Taste For Adventure? Try Traveling By Motorcycle.

There are basically two ways to travel by motorcycle, probably one of the more popular but less spiritual is what some call “credit card camping”
which is basically rolling from hotel to motel for your sleeping accommodations
and buying all your meals on the road. I look forward to trying this method
someday when my writing starts raking in the big bucks. About the only supplies
you’d need for a trip like this (if your definition of comfort is not too demanding)would be:


Rain Gear

Camera/Film/Batteries

First Aid Kit

Change of Clothes

Sun block (for those of us not clad in our riding jump suits)

Sunglasses

Map

Personally I look forward to trying a trip in this fashion with only my jeans, T-shirt, and boots. I’ve been wet before and most motels and hotels have some kind of laundry area and plenty of towels to wrap up in. I might bring an extra pair of sock in a zip lock bag though, dry feet are happy feet.


The other way to travel and personally my favorite is to camp out between destinations, this is the cheapest and most immersing way to travel. Like they say it’s the
journey not the destination. All the equipment you would need can be found at
your local or online backpacking equipment supplier. In addition to the above listed equipment, here is a list of what I usually bring for a typical solo long distance, or overnight trip:


One person backpacking tent

Ground pad for sleeping bag

Sleeping bag

Single burner multi-fuel backpacking stove

Fuel bottle with extra fuel (can also be used for bike)

Cooking kit (stove usually fits inside pot with lid)

Cup for tea or coffee

One meal for each days dinner and one energy or protein meal replacement
bar for breakfast (grab lunch on the road)

Two water bottles one with measuring increments on it for cooking.

Candle lantern with one candle for each day of the trip

Small LED headlamp for walking around the site and digging through saddle
bags