Packing For Motorcycle Trip! EVERYTHING We Pack!
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- This is EVERYTHING we pack for a long term motorcycle tour! Camping gear, motorcycle gear, camera gear - We take you through everything!
How to pack and prepare for a long term motorcycle tour?! We start at the beginning with showing you all the steps we take before we leave on a motorcycle trip. From preparing our BMW R 1250 GSA with new accessories to how to stay fit and healthy before your adventure.
We will guide you through the art of packing your gear, ensuring that you have everything you need while keeping your style intact. From choosing the right camping equipment to organizing your essentials, our expert tips and tricks will elevate your motorcycle tour preparation game to a new level.
But it's not just about what you pack; it's about how you prepare mentally and physically for the adventure ahead. We'll share valuable insights on staying fit and focused, enabling you to have the tour of a lifetime!
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Touratech Switzerland - 00:00
Shopping In Zürich - 05:13
How To Use Google Maps - 06:39
Health and Wellbeing - 10:32
Adding Charging Points On BMW The R1250 GSA - 13:54
Clothes Packing - 14:54
Camping Equipment -18:07
Camera Equipment - 28:06
Weight Of Panniers - 33:31
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thank you I will
You are very organized.
Thanks Jim!
When living out of a pannier for weeks on end it certainly helps =)
We hope you enjoy the new series as we head up to the Artic Circle and to the top of Norway.
Cheers
Sean and Emily
Fantastic packing!!! Even better than last time. Thanks for sharing guys great as ever 👍🏻
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
S&E
What cool video guys. Weighing the luggage at the end was the cherry on top 😁
Thanks! Lots of people asked us to weigh it on the last packing video and it's interesting for us to know too =).
Cheers
Sean and Emily
Immediately subscribed… thanks for taking us along on your trips.. 😍
Thanks for Subbing and welcome to the channel!
Hi guys very informative for people looking to travel and you two work great together a big plus. Thank you for sharing with us
Hi, thanks very much for your comment. We are really glad you enjoyed it and found the information useful! Throughout the series we try and give useful information on where we go, plus locations etc are always noted in the description of each video.
If you are interested in what equipment we take you can find it on our website which also contains various blogs and reviews
Thanks for watching.
Sean and Emily
seanandemilytravels.com/equipment
Very good video with lots of great ideas. You two are a joy to follow and I look forward to your future rides.
Ahh thanks Brian! We really appreciate your kind words of encouragement! We are planning to have 2 videos out a week until the end of the year, glad to have you along with us for the ride.
All the best
Sean and Emily
Hi, great video so helpful in so many ways and subscribed. Thanks for sharing your tips and journeys x
Hi, thanks for subscribing and great to hear you found the videos helpful!
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Just discovered your channel and just want to say its superb, so informative! Especially thanks for the Google Maps tips! Cant wait to watch the episodes of the tour! Keep up guys! :)
Good morning Halma, welcome to our channel -so glad you found us! Thanks so much for your encouraging words and kind comment. Editing more episodes whilst we speak lol -there should be enough on there to keep you going for a while =)
Looking forwards to hearing from you again.
Hope you enjoy the Series
Sean and Emily
Just started watching your trips,very interesting.Thx for plenty of information on your channel..
Hi Steven, welcome to our Channel! Thanks for your encouraging feedback and we look forwards to hearing if you like the rest of the videos 😊
Sean and Emily
seanandemilytravels.com/
Brilliant, thanks for direction to this 🤝
You're welcome 😊
I've always wondered about how to get around the number of points on a journey (10), and it looks like that pins job does this!
Hopefully this is useful, we recently started using Calimoto and it works really well. We still use google to pin points of interest but now plan the route on calimoto as you can export to GPX in one click.
Really interesting film guys, you are so well organised, it really pays not to leave things to chance, it's not worth the potential hassle! Getting ready for a trip is really exciting, lol.
Thanks for your continued encouragement and kind words! Yeah we often find it's difficult to get hold of certain items on the road so important to be prepared. Oh yeah the pre trip excitement is just as good =)
S&E
Very informative list there. The only thing we didn't use on our week long trip was packing cubes. We haven't yet got into these, mainly because our panniers aren't as large as yours so all our clothes are packed into ziplock bags, all the air squashed out and then rolled to save space. We both had the clothes we needed for each day in a separate bag, it worked well but we quickly realised that over the winter we need to buy thinner clothing items such as lightweight trousers as normal ones are so bulky.
