Packing For Motorcycle Trip! EVERYTHING We Pack!

Since the Heading South tour we realized there's a few more bits of equipment that we'd like to add to the bike So we're here at Touratech Ebicon in Switzerland. I'm going to see what they've got, what equipment we can add to the bike Right, it's time to do some shopping. Sean's favorite type of shopping. What have you found? Yeah, well, we're thinking of taking a tank bag for this trip It's going to be good to put the camera in so we don't have to keep getting off the bike every time we want to take a photo Fully waterproof and got a pouch there for the map in the front if you want to be old-school Which I think we will for this trip. We might stick a map on there. It's nice to see that Well, yeah, this one looks like a good option. I think yeah, that looks really good. I think that is expandable as well So if you want to put like I know a jumper or a coat in there we can yeah I definitely think we'll put the camera and the drone in and probably maybe some water as well This one is designed for the 1250. It's shaped just right for the tank So yeah, I think we'll be taking this one with us on the trip What else do we need? I think we said we wanted to put some radiator protectors Yeah, radiator protectors, and I think we want to raise the handlebars as well. Yeah, that's right I think we met someone on the heading south trip who said that he had had a stone hit his radiator And that was it was actually game over then so he had to have them replaced Which made me think it's a good idea to replace them. So I think they've got some here We've got everything in the shop, it's great Yeah, so yeah, they're just gonna stop any stones or anything from maybe puncturing the radiators Which would be yeah, as I say, that'll be game over. Yeah be a nightmare Let's put them on today, I think yeah, we'll put them on I think as well They're gonna look awesome on shadow because it's black as well. So aesthetically It's not really a difficult decision with the color. No, I think we said the handlebar raises as well But we weren't sure about like the height because Touratech has different options Yeah, a friend of ours recommended that we get the 40 millimeter That's the 25 millimeter ones. Okay. Yep. So we're gonna take the 40 millimeter raises It's supposed to be a lot more comfortable as well when you're on the motorway Also, if you're quite tall and you need to stand up then it makes your arm position a lot more comfy So yeah, radiator covers handlebar raisers and a tank bag and maybe we have a little look for some clothes as well Yeah, because I'm quite concerned about the cold on this trip. I'm a little bit concerned I've looked at the weather and it says it's gonna be like a 9 to 10 degrees at the top So I think we're gonna need some thermals for underneath the suit just as like a protection just as like a Maybe we need them and maybe to sleep in it to sleep in Yeah Let's go check those out now We all know how I feel about packing cubes and packing systems And we already have these these are the tour tech liners that I used on the heading south tour And we're going to be using on the heading north tour as well So we've already got these which is awesome and they also have um ones that line the lid as well Which i've not seen before but maybe are a cool addition I don't think we need them this time though, but that is quite a cool option. And we also have over on this side the Rack packs that we already have we have this one the waterproof one. We have the size small which is perfect for us For this trip, so we're going to be taking those as well And I think we now just need to go into the garage and get all the parts fitted The good thing about the tour tech shop here in epicon is they have an on-site workshop So you can actually have all of the parts fitted while you wait So shadow's here on the lift and he's getting his radiator protectors installed there And also the handlebar raisers, so they'll be ready to go We're gonna have a little look around the shop once more while that's being done. Maybe grab a coffee The headlight guard we fitted last time and I think when people get a new bike This is the first thing they put on is a headlight guard But I think it's overlooked by a lot of people is to protect the radiators I think they're even more important because if your radiator gets damaged then you can't ride anymore So they look great and we can have peace of mind that we're not going to get any damage there The bike is ready. The parts have been fitted while we waited and I think the radiator guards look awesome They're fully black which match the triple black bike and they should really offer some decent protection for the radiators The other thing we had fitted was the handlebar raisers We've gone for the 40 mil raisers here Which is going to make it a lot more comfortable for those long motorway slogs And also a lot better when you're standing up on the pegs if you've got long arms The other thing we had fitted Was the fuel canister at the back which clips onto these cases the cases come with the studs already for you So you can put the plate straight on and it's also lockable as well. So it won't be stolen very easily We've got the 5 litre canister here, which we might