Up & away!

[themoudie]

......I have used Parcel2go.com to do this a few times.

Found them OK as have been Parcel2ship.

I hope it works out fine, Bill.

[OMEGAMAN]

 
 If?  you have a few minutes to spare,         a bit of fun?        that might help me too!

  I'm now making rough lists of stuff to take with me,  So,

   make your own lists of what you would take,  (adding, why you chose a certain item?)

  Bear in mind, what the bike is, & also, I intend to try low tech travelling! (ie. cost!),  Time on the journey will be no problem either.  The bike (so far) 
                                              will have a pair of (firm but soft, old BMW Krauser) plastic panniers
                                              A large topbox (maybe with a small rack on that?)
                                              Magnetic? tank bag
                                              Room on the top of panniers & space where the pillion would sit!
                                              Lots of pockets in Jacket & trousers!

  LISTS.........................1:  Bike spares etc.

                                   2:  Luggage, fuel cans, water etc etc.

                                   3:  Clothing (to wear/take)

                                   4:  Bike components (ie.  tyres / bulbs / engine/sump guards etc)

                                   5:  Comforts/luxuries?

                                   6: Camping stuff (All)

                                   7: misc...........................

 What I will do, is cherry pick from the lists, all the things that would be most suitable for my trip!
  I will also be reading the Horizons stuff, & talking to other similar travellers.

               Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

[OMEGAMAN]

Good decision, imho. If you need it there's an MSR Whisperlite stove waiting here for you. It's the stove of choice for most lightweight travellers.

If there's any other kit that useful I'll donate it to you. How about a nice small tent? I've got a small Wild Country two man (i.e. one oerson plus some luggage) that you can take if you want it. The quality is excellent.

GC

 Now that I've decided, it's on!  then I would love to take up your offer of the stove & tent? 
 I'm not too proud, & will take all the help I can get. Just let me know a little more about the items if you would?      ie. size of stove/how to use it etc.,      & size/shape/weight/skin of tent please.

                                                                Thanks, John.........

                                                               

[guest18]

If I had to name one item, I would take is a half length thermarest. Packs tiny, makes even sleeping on concrete bearable (just) and is warmer than anything else I've used. Swmbo was horrified at me paying its purchase price for a "glorified rollmat", borrowed it once then went and bought herself a (more expensive!) full length one 
A good nights sleep is priceless....

Less critical things? Space will be an issue, you will (I imagine) need to minimise wherever possible so I would consider a folding alloy windshield to go with the whisperlite (very nice stove btw), perhaps a crusader mug (http://www.army-surplus.co.uk/militarygear/product/crusader-mug.html)  instead of mug and pots/pans. Make sure you get the one with an "nsn" stamped on it so you can drink from it without burning your lips...
Don't mess around with matches/flints/rubbing boy scouts together... get a handful of 99p gas lighters. Reliable cheap and disposable, the only other alternative I'd consider for what you're planning is maybe a zippo because it can be filled from the tanks and spare flints held in the base.

I'd definately modify the luggage so you can lock it, even in "safe" places it helps give fractionally more peace of mind about your kit when you go for a beer/meal/toilet stop and are out of site of all your gear.

Only other thing that leaps to mind is a decent penknife and some string.... I'm sure the others can come up with more though...

[OMEGAMAN]

 Some more stuff sold                      SEE  .........   EVENTS!!!!!!!!

[Andy M]

My lists are here (where I can't loose 'em)!

https://sites.google.com/site/threewheelbonnie/lists

Edit to add: I do have an extra wheel to help me lug this about  

IMHO the one really critical bit of kit is your tyre repair stuff and your everyday tool kit for adjusting the chain etc. The bike is going to be running high miles at full load. If things wear you'll loose time and have hassle and expense getting them sorted. Chains run at the right slack and tyres with decent repairs are going to make life a lot easier.

Edit to add: I think we've done this one before, but carrying a tube for each wheel and a patch kit will save you hassle. You can put a 19-inch tube in a 17-inch tyre, but would you want to leave it there for 5000 miles? The Enduro guys only carry one 21-inch to save weight, but they are hopeing they'll reach the support truck the same day. IMHO the bulk is outweighed by the convienience of fixing each puncture once, then patching the tube at leisure.

A lot of guys I've met carrying spare BMW drive shafts etc. seem to have one track minds. Having heared that the splines go, that's what they plan for. When the clutch goes the drive shaft is only a rather expensive, heavy, inefficient hammer. I'd cut down the spares to consumables unless your exact bike is prone to destroying something (the Bonneville soaks it's coil).

