Good points. I like the chair. Here in USA we have the Kermit Chair, good stuff too. I do carry an Optimus SVEA stove. Very simple. Fill it up before you leave and that's enough. All contained in it's own close fitting pot. Pretty much coffee only. I don't eat trash food either. How many 14 to 20 day trips of big mileage 14,000 KM or more. Haul all that stuff and use it one maybe two nights. Several times I felt like stopping on the biggest bridge I crossed and throwing it over the rail. I minimized my stuff much like yours. I love to camp but am getting older and it's just not the fun it used to be. A good comfortable bed is worth the price. Here in USA camping is very expensive now. Forty dollars or more a night. Little more and you have a roof. You take care. RTW
I always bring a camp stove as I do mostly wild camping. For weekend trips I use tarp and hammock. For longer trips tent and a small camp chair. This adds to my wellbeing, sitting by the campfire and relax after a long day in the saddle. Just pack it low and forward. Make use of the passengers footpegs and strap thing in front of your panniers. And if you add 5 kg of comfort luggage to a big (220+ kg) adventure bike it will affect the handling a lot less than it would if you ride a 170 kg smaller displacement bike.
In Europe and Australia I used camping gear and the couchsurfing app all the time. The camping gear also gives a safe feeling in case you don’t find a proper affordable place to sleep.
Valid point on camping but one thing you don't mention is that some people WANT to avoid civilization and prefer to sleep in the wild or at least on the outskirts of towns and avoid traffic, parking etc.
If you are an experienced camper you choose what is personally right for you. If you are not you need to try, test and experience your kit until it suits.
I was on a 14-days-tour with my motorcycle, my tent. etc. (middle europe) I needed my tent one night only. But it was necessary, because it has rained the whole night. And with the weather forecast, I got warning. Now I bought a pop up tent. For easier and quicker setup my tent. To use it more, to get more the comfort with a tent. I need tent camping, maybe stealth camping, to save my money. I cannot pay for every night, or getting breakfast, lunch etc. I need my money, to buy petrol for my motorbike, and food for me. If not, then I cannot go on tour.
Sunny mas: agreed! Paying for even the cheapest accommodation every night could pay for being on the road on your motorcycle another day. Ride and pay for accommodation for 7 nights? Or ride and camp(and probably have a decent meal)for 14 nights? No question😉
Hi, can you please give us the links (or at least the names) of your tent, sleeping bag, pillow and mattress. Thank you very much for all efforts, we really appreciate all of your knowledge and experience sharing. Keep going.
Sometimes the story is so good and true that you watch it a second time. So thx.🙏 Maybe a little comment. I am not a rich person. And i can not efford to sleep every night in a hotel or something like that. Everytime i take a dd jungle hammock along. It weighs almost nothing but it can also be placed on the ground when you have no trees. It is not spacy that is true. But when i expect rain i also set up a tiny tarp. To have a little dry place. I found out that a little dry place is the minimal what you should have. I use an Exped airmatras when on the ground. Comfort is very important for me and not to let the cold from the ground into my body. 5 kg all together. With sleepingbag included. You have a real good point about cooking. Like on the ground in the hammock with the need of an insulated airmatras i also need a chair. After 7 til 8 hours riding i want to sit good. I simply have to. Because of after a long day experiencing the loss of energy. And be honest Pavlin. In the evening, sitting in a good chair outside, a small fire and grilling some meat on the fire. Taking a sip of beer now and then. Your phone plays some music. That are the moments that you do not care that your bottle of ketchup makes that shitting sound. 😅 Everybody has to enjoy it his or hers way. Maybe thinking what to do a bit different the next time. Back home everyone has to follow the protocolls of their life. Let's not make motortraveling also a way of strictly following protocols. What works what works. Sometimes people have to follow a budget and sometimes people just want to do what they want to do.Life gives so much different viewing angles to us all. That is what makes traveling two up sometimes so difficult. So easy to go to a dark place. Cause people feel an urgent need to do what they want to do. Sometimes without really knowing what that actually is but by knowing that they atleast do not want to follow another person constantly. Now it is their time, plain and simple. Advice apreciated and creating a better insight about what to expect aswell, by listening to good advice. And that is what i like about your video's. Don't know if you do that on purpose or that it is how you actually are. I like to think so. Cause you always create video's with respect towards those who watch them. Giving well placed honest advice. And in a way that allows people to take what they want from it. You also respect the thing what works for your viewers. You never use force in what you tell. It is always genuine. 12 years ago i became very sick for more then one year. By a miracle survived. Had to be death several times in that time and a bit beyond. Traveling with the bike was over. For me such a deep truth that i did not even thought about it. It was simply out of the question. Not something to think about anymore. Almost in a nihilistic way. It was you that at one point made me decide to try it again. Just a weekend away. From that time on slowly got the traveling bug back. So without a doubt it was you who is quilty about me traveling again with a bike. So sometimes when you saw me giving you a thanks in reality that thanks was for a little bit more then just that topic at that moment. And also by proofing step by step to myself that it would be possible again it also became possible for me to look at life at a much more positive way. And to accept to take it a day at a day. In reality noone of us know tomorrow. Only by experiencing tomorrow we will know. So, thank you.🙏
We know that you don't like camping Pavlin, you like comfort and a nice room in some place. I can tell by the mattress that you chose to inflate with your mouth, it will make you dizzy trying to blow it up ! That's if you manage to do it Lol
hi, i agree with your specs for tent and matress. not for the sleeping bag. therefore, i use a military wool blanket which works down to 10C. below that i add a thin summer synthetic blanket.