actually for this trip use for fresh water Which we'll use when we're cooking and we should have enough there for a full meal cups of teas and even coffee in the morning We're going to head back on the road now head home and continue our research for the trip We've come to Zurich today to have a little look at some new products that we've seen that are going to Maybe save a little bit of weight and a little bit of space in the bike So we're going to have a little look at them in the shop to see what they're actually looking like Yeah, that's the plan for this week we've kind of we're four weeks out from the tour So it's kind of like preparation of grabbing a few products that we need and or changing a few things out that we Saw on the last tour that we might need to change. So that's the plan for this week So we're going to go to Transo which is a store here In Zurich they have an outlet and a main store and then maybe we'll go to another outlet a little bit later Yeah, it's all very well seeing the products on the internet, but until you actually see them Sometimes they're a lot different than they appear But yeah, hopefully the ones that we've got are iron will be just the job One of the things we found on our last trip was with our stove sometimes when we had uneven ground It wasn't sitting very flat. So the pan was slowly sliding off now Primus do sell this little paw here which clips to the bottom. So just come to have a look at it See if it's any good but pretty much Clips into each of the legs eventually That's pretty good. That looks good And it's super light as well, right? It's titanium. Yeah, it's titanium stable little base It's around 50 euros. So it's pretty steep, but I don't think there's many other alternatives So today i'm looking into the route now There's loads of different softwares and applications that you can use like base camp and loads of other ones I prefer to use google maps because I really like being able to look into the points of interest and also cities that we want To see while planning like the best roads and the best routes So I thought I'd show you all how i've done it for the heading north tour So what I like to do is start off with a blank map So you just create this in google maps and then I pick a country so we can start with maybe like estonia latvia and lithuania And I research I go into google google maps also like books and other blogs to be able to find the best roads the best castles the best museums everything that we want to see in the country and then I start to build the map out and I do this by Um adding pins. So this is kind of what estonia latvia and lithuania will look like And and as you can see all of the pins are have have different icons And this is a really cool feature that google maps has so if you click the little Bucket here, you can change the color and also add loads of different icons to explain what The pin actually is without you having to like google it or research the name because sometimes They can have really obscure names and you're like, why have I pinned that this helps with that So the next thing that I do is I start to connect the dots to form the route and this is really cool So you can click here in the top corner. It says add directions and that creates another layer So this is the baltics route one layer that i've created And you can add in all of the pins and all of the stops and you can drag so I can drag the Route to different roads that I might want to take and then I use google street view to see which one is the best road for us to be able to do and I just keep building out the map, so Let's look into finland So if we add in all of the maps the pins that i've done for finland and a little bit into norway And then sean also have access to this map, which I think is a great feature of google maps You can just keep adding pins and sean can keep adding pins and then eventually your map Will look like this with hundreds of pins on and then you can connect the dots And your route starts to form And you have your loop and I think this is so cool because you can also have this on your phone So when you're out on tour And you've been spontaneous and you're like I want to take that road Then you can pull it up on your phone And you can see all of the points of interest that you've pinned that are near the location And then take your own route or your own diversion there. We love this feature. It's So handy the other thing that's really cool about google maps is Sometimes it can be frustrating. You can only add a certain amount of layers. I think it's 10 to your google maps So if you want to plan an off-road route, sometimes it can be a little bit tricky However, you can so let's like take this pin. I've pinned a town here You can click on the little edit button and you can add a description and you can say like must See city or something um, and then you can even like save it and then when you click on to the The pin it will come up with like must see city or photo spot or turn left here and take gravel track or whatever you want And this feature I think is absolutely fantastic. You can also add I haven't done it on this map, but you can also add like lines to the map So let's say if you want to take a train route or whatever and you can name