I, like most, am not very good at packing for tours. I’ve just come back from a week in the UK with 65 liters of luggage. I stayed with my mother and used everything I took apart from my toolkit and my little laptop. Now, as I review the kit, i’m wondering how much more i’ll need for six weeks motocamping.
(more…)The 10000km tour
The 2027 10000km tour I am planning to do with three friends. It will take us to the most easterly parts of mainland Europe. Here are all the posts related to that tour with the most recent first. Here’s the first post.
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CFMoto 800 MTX and Kawasaki KLE 500 test ride
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Team planning for a long-duration motorcycle tour
Four of us, middle aged men, will be spending six weeks together. This isn’t just a boys weekend away.
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Moto Guzzi V85 TT Travel for a 10k km 6 week tour?
If you look at my wishlist, this bike ticks most of the boxes. In fact, apart from the weight, which is the same as my current ride, it covers everything. Why didn’t it surface in my original toplist?
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KLE 500 is out of the running for the 10k tour. And there’s this.
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Top two motorbike choices for the 10k tour
Discussion, trade shows, research and a little bit of soul-searching has led me to two choices for a bike that will take me 10000 km round Europe in 2027. One is a Kawasaki and the other is a Suzuki.
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