Was watching a guy on TH-cam explain all the weight he had shaved off his gear and motorcycle for a trip. It was kind of interesting as he explained how to loose 3.65g from his toothbrush, but while the video was running my only thought in my mind was "Buddy you still have not lost even a third of the belly fat you have". LOL
My good lady will tolerate many things, but not a night under canvas after a hard day on the bike. She is excellent potato mesh, but no camping. As you say, reasonable hotels with hot showers and included meals are worth the dollars. And, with 2 on the bike I save a lot of weight. She is wise. I know this because she tells me. Happy travels
"In Asia, I traveled by motorcycle within a budget of €50. This is challenging in the north, like Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard, where I carry my camping gear (12 kg on top of the motorcycle in soft bags) and personal gear (7 kg on my back), as well as motorcycle equipment (in the Vespa's engine compartment) for 7 kg. The total weight, including the rider, is approximately 100 kg." Thanks again Pavlin.
"With the sleeping bag, it's quite simple. After doing some research, find one that's rated for 5 degrees above the average temperature of your trip and compensate for fluctuations with a thin inner bag that can increase the temperature by at least another 3 degrees. I've done this in the Himalayas, in the desert, and accepted the volume. Sleeping comfortably is essential. If the bag is still too big, use compression sacks, but make sure to close the zippers when storing. Or buy a more expensive down-filled bag for high altitudes, above 5000 meters. Don't skimp on sleep if you'll be outdoors for more than 10 nights on your trip and for the rest, listen to Pavlin."
Simply brilliant. You are right. Perhaps you see mostly from a practical point of view, and some people like camping on itself. Maybe. Also, the psycological feeling that you can camp if you do not find a room, etc. worths the weight. Maybe, I say. Excellent, useful and generous video. Thanks.
I have a BSR 3000 T gas stove, a 230g gas canister and a stainless steel mug. The stove can be folded to the size of a BIC lighter. I do not need it but if can spare the space and weight I take it anyways. A cup of tea or coffee or a cup of soup can be nice especially if it is wet and cold. Luxury gets a different meaning when going for a trip with a motorcycle.
Question. I currently ride an Africa Twin. Great bike on the road but a real challenge for a person that is working with current physical limitations. I've decided to go with something much lighter and simpler. I have some ideas, (as a Enduro rider most of my life), but do I'd like to hear your thoughts. I am a very minimalistic sort and like things simple.
For years i carry a small pad around. It is around 20 by 20 cm. And it is usb powered. I ordered it on some Chinese site. A few Euro's. And i was sure i would throw it away cause it would not work. But damn. On my first night in Denmark it was minus 9 degrees Celsius. I was freezing. And for hours i did not use it. But then i did. And man it became serious hot. And on a 5000 mAh powerbank it did for atleast 2 hours. Within a few minutes it became warm in my sleepingbag. Turned it of and turned it back on when i became cold again. On my next trip i had a 20000 mAh powerbank and i could use it the whole night and even longer. And it takes no space at all. Since then i travel with a very light sleepingbag. And i have also used this heating pad under my riding jacket. For me this simple heatingpad is a lifesaver and gives me the option to carry less bulky stuff with me. You still can buy them on Wish for a few Euro's. I think they are used to be stitched into cheap heated clothes. Maybe it is 7 or 8 years ago that i first used it i will take it everywhere i go. The pad becomes 68 degrees celsius. And that does a lot in a closed sleeping bag.
I'm sure most people will find these recommendations spot on. I on the other hand, I live in Sweden and I don't have alot of money to spend. For me; the tent and the stove makes the difference between being able to afford a trip or not. I still have about 8 years or so before my children will be independent enough for me to be able take any longer duration trips. I'm looking forward to the day when I can ride towards Asia and be away for a few weeks instead of days. When the day comes, I hope that I still have the hunger for adventures. In the meantime I will enjoy the trips on behalf of other riders such as yourself.