the line in that way You can even add images and videos to it Which it does have a lot of features once you know how to use it using it can sometimes be a little bit difficult Um, but this is how sean and I use it So all of our maps that we make we make one basically for every single tour are stored on our website So you guys can use them as well as a link in the description But basically that's how I plan a route Welcome to our kitchen. This is not somewhere you normally see on our vlogs because we're normally out and traveling But when we're not we're here in switzerland in our little apartment And today I want to talk to you guys about health as I feel It's really something that's not talked enough about especially when it comes to pre-travel or pre-tour preparations You really need to be mentally and physically at your best to be able to do them Especially when you're long-term touring So I want to talk to you guys today about a few things that sean and I like to do before we head on a tour So today i'm actually drinking one of my favorite drinks. It is chloro fresh This is the bottle that we get um, and it's just a basically a liquid. Well, they call it a liquid internal deodorant But it's full of greens and nutrients So I take one of these in the morning and I also i'm making one of my favorite drinks Even though I sometimes make it a little bit too strong. So we've got lemon carrot ginger And also turmeric so I put all of these in a juicer and make a big juice for sean and I To have every morning just a shot of that and it really boosts our nutrients for the day So the other thing I really like to do is make a healthy evening meal So this can be anything from pasta. It can also be tofu scramble on toast Maybe that could be a breakfast for us that I would do I also like to make things with rice and tofu and we also include a lot of chickpeas beans and lentils Basically, we're really keeping our protein high and our processed food to a minimum And that's something that keeps us in tip-top shape before we head on a tour So the other thing that I like to do is make sure that we're prepared for our return as well. So I will Basically go to the supermarket and whatever is on offer And in the vegetable section I will buy Maybe more than I actually need for the week and then I will freeze them And all pre-chopped into a freezer bag So as soon as we get home from tour and we're really hungry because we've normally had a super long day I can just go straight to the freezer grab out my bag of vegetables Stick it on the frying pan add some pasta or some rice and we've got a really great meal and that saves us calling A takeaway or having to go out for food. So this is our Saga juicer, which actually has a 1.8 horsepower Little motor inside of it. So we're gonna do some juicing now I'm gonna start off with the carrots So carrot juice is juiced and the next one i'm going to do is pineapple So I always make one like nice juice So with carrot and some fruit and then I also make like a really potent shot and that's with the turmeric Ginger and lemon juice. Okay. So here is the juice I'm going to blend this one up now and then make our powerful shot with the ginger and the turmeric The concentration when I pour Okay, the power shot is now done It's going to be careful with that because the turmeric as I say is so potent So we have it in here So now i'm going to put this in another glass bottle and i'll have a shot now and i'll make sure and have a shot And then we'll have that for the rest of the week The other day em and I worked on the bike a little bit We wanted to add a few extra power sockets to the bike as i'm going to be taking a heated vest with me this time So em's got a heated vest as well. So we needed two power points for that Also, I want to put a usb-c on the back so em can charge her phone while she's navigating So I went with the optimate usb-c port which is really good because If you accidentally leave something connected to the battery and the battery gets below a certain voltage It will kill the power to that one as a bit of a fail safe for me I added just a standard socket here. This one is hooked up directly to the battery So I need to make sure that one doesn't stay connected after the the engine off the bike is switched off But as is for the heated vest I won't be sitting on the bike for a long period of time Anyway with the engine turned off so it shouldn't be a problem So we've got the oem socket the new socket em's usb-c charger at the back and the oem usb socket at the front So that should be plenty power outlets for this trip We are packing for the heading north tour But all our packing is basically the same no matter which big tour we do Perhaps we have a few extra coats or a few more shorts depending on the weather But i'm going to take you through what we pack in the exhaust size pannier and it's mainly clothes So i'm going to take you through that and i'm going to go and get the camping stuff ready All right, let's get straight into it So like sean said exhaust side pannier 38 liters and we're going to go straight in with our cosmetics bag That's the first thing I put in inside here really boring just got shampoo conditioner, etc. And that goes straight in the pannier Next thing to go in we use the