We also had to return our tent which we purchased and so will be looking for another, the 3 man was nice and roomy but maybe we will downsize to a 2 man to save a little more room.
Our biggest space disaster was taking normal inflatable mattresses - just 2 of these with the sleeping bags filled our topbox......not ideal.
So, lots of great ideas here and I feel sure the more touring you do, the more the packing gets easier!
Hi, it's funny how long it took us to find the perfect packing cube to fit the panniers =) -never before have the size specs of packing cubes been analysed so much lol Squashing the air out of the clothes with ziplock bags must save a lot of space too!
The 2 man tent we have is as small as we think possible as it still has a bit of room to keep some gear inside, and also a decent vestibule area -but most importantly the poles fit length ways in the pannier!
Yeah exactly, the more we tour the more we realised what we used all the time and what we didn't use so often.
In case you would like a detailed description of our gear we have listed it all on our website:
seanandemilytravels.com/equipment
Cheers and have a great day
Sean and Emily
I highly recommend wiring everything via a Healtec Thunderbox. It simply connects to the battery then you plug your accessories into that. The device only provides power once it detects the bike is running and then shuts off when it detects the bike is off. Cost around £60!
Funny you should mention that! We just fitted one last week! 😁 will be in next weeks new video.
Totally agree with you, makes life a lot easier and there’s just enough room under the seat. 😎👍🏻
Hi and good morning. Nice video, thanks a lot for the maps planing. I will try to use it as well for my trips (same bike as yours), because I struggle with Basecamp as well. Looking forward to your Norway trip, because its on my bucket list as well. I left my subcription, of course.
Good morning =),
Thanks very much for your comment and support. Really glad that you found the maps segment useful. We really like google maps for our research and it's easy to share later on our website.
We are looking forwards to the new ConnectedRide Navigator form BMW it looks like it will make things a lot easier.
Norway has been on our bucket list for a long time so we are so excited to finally live it.
Glad to have you along for the ride!
Cheers
Sean and Emily
Great stuff thanks for all your info on this stuff. Big cheers from British Columbia. 😎🏍💨💨💨💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦
Hi John, Glad you liked it and we hope you find it useful =)
Cheers
Sean and Emily
Hello from Portugal.
Hi!
We recently got back form Portugal and had a wonderful time ...missing that nice warm sun =)
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Cheers
Sean and Emily
We have been travelling around Europe during holidays on our bikes since 2001 and collected lots of camping stuff over the years. The stuff you show us is truly next level!
I look foreward to see all of this being used during this trip!
Hi, thanks very much. Riding two up we have limited space so needed to make sure everything is as light and compact as possible ....yet enjoyable to use 😊.
The cooking equipment we use each day on tour and we've had so many wonderful outdoor cooking memories. Thanks for watching.
I can imagine. We both ride an own big touring bike, but still it is a challenge!
arranged quite neatly...
Thanks! Organisation is so important!
Thanks a lot for this really great... 'packing' does not nearly get it... video. A lot of great ideas and hints of how to to do on a big tour 👍
Hi and thanks very much! We are glad you enjoyed the video and found the information useful.
In case you are looking for some specifics of what we take, our equipment can be found on our website:
seanandemilytravels.com/equipment
All the best
Sean and Emily
Now I know the secret sauce for Sean and Emily: Emily is tiny and weighs next to nothing. When your passenger and yourself already weigh 170kg/375lbs, with the passenger being much heavier, you don’t really want to take much more, especially with a bad back. Maybe I should get a trike, ha. Really nice set up.
Hehe at least a trike wont ever fall over! Thanks -it's taken a few trips to get the setup but i think we are there there now. -so far everything has worked well on the Heading North Tour.
Thanks for watching and we appreciate your comment!
Sean and Emily
Hello both, I stumbled across your excellent vlog, you really do your packing similar to me, and we have the exact same bike even down to the triple black, the only major difference to you is I use the 13.5 litre per side pannier extenders rather than the roll bags. I'm looking forward to viewing your Scandinavian tour, as I will be doing the same next year, all being well. Thank you.
Hi Stephen, thanks very much and we are glad you found it!