Everything is a trade off and buying lighter/smaller is often more expensive. Beginners like me should start with less and learn what they enjoy and what they need to enjoy it. Only then start spending wisely.
Inflatable mattress is not good idea. It have much more worse insulation than traditional camping mattress and it always appear punctured at wrong time.
The isolation and comfort are way better but yes, it could be punctured. The size and low weight worth the risk. A traditional mattress is good only if you have a really flat surface and needs a lot of space in your bag.
Thank you Pavlin for all your info. Camping is really nice for me for a weekend or half a week. The times I have my holiday, I really enjoy hostels or hotel, espascially because Im a truck driver I sleep every week in my truck. So on my motorcycle trips I really wouldnt be in a tent. Comfort is such a priority, even in camping in a caravan works quite nice Thanks again for your video. Ride safe Enjoy your future trips Keep me surprising with you fantastic videos
For people with problems with their back...An airbed with built in pump.. 10 cm high, 70 cm wide.. Decathlon of bo-camp! Parks much smaller as the usual self inflating. About 1 kg.
Pavlin, you are wrong about cooking stuff. If wild camping I use a British army cooker, aluminium pots and this weighs 500gms. I will be going to the artic circle in 2020 to high north, and for me the chance to eat and possibly drink something warm if needed is a good sacrifice, but I agree, eat and get food on the move. I like the security of my cooker.
Sorry to sound like a total noob, but why camp so close to the yurts in the video. Can you buy stuff there? And how much are those if you can rent one... assuming it is possible. I do see some other riders use them, although probably not those ones 😛
I do not have any experience in camping and I was thinking to start to save money but then I started thinking all the things you say even before I watch your video. I believe what you say is right especially in Europe where in most countries if I am not mistaken free camping is not allowed. The question is that what's the point to have tent when we cannot use it for free camping and then having to search for an organized spot etc...? On the top of that you used it only three times in two months even in Asian countries where I guess they wouldn't have a problem with free camping. Either we have tent and use it every night, or not at all.So camping plans are scrapped for now I think... Instead I should learn to exploit all the smartness of my smartphone and use apps that can find cheap accomodation around :-)
I brought a department store stove along with me which would only be refillable in Canada. I didn't use very often and now I think I just should have bought one every time I knew I would be remote. There are a lot of people that probably could have used the stove at the end of segment. I would probably do the same with clothes.
I absolutely agree with you. After some experiences with tent I have similar opinion. I understand that some people simply have to live in tent because they like but for me weak sleeping in the tent, cooking some strange meal and shitting in the forest is not an adventure.
also if you in asia or africa wild camping is dangerous not only bcoz of ppl but animals. If you using local accomodation your host providing you security , it s in their tradition that they take responsibility for you as long as you stay
Good suggestions. I took a one man backpacking tent with me on a trip. That was the only time I used that tent for the same reasons you mentioned. No gear storage, no room to change, I felt like I was squeezing into a sausage casing. Upgraded to a nice three person well worth it. What? No tent trailer? :-)
Camping gear will always be a very debatable issue . Since for some, it is an absolute necessity and for some, it is just a waste of time and space. So, it's best to be individualistic on this topic.
very good info, my plan is to travel across europe with my couple and that will make the lugagge bigger, with this im noticing just what we need to be comfortable.
You considering camping only for an economical perspective. Personally, for me and for many other riders, camping is a part of the adventure trip, one of the goals of a trip and it leaves grate memories about the whole adventure. Especially I realized this when I started traveling in the USA, where campings are very popular and campgrounds are really nice, also easy to find a wild camp spot. Unfortunately in Europe campgrounds are a joke and looking for the wild spot some times is just a waste of time.
A SOL Escape Bivvy is a small packed thermal bag that you can put around your sleeping bag to keep you warmer. Try a smaller sleeping bag, a liner, and a SOL escape bivvy to get you through the super cold nights. (It might be a little noisy when moving around, though.)
if ur'e really in farflung place with no food shops, bash instant noodle bag, pour into bottle of water that was in sun whole day, wait 10 min and you squirt noodles out of bottle in your mouth. a few teabags or coffee bags in bottle of water same story. never needed stoves, pots and pans
if you fill a plastic bottle (eq a Coca cola one) with water you can place in a wood fire and obtain hot water. The plastic didn't melt if the bottle is full.
Experience is reading the handbook afterwards. Advice is spot on. You need to know who you are and what you want out of life. I personally would take what i think i need because i would rather have it and not need it. A great idea is to take what makes you happy . Keep refining your trips. My tip would be take two inner liners for the sleeping bag. it instantly upgrades the bag for colder conditions and allows you to sleep in the liner on the bag till it gets colder. Then climb inside. Also your bag will never get dirty.