eagle creek packing cues. We've used these on every tour I think and inside this one we have um, all of sean's clothes So two shirts a couple of pairs of pants all of his thermals and t-shirts and uh, yeah hats and gloves Whatever else you might need on tour So this one basically just lines The bottom of the pannier and you can kind of squish it in because it's closed The next thing to go in. This is our smaller eagle creek packet cubes These we have three of I actually have two sean has one and these are underwear socks Etc and just personal items. So these go on the next level You'll see that you still have a little bit of room and that Goes in our second cosmetics bag, which is basically my makeup bag and that goes next to the three packing cubes So I would really recommend if you're looking for packing cubes or cosmetics bags for long-term touring try and get ones that are square and not Cylinder shape because it makes packing a lot easier. The next thing that goes in is our laptop I like to sandwich this between two clothes bags just to help with the vibration The final thing to go in is my packing cube this has Um jumpers jeans dresses whatever else that I might need this goes directly on the top The next thing to go in and final is our hairdryer travel hairdryer No, it's not a necessity, but it is really helpful, especially when you have long hair like me and this goes directly at the front So the last thing to go in is another small eagle creek packing cube with my dresses in but first I just Zip up the tour attack bag liner It has a bit of velcro on the front, which is great, too And then I add this onto the back and this just lives in the lid basically sean Can you come in and put the lid on for us? You're ready to go? We're ready, I think All right, we're not putting uh, waterproof lines in because we trust these panniers. They've been 100 waterproof so far Yeah, we've had hail on these and they've been absolutely perfect hail and storms So this one is ready to go on the bike ready to go. Now. We need to do the camping pannier Yeah, the important one. It's time to pack the camping pannier and equipment. This is is this the fun one em This is the fun pannier. It's 45 liters. So it is a little bit bigger than the exhaust side that we have This is all our really important equipment So we've got our tent our sleeping bag all our cooking equipment and our first aid kit as well Is all going to go in this one? So this is very functional equipment. Yeah, which we'll be accessing every day Yeah, and if we're not camping we don't actually have to open this pannier if we're just in a hotel Which is the other good thing as well. We start with the tent. Yep. First of all, we've put in our liner It's uh 45 liters here And the first one is the hubba hubba tent from msr This is we found the lightest and most compact tent we can find and also the poles are exactly the same length as the pannier So it packs really well, so there's also other stuff in that as well. Oh, yeah, it is I've rolled in our double sleeping mat as well and the footprint and the footprint as well All in one packet because last time we had them separate and it took up a lot more room So we've actually really improved on that So that like gets squished into the bottom Kind of a similar technique to the clothes pannier where you put your soft stuff at the bottom Then the next is our sleeping bag Yeah, these are two thermalite down sleeping bags. We've put them in a sea to summit and waterproof Liner, is it? Yeah sack for dry sack, isn't it? But mainly just to get rid of the oxygen and you can really squeeze out most of the air in here Which makes it a lot easier to pack. Yeah, we also have the two pillows as well from thermarest. They're inside there And they all get squished down As an added bonus if it starts raining while you're getting your gear out at least, you know Your sleeping bags are going to stay nice and dry. Yeah till the last moment What's next em next thing? I think we will go in with these guys next. These are the sea to summit reactor These are a new thing for this trip because we are concerned about the cold. I am concerned about the cold So we've got some liners for the sleeping bags. Apparently they add an extra eight degrees Onto your sleeping bag like for the warm. That's really good Remember in portugal or spain not so long ago it dropped to minus two in the night And it was pretty much our limit of how cold we want to be So weather can be changeable, especially in the north cap where we're heading next So I think these are a little good idea and they're quite light too. So i'm gonna put them in These go at the front do these stand up right down? Yeah, they stand up there Okay, the next thing to go in is our pan set So we put it into a sea to summit dry sack again just to have like a mess bag really So if we're on the road and we cook and there's no access to water We can still dump everything in there Even if it's a bit dirty and nothing else in the bag gets contaminated Yeah, I think also we have our drinking mugs in here as well drinking mugs So our whole kit that we need is all in one packet. Where does that go? That goes to the side here Standing upright Okay, well, so what's next then we have our primus Stove the ti. Oh, yep. This