Ideal camping gear for bikin

[Stuart]

I don't know about everyone else but we tend to use mini gas stoves to brew up whilst on our motorcycle camping trips. But here's a little wood burning stove that cools down and packs down pretty quick. Might be just the thing for riding out if you don't want to be reliant on gas
http://www.littlbug.com/index.htm

Anyone got any other ideas for space saving stuff seeing as the holiday seanson is almost upon us

[Diesel Dave]

Woodburners without forced air tend to be smokey and cover your pot bases in creosote, I've tried making my own in the past.

Forced air types tend to be better but require batteries - ok if you have on on the bike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyofhLYYVC8

Dave

[Anorak_ian]

Humm, I think I’ll stick with gas. Better still the cafe, boozer.

The first time I went camping with my bike, I went through the kitchen cupboards. Tins packets and bottles, tin openers plates’ cutlery, stove spare gas bottles and god knows what else.
No more kitchen sink riding for me, these days I look for the local supermarkets, as they usually have a good cafe, and good toilet facilities, and while I'm there I have a good mooch around, coke crisps and a magazine.
Of course it may be a bit of a treck if you’re camping in the Rocky Mountains or the Himalayas

[Diesel Dave]

I went on a 4 day camping trip on a C90 last summer - now that really requires minimalist kit.

And I still had a tent, airbed, 3 season sleeping bag, cooker, espresso maker, 2 tins of Spam, Beans, Super Noodles, condensed milk, tea, coffee, bikkies.........you get the idea.

Kiddies tent from Wilkinsons cost £8.99.



Anythings possible.....

Dave

[andrewaust]

Them little solid fuel stoves are not bad either guy's, only thing is knowing how many fuel tablets you'll need.

I'm the Mr Bean of camping, find heaps of wood and make a "REALLY" big fire, helps keep them mossies away


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[Anorak_ian]

Tartan panniers, what ever will they make next.

[Dan J]

Did the bright green can contain unleaded or lager?

[Diesel Dave]

I'll have you know those tartan shopping bags cost 50p each in the local Saturday market.

If they are good enough for most 3rd world goods transportation they are good enough for my bike.


And the can's for unleaded, have you ever seen the size of a C90 tank. Lager (or more accurately Guinnness) supplies were supplied of the local pub; the problem was it was at the top of a very slippery grassey bank - the outward journey was fine but several of our number took a tumble on the return journey in the dark.

Dave

[oldbmw]

trouble is wood is a very bulky fuel, I would not like to be dependant on it when camping and mobile, although i confess to carrying it in the car. Often where there is a good supply of wood, it is illegal to burn it due to fire hazards. I usually take my little gaz camping stove with me.

Re the supermarkets, note in france, many of them have a counter near the cheese/cooked meats counter of chilled ready cooked meals, from paeola to all sorts of things, you buy it loose and can mix and match to feed one or twenty, they pack the stuff into tupperware type containers, all you need do is heat it. very good value. Also in France when buying cheap wine, buy non french wine. It is always sold very cheap because the french take a lot of convincing to buy non french wines. Just recently bought some very good south african shiraz at 1.69 a bottle ( 14%)

[Anorak_ian]

You carry wood in your car?
Does it have a funnel and are the tyres a bit hard?

Ssssshhhcoof Ssssshhhcoof Ssssshhhcoof toot toot.

[Stuart]

I never thought ppl would take wood along for the trip
I once had an army pump up petrol stove. Made the pots black as hell though. All was fine until it started to whistle alarmingly one time and I was forced to lob it (grenade style). It blew up on impact Never again.
I was gonna weld a teapot to my exhaust one time but tea never tastes quite right from a steel/stainless pot does it
Perhaps a tube alongside these exhaust that I can slip a couple of bangers (sausages) in would be a good

[Diesel Dave]

Just wrap up yer bangers really well and drop them in the hot sump oil.

Maybe there's something to be said for using veg based lubricating oils?

There must be a stove that runs on diesel? I know it's costly to buy but at least there's a ready supply in the main tank.

Dave

[coachgeo]

great threads on camping gear, tents and Motorcycling HERE. Plus tons more on the subject of adventure biking.

[Anorak_ian]

I like this thred, listern to all the moans about bad mpg.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=348211

[roodesign]

I have a old 20+ years MSR XGK multifuel stove that will burn just about anything liquid...if I remember right, with diesel, or kerosene, you have to use something like a drop of alcohol or gas to put in the pre-heat cup...then it works fine...here is the modern version...it's $150.00 US...but mine's lasted a long time...
http://www.msrgear.com/stoves/xgkex.asp

[Diesel Dave]

How much

A bit pricey, I could use the cash and go for a really good steak dinner many times over.

Thats because the UK is very small and your never that far away from a good pub meal.

A woodburner sounds neat especially with a little fan to turn it into a woodgas stove, use the bike battery for power - bit bulky mind, not least of all because of the axe required to chop wood with.

Dave

[oldbmw]

woodburner sounds neat especially with a little fan to turn it into a
woodgas stove, use the bike battery for power - bit bulky mind, not
least of all because of the axe required to chop wood with.

Dave

Nope take a battery powered chainsaw

I used to do a lot of boating, with trips to the Scilly isles ( no trees). When taking the kids they liked a campfire, but finding wood could be problemmatical. Driftwood is often damp and salty. So I took to taking a sack of wood on the boat. Much better than disappointing them...Also it allows you to carefully select the wood so you are sure of a good fire
For BBq ing at home I used to use selected wood that had been left in the Aga overnight....

Dave In france they make and use a whole range of diesel stoves as they use diesel as heating oil, not kerosene. I found this out the hard way as I hoped to install a oil fired Aga here

[andrewaust]

How about one of them exhaust ovens ! Pack all your goodies before you take off for the camp and wallah cooked meal at no cost



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