Or use a DD Jungle Hammock. I also used it on the ground a lot. But you also have to carry a sleeping pad or something like an Exped isolated pad. Sleeping on an underquilt was hell.🙈
@@motorcycleadventures Two small sleeping bags will fit into one stuff sack. Make them Goose Down bags, and it will still be small. Or one of each a Synthetic for it's qualities. and a down for it's.
I don't think there's any campgrounds with kitchens and the like in America . At least not at any that I have been at in California . Hotels are at a minimum 100 dollars and that's in the cheapest areas , average cost is 180 with donuts and coffee . I like that little chair . Fortunately I have a lot of camping gear but I could use a more compact insulated mattress . Q Core , I think it's called , makes a nice mattress that is 3.5" when inflated and is fairly compact maybe 5" x 15" . It comes with a stuff sack that doubles as an inflation device , fills the mattress in a couple minutes at most and you don't need to use your lungs . Thanks for the info and those pictures were pretty amazing , you have been to many cool places !
@@keesverhagen9227 I have a 30 year old Thermarest 3/4 camping pad and it hasn't rotted out yet but then again I have only used that one 10 times or so .
@@hardworkingamerican8847 Hi, that are not the ones i mean. Exped f.e. has an insulated airmatras. The Synmat. Forbidden to use your lungs because of the moisture. It can never escape again and will rot the insulation away in no time. And the insulation rating will go down also.
Another aspect is security, in 3rd world countries, camping can be risky specially close to cities or villages, you can get robbed its better to stay at a cheap hotel than camp and risk getting robbed or attacked but if you camp like 30km away from any human settlement or road you can be safe
We have all different ways of doing things, and some things are better suited in some places than other. Here is my plan for the Corona-summer of 2020: This summer I will be a tourist i my own country, Norway, a tourist travelling on a motorcycle. I do not mind carrying 10 kg of camping gear on my bike, because it will elevate the tour into an adventure. Just as the motorcycle gives me freedom to travel where and when I want, my camping gear gives me the freedom to make a temporary home wherever and when I want. With my cooking gear I will cook the fish I catch, the berries and mushrooms I gather, and make coffee with the water from the nearest stream. To harvest from the nature, and to camp freely in the wild is a big part of the norwegian outdoor life. To travel by motorcycle in Norway (and Sweden and Finland) may be a cheap adventure in the nature, - or an expensive touring race from hotel to hotel. Ride safe! - Then you get to ride again.
i always camp well almost always , use a cot to sleep on one of the ones with the round feet very comfortable and light. I also like to cook and enjoy a cold beer a cooler bag is great, most camp sites will give you ice also trekology make a great table and chair nothing like sitting back relaxing with cold beer knowing you will have a comfortable sleep. cheers
Good points. I like the chair. Here in USA we have the Kermit Chair, good stuff too. I do carry an Optimus SVEA stove. Very simple. Fill it up before you leave and that's enough. All contained in it's own close fitting pot. Pretty much coffee only. I don't eat trash food either. How many 14 to 20 day trips of big mileage 14,000 KM or more. Haul all that stuff and use it one maybe two nights. Several times I felt like stopping on the biggest bridge I crossed and throwing it over the rail. I minimized my stuff much like yours. I love to camp but am getting older and it's just not the fun it used to be. A good comfortable bed is worth the price. Here in USA camping is very expensive now. Forty dollars or more a night. Little more and you have a roof. You take care. RTW
Thanks for taking the time, again, Sam!
I always bring a camp stove as I do mostly wild camping. For weekend trips I use tarp and hammock. For longer trips tent and a small camp chair. This adds to my wellbeing, sitting by the campfire and relax after a long day in the saddle. Just pack it low and forward. Make use of the passengers footpegs and strap thing in front of your panniers. And if you add 5 kg of comfort luggage to a big (220+ kg) adventure bike it will affect the handling a lot less than it would if you ride a 170 kg smaller displacement bike.
In Europe and Australia I used camping gear and the couchsurfing app all the time. The camping gear also gives a safe feeling in case you don’t find a proper affordable place to sleep.
True
I’ve learned from Bud Spencer and Terence Hill that you only need a pan and beans, maybe some bread. That’s all!
chilli beans! 😄
Damn! Throwback 👍
Hi you do very nice and informative programs good job.
I can't find a link about a tent from Poland anywhere
thank you and greetings from Italy
Not available, sorry!
The most space I can win is with my sleeping mattress. Do you also bring an air pump for yours?
No
Valid point on camping but one thing you don't mention is that some people WANT to avoid civilization and prefer to sleep in the wild or at least on the outskirts of towns and avoid traffic, parking etc.
If you are an experienced camper you choose what is personally right for you. If you are not you need to try, test and experience your kit until it suits.
I was on a 14-days-tour with my motorcycle, my tent. etc. (middle europe)
I needed my tent one night only.
But it was necessary, because it has rained the whole night.