one runs off a multi fuel so you can actually burn petrol in here We personally use the primus Fuel because it burns a lot cleaner. We want to keep the stove in as good a condition as possible Next to that is this small little bag. It's got our two towels in two headlights from biolite a tent light from biolite And also our pneumatador picnic blanket for having when we camp that one goes next to that So that one we can quickly throw in the tent once the tent's up and then we can get all our bits and bobs out That we need later Then we have our first aid kit so We actually got this from xbed like the dry sack for it, which I think is really cool Yeah, we've got some extra mosquito cream in there because it tends to get bitten quite a lot And I think in norway, there's going to be a fair few mosquitoes out We also always carry eye wash as well In that for a bike trip. The next thing to go in is my favorite pouch It's kind of got all of our little camping accessories in it including our coffee pot and coffee grinder Which is essential to us might not be essential to everybody And we also have our um, it's the footprint, isn't it? Yeah, that's the new footprint It goes on the bottom of the stove and if you're on an uneven surface, it helps to level it out a bit It's also titanium. I think it weighs less than 100. It's like 50 grams or something And it has a bit of wind protection as well. So that's new for this trip yeah, we also have our wash two titanium sporks a citronella candle and Some playing cards and we also have a new windshield as well Ah, yeah, it's a little bit more compact. I think half as heavy as the last one But we'll show you that when we're on the road. So just go in there that just goes in there And then the last two things to go in are our patagonia down jackets We've used these for like five years and we love them. Um, they literally saved me when it was minus two in the tent Yeah, they're really good. So again another layer we can possibly put on if it gets super cold But I don't think we'll need them at night. We can also put them under the bike jacket as well Yeah a handy very compact warm jacket to have And also if you put these in last or your clothes or this type of thing in last it makes it easier to be able to Mold it around because it's fabric. We also still have quite a bit of room in that So in the lid, we also will put in our waterproofs. Um that go in the top And then we're done basically, yeah Again, all waterproof in here. So nothing to worry about in this one It's one little thing on this pannier as I'll show you in a minute is it has the studs here to carry some auxiliary fuel So we've saved a little bit of space in here this time because we've got a fuel canister That's going to go on the outside so we don't have to keep fuel inside this time So here is the fuel canister that we got from torotec It's a three liter can and normally people carry extra fuel for their bike But as our bike can carry 30 liters of fuel in the tank, I don't think we'll need the extra fuel on this trip So we've got three liters of the stove fuel in here, which should do us for most of our trip We don't want to be searching for that while we're out and about but as a backup it can run on petrol as well So this should just clip onto here There we go straight on and the good little feature is when you actually Lock the pannier This can't be removed. So the only way someone could take this is to take all the straps off But I might even put a little cable tie on there so it can't be removed Yeah, so that's now we're talking about more of the bike external storage. We also take these two torotec um bags that go on the frame and inside each one is so this one has our Like our rucksack in that we want to take out for the cities And also a chain for the helmet and the one that you have has all of the fun bike equipment in it We got high vis vest in case we break down Not that we're gonna break down or if it gets really dark and rainy, maybe we'll pop them on I brought some jump leads just in case i've met a few people that needed some help I wasn't able to help them last time so I popped them in and also a little siphon here Which you can either take or share fuel So these are things that we probably aren't going to need there's also a puncture repair kit in there But it's handy to have them accessible So they'll stay on the front of the bike on the crash bars The other thing that we are taking this time is a tank bag. This one is from torotec as well We aren't storing anything inside of this This is going to be for our camera, but we don't want to rely on it for storage because it's not lockable storage So we're going to keep everything in our top box But when we're riding through and we see a moose or you see something you don't have to jump off the bike Unlock the pannier there's going to be the camera will be stored in this and it's also got a nice feature Which I like which we put the map of norway On the top there and it also has a waterproof pouch in here so we can charge things While we're on the go and don't have to rely on like stopping at a cafe to charge gopro batteries This is from the torotec waterproof range and the entire tank bag is 100% waterproof So i'm going to run a cable From the usb port on