At 11:08 AM 26/05/2008, Mat Maessen wrote: >On 5/25/08, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tomorrow I start working out how/what to pack on the motorcycle. I just > > bought myself a new sleeping bag that will pack much smaller than the > > one I've used in past years (and it's also not a sub-arctic temperature > > rated bag, either, so I hope I won't cook in it when the temperature > > goes above 40 F). Even with hard bags, a tank bag and a load of stuff > > strapped on the seat, it's going to be a real trick getting everything I > > need on the bike. It'll be interesting to see how it works out... > >Bungees are your friends. :-) > >Actually nylon straps are safer and work better if you need to strap >stuff to the pillion seat. The small sleeping bag, and a tent that >packs down small, will help. If you treat it like a backpacking trip, >and pack similarly, you should be fine. A medium-sized kayaking >drybag should fit nicely across the pillion seat, and will hold an >awful lot of compressible goods, like your sleeping bag and clothes. > >I used a small nylon drybag (Chase Harper) to pack the laptop and >other moisture-sensitive stuff inside the topcase. The camera/lenses >lived in a camera bag also inside the locked topcase. If you have a >problem with water leaks in the luggage, line them with kitchen-sized >trash bags. Throw an extra folded-up bag in the bottom of each case as >a spare.
...or take a car. Cheers, Dave :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