Great minds think alike =) We tried the 13.5 litre extenders and really liked them however we found they restrict the pillions legs and the corner digs in a little bit, so we opted for the roll bags and set them bag a little bit.
You are going to have an amazing time! It's been truly amazing! We try and leave the locations to places in the descriptions in case you want to find places that we have been to otherwise just drop us a comment and we will try and get back to you.
Welcome to our channel and we hope you like the Heading North Playlist (new episodes out Wed, Sat and Sun).
Catch you again soon
Cheers
Sean and Emily
Hello from Utah! I think you guys did pretty well on packing weight. The GS can handle it. Hair dryer? well we all need something for our comfort! My wife would agree. :)
Hi, thanks! Yeah we were happy with the weight considering the camping, cooking and recording equipment we needed. Haha at 500g it’s a pretty light hairdryer -good for drying gear out too 😉
Cool that you’re watching from Utah! 😎🙌🏻
Hello, I just subscribed to your channel, I'm watching the series of videos about your trip to Cabo Norte in Norway, the truth is that I wanted to find a motorcycle travel channel in which you are not talking about your motorcycle all the time, etc etc, and above all I like the way you transmit your emotions and experiences, it is really a pleasure to meet you and gather data because we intend to make that trip in 2025, since next time we want to make the Alps, greetings from Valencia, Spain.
Hi Pedro! Great to hear from you and it's really nice to hear you like the format of our channel. Yeah our channel is not all about the bike (although we do talk about it sometimes =) and everything is recorded live as we don't get second chances whilst on the bike so the emotions are real which we appreciate you noticing.
If you need locations we do include the locations in the time stamps in the descriptions so perhaps that's useful to you and we will be adding a blog onto our website -there is a map there already.
We also have plenty of videos of riding in the Swiss alps incase you are looking for some information on that to.
Anyway it's great to meet you and we really hope you enjoy watching or video as much as we enjoyed making them.
Sean and Emily
seanandemilytravels.com/
Greetings from N.I. How the hell do you remember where everything is lol 🤔. When on a grand tour me and Carolyn lay all the clothes and money out , then half the clothes and double the money !!! never fails. Oh and take some travel wash priceless !.
All joking aside brilliant bit of packing.
We have packed it so many times i think we could do it in the dark lol
That's a good philosophy =)
Travel wash is always useful -we take a mini washing line with us too.
Thanks for commenting and we hope you enjoy the rest of the Heading North Tour (there's lots on the way)
Cheers
Sean and Emily
A good alternative to a lot of thick sweaters, fleece jackets or such is a heated vest or jacket like Venture Heat or similar! I almost never freeze, I rather have a problem to be cool enough, BUT when I have been in Norway and have ridden over the mountain passes it can be so nice to get the heat from inside on the front, back and also the neck area 😊
Hi Marcus! We are also big fans of the heated vests. It's funny we actually had the same conversation about how nice the heat feels on the back, neck and shoulders =) Now we have 2 power outlets we can both have them on all the time.
Cheers
Sean and Emiy
@@SeanandEmily Actually just a few minutes after I posted my comment I heard you mention about the heated vests in the video 😁
LEDs will make the bike feel fresh and new again. I was lucky that the microchips had just started to come through again so my R1250GS came with them just before Xmas last year for a UK ordered bike.
Hi Michael, yeah you are right! And wow do they make a difference, gives you more confidence for riding at night, it's incredible how far the main beam goes. We are so happy we got the LED fitted in time for the Heading North Tour -good for spotting reindeers!
Cool that your bike came with them from the start.
Cheers
Sean and Emily
How interesting to see how you prepare and make plans for the trip. I watched with great interest and am also adopting many tips. I am also very satisfied with Touratech products for my motorcycle.
I'm curious how the selected Metzler tires behaved during your long trip in all the wheater conditions!
Hi! Thanks for your message and welcome to our channel. That’s great that you’re happy with the Touratech products they are really good?
Hopefully the restaurants we find are useful to you as well then 😊 The Metzler tires did great, offered good grip on the wet, good longevity and performed well off road -the only thing they didn’t do well was grip in the mud but then I wouldn’t expect an 80/20 tire to do that anyhow.