the front of the bike Into here and that way we can actually charge the drone up all of the gopro batteries on the go as well As em said it's not the highest of security level So we won't be keeping anything in here that we well, we wouldn't be too disappointed I think if you pack all your panniers and then any of the external storage you can just you know Put in your water or your snacks when you're on the way So it's a good thing we're keeping empty and then we make sure that everything that we want is lockable storage As we mentioned before on top of the panniers. We have these rack packs These are from torotec and again, very simple 100% waterproof Just roll them over and clip them and they can be made as big or as small as you need and these are for Auxiliary items really yeah, and we attach these with the rock straps, right? Yeah, that's right We have four of these rock straps They're elasticated the simple clips you just clip them onto any metal part and also the panniers and yeah They're easy to get on and off. So yeah, so we keep one of them basically empty So this is for water and our waterproofs because we take the companero traveler suit Which is basically two suits you a summer suit and then a waterproof layer So when we don't need the waterproof layer, it lives in there And then the second one has shoes and food in it. So we actually grab these from tropic feel These are ultra light waterproof. Um water It's not waterproof. Are they dry? Really quickly water can pass through them Yeah, you can go into so we've both got a pair of these and they actually weigh 250 grams per shoe which is super light and then we have a Sea to summit bag with our dry food in we like to take pea protein and also Pasta, which is lentil which you guys saw on the last trip, but we always take at least five to seven days Would you say yeah, we have five we try not to eat this in the first five days So we see what we can get on the road and if we can't find anything for a few days At least we know we've always got something because there's nothing worse than finding the perfect location And then realizing you haven't got any supplies with you because it defeats the object of the freedom So yeah, that's those two and we'll strap those onto the panniers finally the top box now This is something maybe the average person won't have the same amount of equipment that we're taking Obviously we're documenting it and recording it So we have a lot of equipment for a gopro equipment a drone and our camera these take up a lot of space And are quite heavy, but it's an essential for what we do So first thing we have are two gopro boxes These lay in the bottom and they are full of all of our little bits of gopro bobs, aren't they? Basically all the attachments also in here. We have the hard drives which we will use to back up everything each night So we've got a fail safe in case we lose or anything gets damaged Go there. The next thing is our drone. So it comes in its own little box, which is good and we're taking the dgi Mini 3 pro 3 pro. This is the smallest and best quality drone. I think you can find it for that size. It is tiny Next on the bottom goes my handbag. So I take the um uh pack safe Little women's bag and inside i've got like sunglasses and a few little things my wallet in And this one also lies on the bottom So it's easy for me to grab when we get to a city and we have somewhere safe to store Yeah, a few nice features about m's bag is it's lined with metal the straps have got metal in it So you can't cut them. You can't snatch it. You can unclip it and you can loop it around chairs and tables It's awesome. Really cool little bag Next thing to go in is our camera bag, which also has a lot of other things inside of it as well Camera chargers a few cables and stuff, but everything that we need We're only traveling with the one lens keeps things a little bit smaller Okay, next thing to go in is another is this gopro bits as well, yeah These are gopro bits that I might actually need on the road as a quick grab Okay, so I think actually this one goes in first. This one is again is wires, isn't it? Yeah, that's charging wires Yeah, basically just wires and an auxiliary battery power pack Yeah, and I also forgot to mention that these bags are c to summit the new hydraulic range And they are really lightweight that one weighs 36 grams. That's pretty good, isn't it? We found some of our bags. We're coming up to like 100 grams per bag So we've definitely cut down a little bit on the amount of bags that we do take This is always basically out with us this bag This is an eagle creek packing cube and it has our microphones in it So this one is always with us, but it's um, it also lives in the top box That needs to stay handy because we change from our helmet microphones to a standard microphone when we're off the bike So keep that one relatively handy. Next thing to go in is the life venture umbrella. It's norway. It's gonna rain Yeah, quite actually important if you want to take photos in the rain You can still get fantastic images, but you don't want your camera getting rained on So a simple thing as an umbrella can be really good. Sometimes it's just nice to get out of the rain to think sometimes Throw that in easy accessible and then we have