that slips over the entire bag and tightens at the bottom, so it keeps everything inside dry.

Dusty

[lytle1gw]

Dusty I like your tarping, nice and tight with no wrinkles. My light weight one is a flying wing design that I just put up for shade, the one I had up at the LBL was 18X30 giving plenty of room for doing anything outside without getting wet. That was except running across road to bathroom. If it real windy I carry some 1/2" bungee cord to tie off to keep strain off of tarp grommets. Hope to see ya out on the road next year, this year just went belly up with having to retire and knee replacement and now brothers cancer so didn,t get to get out but 4 days in april and few here in Oct cause could stay close to home and help brother when needed.

[Dusty Boots]

Thanks for the compliments, Gary.
The taunt tarping comes from years of using them and the use of my knots shown in my knots video


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Dusty Boots's all purpose knots - YouTube


I have all kinds of tarps (too many) but my favorites to bring along MotoCamping is 1, (or 2) of my 9.5' x 13.5' Silicon impregnated tarps (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/3667669503_91ed27d93b_o.jpg)(very compact/lightweight) along with a couple of telescoping, adjustable tarp poles (http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/Tents/LightShelters/PRD~5000-947/mec-adjustable-tarp-pole.jsp) (which now reside under the new Gear Bag with the chair and tent poles) for treeless sites. ;)

Dusty

[lytle1gw]

Very NiceP^

[trapperdick]

I like your tarp too Dusty, it was the first thing that caught my eye after the bike.......P^......TD

[Dusty Boots]

I just did my first long haul on my 1500 and I know I could probably pack things a bit better on there. One thing I probably need to change is my Wally World special sleeping bag. It worked fine but seems to take up most of one saddle bag. I think for summer months I may try just using a fleece bag. They are much smaller. The twin size air mattress was also a bit big.
I think I also need to find a bag for the back seat. Looks like you got a lot of stuff in that space witch was empty on mine.

I may have to print these pics out next time I pack up for more than a weekend.

Kerry, .... this past summer, I just used a fleece sleeping bag liner (http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/5/SportsRec/Camping/SleepingBags/PRDOVR~0760700P/Broadstone+Fleece+Sleeping+Bag%2BLiner.jsp?locale= en) 90% of the time. Just too hot/warm for my - 3*C/25*F 800+ powerfill down Sleeping bag, (http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/SleepingBags/DownMummyBags/PRD~5023-601/mec-merlin-sleeping-bag-3c.jsp)except early on in the CDN Rockies, and at the end of my trip, while riding along the BRP, in later Sept/early Oct. I used it during those times as a quilt, laying it over me in the zipped up fleece sleeping bag liner.
My down bag (in a size small vertical compression sack (http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/granite-gear-air-compression-sack-small-reviews)) squishes down to smaller than a volleyball and the fleece liner measures 14"L x 5"W x 5"H when rolled up and is still somewhat 'malleable' at that size, allowing it to be 'squished' into a suitable spot.

I know the twin size air mattress is comfortable, but with no insulation in them, they suck the heat from your body, are bulky and you have to pack along an air pump to inflate them.
I use an Exped Synmat 9 Pump DLX (http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___91306)for sleeping, as it is insulated, keeping me warmer when it is cool out, packs down small for a 26" x 76" x 3.5" thick pad, that has a built in hand pump. I can inflate it enough for sleeping comfortably on in just over 1 minute. No space wasted on a pump.

I packed my 4 man tent (http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/Tents/3SeasonTents/4Person/PRD~5023-896/mec-wanderer-4-tent-with-vestibule.jsp), custom ground cloth (http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/Tents/TentFootprints/PRD~4017-411/mec-wanderer-4-tent-footprint.jsp)and rainfly with two large vestibules, (sans poles/tent stakes) in a compression sack and it took up 1/3 of my trunk. The tent stakes (http://www.rei.com/product/682543/msr-ground-hog-stake)(24 for tent and 2 tarps) I packed in tent stake bag and packed them in a saddlebag, along with a hatchet. The poles I packed in their pole bag, inside a red custom tarp pole bag I had made for me ($12), along with 2 Kelty Noah's Staff tarp poles (http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___28096)I bought while they were on sale (@$17/each)
That red tent/tarp pole bag, my blue Tarp Pole bag (which holds the two adjustable/telescoping tarp poles) and my Kermit chair fit underneath the custom bag, via a couple of webbing straps and double D-rings, sewn into the bottom of the bag.

All my clothes for the trip I wasn't wearing while riding, fit easily in a saddlebag luggage liner (http://cyclemax.com/inc/sdetail/126/714) (except for my mesh jackets wind/rain liner and my heated jacket liner {also did double duty as insulative wear around camp when cool/cold} which along with my pillow (http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/SleepingBags/StuffSacksPillows/PRD~5023-543/mec-base-camp-pillow.jsp), fleece sleeping bag liner and cartons of cigarettes were in my trunk rack bag) and fit in the other saddlebag, along with the Kermit leg extensions, a 1st Aid Kit a couple half rolls of TP and a hydration bladder cleaning kit (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Outdoor-Products-Hydro-Cleaning-Kit/17017907).

For Clothes, I mainly use synthetics, like nylon convertible hiking pants and shirts/Ts, as they pack much smaller/lighter than jeans (rolled up tightly) and dry much quicker when I wash/rinse them.
I pack a pair of polyester PJ bottoms/tops, to help keep my sleeping bag cleaner (also adds some 'unexpected Class' ;)). I also pack along a toque/Watch Cap, to contain heat loss through the head when cold out. Sleep much warmer with that on.

Hope this is of some help to you and others.

Dusty

[snowclem]

I can attest 1st hand that Ken is natty in his pj's in camp;).

Richard