And with the weather forecast, I got warning.
Now I bought a pop up tent. For easier and quicker setup my tent.
To use it more, to get more the comfort with a tent.
I need tent camping, maybe stealth camping, to save my money.
I cannot pay for every night, or getting breakfast, lunch etc.
I need my money, to buy petrol for my motorbike, and food for me.
If not, then I cannot go on tour.
Sunny mas: agreed! Paying for even the cheapest accommodation every night could pay for being on the road on your motorcycle another day.
Ride and pay for accommodation for 7 nights? Or ride and camp(and probably have a decent meal)for 14 nights? No question😉
Hi, can you please give us the links (or at least the names) of your tent, sleeping bag, pillow and mattress. Thank you very much for all efforts, we really appreciate all of your knowledge and experience sharing. Keep going.
Sometimes the story is so good and true that you watch it a second time. So thx.🙏
Maybe a little comment. I am not a rich person. And i can not efford to sleep every night in a hotel or something like that. Everytime i take a dd jungle hammock along. It weighs almost nothing but it can also be placed on the ground when you have no trees. It is not spacy that is true. But when i expect rain i also set up a tiny tarp. To have a little dry place. I found out that a little dry place is the minimal what you should have. I use an Exped airmatras when on the ground. Comfort is very important for me and not to let the cold from the ground into my body.
5 kg all together. With sleepingbag included.
You have a real good point about cooking.
Like on the ground in the hammock with the need of an insulated airmatras i also need a chair. After 7 til 8 hours riding i want to sit good. I simply have to. Because of after a long day experiencing the loss of energy.
And be honest Pavlin. In the evening, sitting in a good chair outside, a small fire and grilling some meat on the fire. Taking a sip of beer now and then. Your phone plays some music. That are the moments that you do not care that your bottle of ketchup makes that shitting sound. 😅
Everybody has to enjoy it his or hers way. Maybe thinking what to do a bit different the next time. Back home everyone has to follow the protocolls of their life. Let's not make motortraveling also a way of strictly following protocols. What works what works. Sometimes people have to follow a budget and sometimes people just want to do what they want to do.Life gives so much different viewing angles to us all.
That is what makes traveling two up sometimes so difficult. So easy to go to a dark place. Cause people feel an urgent need to do what they want to do. Sometimes without really knowing what that actually is but by knowing that they atleast do not want to follow another person constantly. Now it is their time, plain and simple. Advice apreciated and creating a better insight about what to expect aswell, by listening to good advice.
And that is what i like about your video's. Don't know if you do that on purpose or that it is how you actually are. I like to think so. Cause you always create video's with respect towards those who watch them. Giving well placed honest advice. And in a way that allows people to take what they want from it. You also respect the thing what works for your viewers. You never use force in what you tell. It is always genuine.
12 years ago i became very sick for more then one year. By a miracle survived. Had to be death several times in that time and a bit beyond. Traveling with the bike was over. For me such a deep truth that i did not even thought about it. It was simply out of the question. Not something to think about anymore. Almost in a nihilistic way.
It was you that at one point made me decide to try it again. Just a weekend away. From that time on slowly got the traveling bug back.
So without a doubt it was you who is quilty about me traveling again with a bike. So sometimes when you saw me giving you a thanks in reality that thanks was for a little bit more then just that topic at that moment.
And also by proofing step by step to myself that it would be possible again it also became possible for me to look at life at a much more positive way. And to accept to take it a day at a day.
In reality noone of us know tomorrow. Only by experiencing tomorrow we will know.
So, thank you.🙏
We know that you don't like camping Pavlin, you like comfort and a nice room in some place. I can tell by the mattress that you chose to inflate with your mouth, it will make you dizzy trying to blow it up ! That's if you manage to do it Lol
hi, i agree with your specs for tent and matress. not for the sleeping bag. therefore, i use a military wool blanket which works down to 10C. below that i add a thin summer synthetic blanket.
The best way to travel light is to lose 20 kg :)
Was watching a guy on TH-cam explain all the weight he had shaved off his gear and motorcycle for a trip.
It was kind of interesting as he explained how to loose 3.65g from his toothbrush, but while the video was running my only thought in my mind was "Buddy you still have not lost even a third of the belly fat you have". LOL
My good lady will tolerate many things, but not a night under canvas after a hard day on the bike. She is excellent potato mesh, but no camping.
As you say, reasonable hotels with hot showers and included meals are worth the dollars.
And, with 2 on the bike I save a lot of weight.
She is wise. I know this because she tells me.
Happy travels
Clever woman!
"In Asia, I traveled by motorcycle within a budget of €50. This is challenging in the north, like Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard, where I carry my camping gear (12 kg on top of the motorcycle in soft bags) and personal gear (7 kg on my back), as well as motorcycle equipment (in the Vespa's engine compartment) for 7 kg. The total weight, including the rider, is approximately 100 kg." Thanks again Pavlin.
