Comments on: Motorcycle Camping (From An Old Dog)

By: dany

dany — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:36:55 +0000

Started riding again a couple ofyears ago. Don’t know why i waited so long. We did our first camp trip last fall. It was only an overnighter but was great. Used my backpacking gear. My wife has her own bike so we were liberal with stuff. But the ackpack worked great. Hoping to do more this summer!

By: jim

jim — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:19:30 +0000

I took a few lenghts of 1/2 inch square stainless tubing and made a extension thats bolts on to the luggage rack of my 05 flstc, It is lite weight very sturdy and allows me to carry a few more comforts ,everything you need for two people.i.e.tent ,bags,tarp, small cooler, mess kits,even a camp chair for the wife..Its cheeper than a trailer and works great

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:34:53 +0000

Must have air bed, it made night time rest feel like staying at a hotel!

By: Paul B

Paul B — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:31:44 +0000

Awesome topic. I’ll check out the link you posted. I just wanted to say that I see a lot of folks on a daily basis who pack in dirt-bikes, ATVs, and yes, motorcycles with all their other gear, and head out in an RV. I like the idea of free-wheeling it, but you’ve gotta be pretty dedicated to just have yourself and two wheels out there. That’s a pretty freeing concept.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:49:11 +0000

I would like to add 2 things

I have gone to a coleman 533 stove for my cooking, it is dual fuel and has never burned white gas (coleman fuel), I carry a $3 siphon pump from china-mart to fill it out of my gas tank. This way Im not carrying a pressurized tank of extremely flammable gas on my bike, I dont have to worry about running out of fuel in the middle of cooking dinner, and even with the price of unleaded these days, I feel its the cheapest to use. I was leary of cooking with unleaded but after giving it a try, I have a 2 burner stove and lantern that will also burn unleaded for car camping.

Also, a solar shower is a good thing, at your last stop, fill it with water, strap it to the top of your load and it will be nice and hot for you at the camp site, you can also heat the water on the coleman stove if you like.