So far it looks like Joe is winning the "minimalist" movement. When I meet him in North Georgia that was about all he was packing then.... Looking at the loading on some of the bikes here I'd be looking for a hitch and a trailer!
Packed for maximalist camping
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Uh, what does your packing job look like, Herb?
It does look like he has a little body stuffed inside that bag, doesn't it.
OP
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Wow Bob, I hadn't looked at it that way but now that you mention it, it does look like i've bound and mounted a little riding partner back there.
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Marker
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Holly crap, that is a lot of stuff. The guys I camp with think I carry a lot of crap, but most of you guys beat me hands down. I am on the road so can't post a pic, but I have all the camping gear in a ruck sack across the pilon and everything else is in the large panniers and top box. On my last trip I had a small tank bag but threw it away halfway round Cape Bretton Island. I do not cook on my trips anymore. I like my comforts as well.
OP
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Eh, it ain't so much stuff. It looks like this when we move in:
Whoops, here's the best shot of our packing when a Nevada state trooper pulled me over on the "world's loneliest highway."
nuncles
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Hey Herb, glad to see you are doing well. Missing your Shadow any?
Coyote Chris
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Now that you mention it, other than slow speed parking lot instability, I cant really say I have either....but the effect of crosswinds seems to be greater....
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Coyote Chris
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This lady did have some issues with high speed stability. I think it was that metal lunchbox but am not sure.
Herb, the first time I rode across that stretch was in 2001. Five of us were on our way to Klamath Falls, OR, for the Concours Owners Group National Rally. We saw a lot of dust on the south side of the highway and when we got there, a guy on a Valkryie was laying about 70 yards off the road. His buddies were with him and we directed traffic until the NHP got there -- about ten minutes later. Then we went on west. I've ridden 50 about six times now and I nearly always see a NHP near Austin summit.
Did you get a "performance award?"
Nope. I'm a sport tourer guy. I wrote a glowing evaluation of my then new Nt for the Shadow forum and haven't changed my tune since.
And yes, Phil I did get a performance award! You can tell by the far off anxious stance in the photo. I'm waiting while the ticket is being written,and of course my wife has to record the whole thing.
LOL! I swear that my wife enjoyed the one performance award I got when she was with me. The week before, we'd been stopped in the car and the officer wrote a ticket and when I was putting my license back in my wallet, he saw my police chaplain's ID card and backed the ticket out and gave me a warning. I had to listen to Joanne yammer for the next 65 miles about how I deserved a ticket and how she couldn't believe that he'd let me out of it.
I think it was because of my wife that I got away with warnings on two different stops.
When the LEO came up to the window she was laughing and telling me "I told you you were going too fast." I think the LEO's felt sorry for me and gave me a warning instead of a ticket.
When the LEO came up to the window she was laughing and telling me "I told you you were going too fast." I think the LEO's felt sorry for me and gave me a warning instead of a ticket.
I had to get in on this maximilist thread, the pic is on me on my way to the GNCC @ unadilla NY. Tires don't pack well. LOL
About a year ago, I found this:
http://www.go-faster.com/SS100.html
http://www.go-faster.com/SS100.html
Here is how I travel if I am going to camp. I don't do a lot but I will camp for special events.
I prefer to carry this type of gear though/
I understand folks desire to 'camp out' and I'm guessing on long trips it must save a lot of money. The only thing I've done on multiple day trips is to stay at a nice motel/hotel and I can't see that I'm going to change much. I liked your last post as that's about where I'm at.
Terry
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Chuck, at my age and condition I have the same "gear" for my overnights. Yessir, a hot shower, a/c, a hot breakfast, and a queen size bed, now your're talking!