Any time!
"With the sleeping bag, it's quite simple. After doing some research, find one that's rated for 5 degrees above the average temperature of your trip and compensate for fluctuations with a thin inner bag that can increase the temperature by at least another 3 degrees. I've done this in the Himalayas, in the desert, and accepted the volume. Sleeping comfortably is essential. If the bag is still too big, use compression sacks, but make sure to close the zippers when storing. Or buy a more expensive down-filled bag for high altitudes, above 5000 meters.
Don't skimp on sleep if you'll be outdoors for more than 10 nights on your trip and for the rest, listen to Pavlin."
Thanks for adding this information!
Simply brilliant. You are right. Perhaps you see mostly from a practical point of view, and some people like camping on itself. Maybe. Also, the psycological feeling that you can camp if you do not find a room, etc. worths the weight. Maybe, I say. Excellent, useful and generous video. Thanks.
I have a BSR 3000 T gas stove, a 230g gas canister and a stainless steel mug. The stove can be folded to the size of a BIC lighter. I do not need it but if can spare the space and weight I take it anyways. A cup of tea or coffee or a cup of soup can be nice especially if it is wet and cold. Luxury gets a different meaning when going for a trip with a motorcycle.
Question. I currently ride an Africa Twin. Great bike on the road but a real challenge for a person that is working with current physical limitations. I've decided to go with something much lighter and simpler. I have some ideas, (as a Enduro rider most of my life), but do I'd like to hear your thoughts. I am a very minimalistic sort and like things simple.
So what was the question?
For years i carry a small pad around. It is around 20 by 20 cm. And it is usb powered. I ordered it on some Chinese site. A few Euro's. And i was sure i would throw it away cause it would not work. But damn. On my first night in Denmark it was minus 9 degrees Celsius. I was freezing. And for hours i did not use it. But then i did. And man it became serious hot. And on a 5000 mAh powerbank it did for atleast 2 hours. Within a few minutes it became warm in my sleepingbag. Turned it of and turned it back on when i became cold again. On my next trip i had a 20000 mAh powerbank and i could use it the whole night and even longer. And it takes no space at all. Since then i travel with a very light sleepingbag. And i have also used this heating pad under my riding jacket. For me this simple heatingpad is a lifesaver and gives me the option to carry less bulky stuff with me. You still can buy them on Wish for a few Euro's. I think they are used to be stitched into cheap heated clothes. Maybe it is 7 or 8 years ago that i first used it i will take it everywhere i go. The pad becomes 68 degrees celsius. And that does a lot in a closed sleeping bag.
Thanks for sharing!
Pavlin, you’re thoughts are spot on, so much info it was most helpful. Thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful!
I'm sure most people will find these recommendations spot on.
I on the other hand, I live in Sweden and I don't have alot of money to spend.
For me; the tent and the stove makes the difference between being able to afford a trip or not.
I still have about 8 years or so before my children will be independent enough for me to be able take any longer duration trips.
I'm looking forward to the day when I can ride towards Asia and be away for a few weeks instead of days.
When the day comes, I hope that I still have the hunger for adventures.
In the meantime I will enjoy the trips on behalf of other riders such as yourself.
Good luck to your future adventures!
I am new to motorcycle camping and adv trips. Very very good practical weight saving tips. Some of the tips not so obvious, thanks
Glad it was helpful!
My compliments on the good analysis.
Everything is a trade off and buying lighter/smaller is often more expensive. Beginners like me should start with less and learn what they enjoy and what they need to enjoy it. Only then start spending wisely.
True
For cooking use wood and bring coffee pot only for me. But it always depends on where you are riding but weight is always the question.
The sound track should have been jumpin jumpin by destiny’s child
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Inflatable mattress is not good idea. It have much more worse insulation than traditional camping mattress and it always appear punctured at wrong time.
The isolation and comfort are way better but yes, it could be punctured. The size and low weight worth the risk. A traditional mattress is good only if you have a really flat surface and needs a lot of space in your bag.
Bro. I totally totally agree with you whatever you said. Thats why I am big fan of yours. You are my Guru.
Thanks, man!
You’re right. No question..
Excellent as always!
Listen to this man, for he is wise for his age.😁
Hahaha.
You are so positiv, funny, exelent advice. Good man
Nice, a remake of the first video I watched on this channel. I still do a multiple weeks motorbike camping trip every year!
Great advice Pavlin, thanks for sharing with us all. 👍🇬🇧
My pleasure!
Good honest advise. Your best selling point is your honesty.
I appreciate that!
good luck with your trip.stay safe✌
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Thank you Pavlin for all your info.
Camping is really nice for me for a weekend or half a week.
