anglachel
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So I decided to take the NC camping.
She is presently stock, no trunk, no saddle bags, no soft bags, no hard luggage.
I afforded myself a camel back for the ride (and holding water at camp) and set off to see if I could go camping with just the frunk. Goal was one night out, two "meals" (dinner and a hot breakfast).
Started with packing up the frunk:
Start with a hammock
A tarp
Pillow
Stove and fuel
Pot and measuring cup
And what meal would be complete without some food.
And it closes!
I also loaded up the camel back with all my rain gear, some bug spray, and a water purifier (not photo'd, and not used on this trip):
Took a nice ~210 mile trip up to northern Minnesota and visited one of our state parks. Campsite was kind of interesting that it was up stairs from the parking for that site:
Unloaded everything:
Next up on my list was to get the hammock and tarp up, forecast had 30% chance of rain/T-storms (though we got none, still everything under the tarp came out damp because of the humidity:
Hammock
Tarp half pitched
Tarp pitched ready for a storm
Dinner was a mountain house food packet. It was terrible. The last time I had one of these was after a 10 mile hike with a 2,000 ft change in altitude carrying a 30 lbs pack... It was the best thing ever then, this time after the motorcycle did most of the work in moving me the 200 miles... not so good. If I were to do it again, maybe just some mac and cheese with powdered milk?
All setup to "Cook"
I assure you it is exactly as tasty as it look.
After a less than fantastic dinner it was off to bed:
Breakfast however turned out exactly like I expected it to:
This was also my first time riding on anything other than pavement... pulling into the campsite, I was grateful for the 5 mph speed limit (which I broke on the pavement as I idled a lot at 8-10mph) to be my excuse for moving so slowly... the next day when I left I felt fairly confident on the dirt/gravel/sand road (not all three mixed more of an ever changing gradient)
Sadly because of the short walk to the campsite most of my pics are NCless... but here is a few to prove it was at least some where with out pavement:
Ride home was pretty decent until I got to the highway where I turned south and went from 55 mph - 60 mph to a speed limit of 70mph, and traffic generally doing 75-80 mph.... with a 10-20 mph head wind... I managed to keep up with traffic most of the time, I did have a few occasions when I had the throttle all the way open trying to pass some one, and the bike seemed to simply refuse to go much faster, either a down shift, or leaning down behind the windshield usually took care of the problem. I think a new windscreen is called for, because I don't appear to be aerodynamic enough to accelerate at highway speeds with a headwind (as good a reason as any right?)
Also on the trip home with the food gone, my rain gear and water purifier moved to the frunk.
She is presently stock, no trunk, no saddle bags, no soft bags, no hard luggage.
I afforded myself a camel back for the ride (and holding water at camp) and set off to see if I could go camping with just the frunk. Goal was one night out, two "meals" (dinner and a hot breakfast).
Started with packing up the frunk:
Start with a hammock
A tarp
Pillow
Stove and fuel
Pot and measuring cup
And what meal would be complete without some food.
And it closes!
I also loaded up the camel back with all my rain gear, some bug spray, and a water purifier (not photo'd, and not used on this trip):
Took a nice ~210 mile trip up to northern Minnesota and visited one of our state parks. Campsite was kind of interesting that it was up stairs from the parking for that site:
Unloaded everything:
Next up on my list was to get the hammock and tarp up, forecast had 30% chance of rain/T-storms (though we got none, still everything under the tarp came out damp because of the humidity:
Hammock
Tarp half pitched
Tarp pitched ready for a storm
Dinner was a mountain house food packet. It was terrible. The last time I had one of these was after a 10 mile hike with a 2,000 ft change in altitude carrying a 30 lbs pack... It was the best thing ever then, this time after the motorcycle did most of the work in moving me the 200 miles... not so good. If I were to do it again, maybe just some mac and cheese with powdered milk?
All setup to "Cook"
I assure you it is exactly as tasty as it look.
After a less than fantastic dinner it was off to bed:
Breakfast however turned out exactly like I expected it to:
This was also my first time riding on anything other than pavement... pulling into the campsite, I was grateful for the 5 mph speed limit (which I broke on the pavement as I idled a lot at 8-10mph) to be my excuse for moving so slowly... the next day when I left I felt fairly confident on the dirt/gravel/sand road (not all three mixed more of an ever changing gradient)
Sadly because of the short walk to the campsite most of my pics are NCless... but here is a few to prove it was at least some where with out pavement:
Ride home was pretty decent until I got to the highway where I turned south and went from 55 mph - 60 mph to a speed limit of 70mph, and traffic generally doing 75-80 mph.... with a 10-20 mph head wind... I managed to keep up with traffic most of the time, I did have a few occasions when I had the throttle all the way open trying to pass some one, and the bike seemed to simply refuse to go much faster, either a down shift, or leaning down behind the windshield usually took care of the problem. I think a new windscreen is called for, because I don't appear to be aerodynamic enough to accelerate at highway speeds with a headwind (as good a reason as any right?)
Also on the trip home with the food gone, my rain gear and water purifier moved to the frunk.