our travel wallet, which is also by pacsafe. It's r.i.e Proof and proofed and it's also great because for us it holds two passports a lot of passport holders only hold one So it's really nice that one also goes in there all the cards quite safe Yeah, something to grab as well every time you leave the bike Yeah, i'll just always grab this put it in the rucksack So make sure you always have your documents with you all times Then the last thing that goes into well one of the last thing that goes into the top box is our well my wife That's your bag It's got wipes and tissues camera lens cleaner Um hand sanitizer also earplugs just basically everything you might need for Like in a quick dash, you just want to grab like a tissue or a wipe So this lives in the top box as well And my final new addition for this trip because after the last video you guys had some comments about my hot water bottle And one of you actually messaged and messaged me about these nagalene water bottles that are often used for through hiking You can actually put boiling water in these that's quite impressive and you don't get any taste in the water. You don't get any taste. So That's going to go in the bottom of my sleeping bag in replacement of a hot water bottle on the freezing cold nights And it can also use and double up as a water bottle for in the day That one goes in there and we are done with room may I add yeah Room for the tripod which we're currently using at the moment, but our tripod will also just fit in there nicely Also got em's mirror there Yes And also we have the peak design a little foldable tote that i've hooked on with a carabiner just so when you want to like Nip out and grab your food shopping that's straight there and then you can uh, just grab that and it's done Yeah, and that is ready to go And that means that we are ready to go. That means we're ready to go Yeah, some people do put an additional bag on top of their top box, but we've got no need for that But you do have the fixation points there. Yeah Yeah for us, I think we have ample room and we also have one of the dry bags from tour The rack packs from tour tech is empty. So we have ample room for whatever and this is the most amount of clothes It's a cold trip. So we have thermals and hats and gloves that we didn't we wouldn't normally be taking on a summer trip So this is us kind of jam-packed yeah and other trips where we're not camping as well We have absolutely loads of room On the back of em's pannier is this lovely soft pad there that keeps your back in good condition, isn't it? Yeah, it's really helped me this pad before we had on the old 1200 It wasn't so thick and I definitely noticed a big difference when we switched to the tour tech pad So the last trip we did a lot of people asked how much all of our luggage weighed So today we're going to do the big weigh-in. Yeah for complete transparency. We want to show you exactly how much we take So we'll start with the exhaust side pannier What are we weighing in a little bit temperamental, okay I'm guessing around 15 This one is 16 and a half kilograms And then we have the top box That all of our camera equipment is which we know is heavy This one is 14 14, okay, and then this one finally this one is the camping equipment pannier That's also 16 and a half. Oh, wow, very similar for the left hand and right hand side. So we had 16 14 16 60 I think six and a half or 17 something like that Um, but remembering these panniers weigh five kilograms each which is actually not so bad considering They're a really thick aluminium and they're super strong. Yeah So with our three panniers rider and pillion, we're looking at about 170 kilogram thing Yeah in collection now, which I don't think is too bad. Yeah, you let us know anyway I'm sure you will how many kilograms do you travel with? But for us, we're definitely not overloaded with these panniers We don't feel it and we could save space in some things Like if you didn't have all of our camera equipment, you would be taking a lot less But when it comes to the camping pannier I don't think you can actually get much more lightweight than the products and the stuff that we have Everything in that pannier if you don't include the pannier is what about 11 kilograms, which is incredible You could hide with that sleeping bag cooking stove. I've even got a little bit of fuel in there with the stove Yeah, it is very very good as well as we could take half the clothes that we take we take This amount of clothes because we are traveling for such a long time and we want to have different options But overall we're very happy with our setup and hope that this can help you when you're planning for your long-term motorcycle tour It's a couple of days before we leave for the big trip Shadow is almost ready. He's had the parts fitted by Touratech and we've actually put brand new tires on in too We've gone with the Metzeler Tourance Next 2s. So apparently they're quite long lasting So they should do us for the whole length of this tour and very exciting news We've just had a call from BMW and the LED lights to be retrofitted is ready So we're going to take Shadow to the shop now and drop him off and I think we'll pick him up tomorrow And he'll have his brand new light just in time for the trip