The times I have my holiday, I really enjoy hostels or hotel, espascially because Im a truck driver I sleep every week in my truck. So on my motorcycle trips I really wouldnt be in a tent. Comfort is such a priority, even in camping in a caravan works quite nice
Thanks again for your video.
Ride safe
Enjoy your future trips
Keep me surprising with you fantastic videos
My pleasure!
Very well and experienced advices thanks a lot!
My pleasure!
For people with problems with their back...An airbed with built in pump.. 10 cm high, 70 cm wide.. Decathlon of bo-camp! Parks much smaller as the usual self inflating. About 1 kg.
Pavlin, you are wrong about cooking stuff. If wild camping I use a British army cooker, aluminium pots and this weighs 500gms. I will be going to the artic circle in 2020 to high north, and for me the chance to eat and possibly drink something warm if needed is a good sacrifice, but I agree, eat and get food on the move. I like the security of my cooker.
Sorry to sound like a total noob, but why camp so close to the yurts in the video. Can you buy stuff there? And how much are those if you can rent one... assuming it is possible. I do see some other riders use them, although probably not those ones 😛
I do not have any experience in camping and I was thinking to start to save money but then I started thinking all the things you say even before I watch your video. I believe what you say is right especially in Europe where in most countries if I am not mistaken free camping is not allowed. The question is that what's the point to have tent when we cannot use it for free camping and then having to search for an organized spot etc...? On the top of that you used it only three times in two months even in Asian countries where I guess they wouldn't have a problem with free camping. Either we have tent and use it every night, or not at all.So camping plans are scrapped for now I think... Instead I should learn to exploit all the smartness of my smartphone and use apps that can find cheap accomodation around :-)
Just some helpful advice: When camping, always lean your bike away from the tent, or suffer the consequences if side stand on soft ground.
Mister, I just wonder whats your current location. :-) No quick updates from your journey are reasonable. But the explorer part of me... :D
culinary journey! ahahaha Epic
It is what it is!
I brought a department store stove along with me which would only be refillable in Canada. I didn't use very often and now I think I just should have bought one every time I knew I would be remote. There are a lot of people that probably could have used the stove at the end of segment. I would probably do the same with clothes.
I absolutely agree with you. After some experiences with tent I have similar opinion. I understand that some people simply have to live in tent because they like but for me weak sleeping in the tent, cooking some strange meal and shitting in the forest is not an adventure.
also if you in asia or africa wild camping is dangerous not only bcoz of ppl but animals. If you using local accomodation your host providing you security , it s in their tradition that they take responsibility for you as long as you stay
Military surplus sleeping bags from usa multiple layers and gortex shell then you just bring what you need down to the negatives.
Good suggestions. I took a one man backpacking tent with me on a trip. That was the only time I used that tent for the same reasons you mentioned. No gear storage, no room to change, I felt like I was squeezing into a sausage casing. Upgraded to a nice three person well worth it.
What? No tent trailer? :-)
Mmmm some good points to consider a Pavlin. Thank you 🍻
Camping gear will always be a very debatable issue . Since for some, it is an absolute necessity and for some, it is just a waste of time and space. So, it's best to be individualistic on this topic.
very good info, my plan is to travel across europe with my couple and that will make the lugagge bigger, with this im noticing just what we need to be comfortable.
You should review the Royal Enfield Himalayan. I think it's the perfect bike for you.
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What would you do if you needed to camp and did not have the gear?
Won't camp.
@@motorcycleadventures then I guess you'll die of exposure.
Another brilliant video, very very informative and useful. Thank you
Once more, information worth gold! Have you set off on your trip yet? Bon voyage!
You considering camping only for an economical perspective. Personally, for me and for many other riders, camping is a part of the adventure trip, one of the goals of a trip and it leaves grate memories about the whole adventure. Especially I realized this when I started traveling in the USA, where campings are very popular and campgrounds are really nice, also easy to find a wild camp spot. Unfortunately in Europe campgrounds are a joke and looking for the wild spot some times is just a waste of time.
Fair enough!
A SOL Escape Bivvy is a small packed thermal bag that you can put around your sleeping bag to keep you warmer.
Try a smaller sleeping bag, a liner, and a SOL escape bivvy to get you through the super cold nights.
(It might be a little noisy when moving around, though.)
Thanks for writing about the Bivvy . . . first I've heard about it . . . could be useful.
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A pair of binoculars would be more use than a tent. Nothing beats sitting and staring though them, wherever you may stop. They unlock the world.
Maybe for someone...
rakija je najbolja :D best camping accessory
I went away for just one night wild camping. No cooker, just cold food. No problem. I made one big mistake though. Forgot to take a pillow!
Next time you will know.