Do you have a route planned? To me clothes and basic camping gear are the sort of thing you need to pick up as you go on some routes. I'd go with the stove, a few bits of technical clothing (fleeces etc.) and a bivvy bag. T-shirts, underwear, even a tent you can pick up at Walmart or similar as you go (unless you are heading straight out into the desert). I'd want to travel light unless you are ready to dump stuff that starts to get in your way.

One thing I would take is a small canoe/roll sack. Stuff your worn clothes in it. Once it's half full tip a kettle full of warm water, some washing powder and fill it up with cold water, seal and shake. One washing machine!

Andy

[OMEGAMAN]

 
 Hi Andy,  thanks for that!      not sure about the canoe though!

   Anyway,     What looks like the route that I'll take is as follows................

      Turn right out of my gate, then right at the end of my street,

       Down through France & Spain..........ship across to Morocco, then east across Nth Africa, through Algeria, Libya? to Egypt,

       South, following the Nile, through Sudan, Uganda, Kenya (climb Kilimanjaro) check out Victoria falls, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique to Sth Africa.

       Blag my way onto a ship to Sth America,   tour round there? then head up North to central America, into Mexico & USA. Spend quite a while touring around, including some of Canada, then make my way down to the San Francisco area? & try to get a ship over to Australia.

    Tour around there & finish up in the North, then ship out via Indonisia & Malaysia to Sth east Asia. Maybe into China if poss? then India. Catch a ship? to Oman/Saudi?  up through the middle east via Israel, Syria to Turkey, then through eastern Europe to home?  have a cuppa, then off again maybe?

[OMEGAMAN]

 What do you recommend for a small light but robust Air Pump (tyres etc)

[Andy M]

Ah, well I guess calling into the Asda for a tent is a bit unlikely then  There is a Carrefore just outside Fez though!

For years I used an Aldi compressor made smaller by stripping off the casing. Only hassle is you couldn't leave it running you had to hold it off the deck. Could knock up a bracket that'd be better than the casing I guess. I'd get another one and add a bicycle pump as back up.

That's the compressor I left in the tent at Dent. Won me a prize 

Andy

[OMEGAMAN]

 If?  you have a few minutes to spare,         a bit of fun?        that might help me too!

  I'm now making rough lists of stuff to take with me,  So,

   make your own lists of what you would take,  (adding, why you chose a certain item?)

  Bear in mind, what the bike is, & also, I intend to try low tech travelling! (ie. cost!),  Time on the journey will be no problem either.  The bike (so far) 
                                              will have a pair of (firm but soft, old BMW Krauser) plastic panniers
                                              A large topbox (maybe with a small rack on that?)
                                              Magnetic? tank bag
                                              Room on the top of panniers & space where the pillion would sit!
                                              Lots of pockets in Jacket & trousers!

  LISTS.........................1:  Bike spares etc.

                                   2:  Luggage, fuel cans, water etc etc.

                                   3:  Clothing (to wear/take)

                                   4:  Bike components (ie.  tyres / bulbs / engine/sump guards etc)

                                   5:  Comforts/luxuries?

                                   6: Camping stuff (All)

                                   7: misc...........................

 What I will do, is cherry pick from the lists, all the things that would be most suitable for my trip!
  I will also be reading the Horizons stuff, & talking to other similar travellers.

               Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

                  ANY MORE TAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   COME ON !  LETS HAVE YOUR OWN LISTS............

[pigafetta]

A couple of tubes of superglue and a roll of gaffer tape 

[steveD]

Cannot beat a Poncho. Mine unclips at the sides and can cover the bike, slung between bike and a fence makes a lean-to, or just supported by the bike makes a good shelter. A couple of old tent poles makes the whole thing more versatile, a pole up where the hood is makes a profile to send the rain away.

[guest27]

Dental floss, cleans teeth, ties bike together, stitches lumps of flesh back in place.

R

[andy230]

Cable ties
Gaffa tape
Spring link
?Bulbs?
Solderless nipple kit (??cables, taped in place, ready to go?)
Levers
Tubeless repair kit

sure you've got all these on yer list tho mate!

speak soon, sorry can't make the shed meet/ flea market/ swap meet.  The latter is a hideous americanism, my apologies!

a

[Andy M]

(??cables, taped in place, ready to go?)

The only time I've seen such cables used in anger, they'd been on the bike too long and were cacked up to the point of uselessness. If you can find another space and they don't require the head/swingarm/clutch taking off to fit, I'd suggest not.

Andy