"You're on a motorcycle trip. You're not on a culinary journey."
if ur'e really in farflung place with no food shops, bash instant noodle bag, pour into bottle of water that was in sun whole day, wait 10 min and you squirt noodles out of bottle in your mouth. a few teabags or coffee bags in bottle of water same story. never needed stoves, pots and pans
if you fill a plastic bottle (eq a Coca cola one) with water you can place in a wood fire and obtain hot water. The plastic didn't melt if the bottle is full.
Experience is reading the handbook afterwards. Advice is spot on. You need to know who you are and what you want out of life. I personally would take what i think i need because i would rather have it and not need it. A great idea is to take what makes you happy . Keep refining your trips. My tip would be take two inner liners for the sleeping bag. it instantly upgrades the bag for colder conditions and allows you to sleep in the liner on the bag till it gets colder. Then climb inside. Also your bag will never get dirty.
Whatever works for you.
When will you go back to India?
Practical and tested. you are just the best.
I think that I bought a foldable mini chair based on an old video of you. I threw it away after a few days! Costs too much space! 😂
Mine is small
@0:54 is that orange tent a trimm alpha D ?
Hammock and tarp for me. Limits the places I can set up in to forests, but I wild camp most of the time anyway.
Or use a DD Jungle Hammock. I also used it on the ground a lot. But you also have to carry a sleeping pad or something like an Exped isolated pad. Sleeping on an underquilt was hell.🙈
Do you have webside for loop tent that you used? Thanks
No, sorry!
Really enjoyed your view, made lots of sence top marks for the info
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very good advice for beginners let us hope they take your advice
Well...
Thanks brother, there is no need of tent in our Asia due to less expensive stay
No doubt
Two lighter sleeping bags put inside of each other works well when cold. When warmer, one underneath is a good pad
And who is going to carry the bags?
@@motorcycleadventures Two small sleeping bags will fit into one stuff sack. Make them Goose Down bags, and it will still be small. Or one of each a Synthetic for it's qualities. and a down for it's.
pillow i do i put my cloths in a dry bag i use that
It works
Straight talk from an experienced rider.
Thanks, man!
Seriously good advice on doing your homework!
Thought so!
Great!
O man... you are so right!! Its not posible not to agree
Thanks!
I don't think there's any campgrounds with kitchens and the like in America . At least not at any that I have been at in California . Hotels are at a minimum 100 dollars and that's in the cheapest areas , average cost is 180 with donuts and coffee . I like that little chair . Fortunately I have a lot of camping gear but I could use a more compact insulated mattress . Q Core , I think it's called , makes a nice mattress that is 3.5" when inflated and is fairly compact maybe 5" x 15" . It comes with a stuff sack that doubles as an inflation device , fills the mattress in a couple minutes at most and you don't need to use your lungs .
Thanks for the info and those pictures were pretty amazing , you have been to many cool places !
US is strange. every land is owned by someone who can shoot you. 😊
When using your lungs then the isolation is getting wet. Never fill an insultated airmatras with your lungs. It wil rot.
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I have a 30 year old Thermarest 3/4 camping pad and it hasn't rotted out yet but then again I have only used that one 10 times or so .
@@hardworkingamerican8847 Hi, that are not the ones i mean. Exped f.e. has an insulated airmatras. The Synmat. Forbidden to use your lungs because of the moisture. It can never escape again and will rot the insulation away in no time. And the insulation rating will go down also.
Another aspect is security, in 3rd world countries, camping can be risky specially close to cities or villages, you can get robbed
its better to stay at a cheap hotel than camp and risk getting robbed or attacked
but if you camp like 30km away from any human settlement or road you can be safe
The safety is just an illusion and the same for the danger. In most of the cases they exist only in our heads.
We have all different ways of doing things, and some things are better suited in some places than other.
Here is my plan for the Corona-summer of 2020:
This summer I will be a tourist i my own country, Norway, a tourist travelling on a motorcycle.
I do not mind carrying 10 kg of camping gear on my bike, because it will elevate the tour into an adventure.
Just as the motorcycle gives me freedom to travel where and when I want, my camping gear gives me the freedom to make a temporary home wherever and when I want. With my cooking gear I will cook the fish I catch, the berries and mushrooms I gather, and make coffee with the water from the nearest stream.
To harvest from the nature, and to camp freely in the wild is a big part of the norwegian outdoor life.
To travel by motorcycle in Norway (and Sweden and Finland) may be a cheap adventure in the nature, - or an expensive touring race from hotel to hotel.
Ride safe! - Then you get to ride again.
i always camp well almost always , use a cot to sleep on one of the ones with the round feet very comfortable and light. I also like to cook and enjoy a cold beer a cooler bag is great, most camp sites will give you ice also trekology make a great table and chair nothing like sitting back relaxing with cold beer knowing you will have a comfortable sleep. cheers