In the end we got 10,000 Km out of them but has loads of tread on the sides so on a regular tour that didn’t have so many straights they would have lasted longer.
I’ve replaced them with the same tire as I liked them.
Thanks for watching
Sean and Emily 😊👍🏻
How have I only just discovered you guys.
Me, my Dad and brother travel every year to Switzerland, Germany and the like and we love it.
How long have you guys been living in Switzerland? Assuming you can speak the language?
Lastly, Sean looks like Tobey Maguire :)
Gonna smash through your series now.
Hey! Welcome to our channel -glad you found us! 😎🙌🏻
That’s awesome that you guys do that every year -what a fantastic tradition.
Been here over 10 years and can speak German fluently, Ems better at French than I am and the other two national languages we haven’t tried yet 😁.
Haha that’s a new one, but I’m okay with that 😁
Hope you like the Heading North series, looking forwards to your thoughts on it.
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Poor Sean. Far too well looked after 😊. Great expertise. I’m amazed how you managed to fit all of your cloths in such small packs! Do you ever research a launderette for your longer trips? We’ve just got back from 2 week round trip uk, to Austria, Switzerland and back. Wanted to ask you about this. Our cloths clearly very bulky!😅
Hehe Yeah he's not doing too badly =).
Thanks for your comment! Launderettes are usually not too difficult to find and we do use them if we have time. Most of our riding clothes (T-shirt, Shorts, Leggings, underwear etc) are made from quick dry sport material which we can wash daily in the sink or shower. We also carry a mini travel washing line which helps a lot to dry them. Also merino wool stays fresh for a long time and is also fast drying.
I hope you had a great trip, Switzerland and Austria are 2 of the best places to ride!
Cheers
Sean and Emily
Took a while to find your site but really found it useful, immediately subscribed. Safe Travels I like at the end: "how much does your total weight come in at?"
Hi and welcome to our channel! Glad you found us and it's great to hear you have found it useful already. We hope you enjoy the rest of the tour where you get to see the equipment being used in real life situations. Thanks for watching and we look forwards to hearing from you again.
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Good information
Wish you a good luck
Respect from islamabad Pakistan
Hi, thanks very much for your comment and support. Also thanks for letting us know where you are watching from -it's great to have someone from Pakistan following our journeys. We hope one day to travel through your country too!
All the best and kind regards
Sean and Emily
@@SeanandEmily u welcome
😮 I’d spend too much in that Touratech shop!!!
Easily done! -There's so many fantastic accessories in that shop! =)
Great video!! This helped me a lot for my summer trip 2024. It went from "how the hell do I even start with this" to "Yeah let's do this" :) I do wonder how you bring all your work you've done in Google (My) Maps to your GPS? Can you extract the GPX files? Or maybe there is a way to navigate the routes made via Google maps on the smartphone? I currently running only My Route App and Calimoto both on the PC and the smartphone, so I make my routes there but its tedious work, going back and forth between the route planner and Google maps and then relocate all the POI's. Your approach seems way more efficient. I recently watched the whole entire Heading Nort episodes and it was EPIC, You guys documenting so much, build a story and it looks so professional it even looks like your watching a series on Netflix, Kudos for that. Thanks for sharing all of this, keep up the good work and hope to see much more of you guys!!
Hi, thanks ever so much for you encouraging comment! 😎👍🏻
It’s great to hear that the videos are a help.
Yeah there is a way to extract to GPX from google maps but it’s not so straight forward. What we tend to do is have the POI’s and route in google maps and as we never know how far we will get each day we just plan our day in the morning, just putting in the points manually as we need them or Em will give directions from her phone. This way we can change the route or add and miss destinations as needed.
In case you need any more info on our equipment or routes we have them on our website: (we don’t necessarily take everything for each trip)
seanandemilytravels.com/equipment
Thanks again for your comment! 😊
Sean and Emily
Hi guys
Do you think you could fit 2 standard size helmets plus your biking clothing in the side panniers and top box if they were empty ? We’re thinking about which panniers / top box to get. We like getting to a destination then having a hike in normal clothes while everything is locked safely on the bike ( we used to have a bmw r1200 rt and we could do that with that bike )
Many thanks. Loving the channel btw
Hi Jim,
Yes we can get our 2 adventure helmets in the bike as well as most of our gear when they are empty but there is never room for the boots!
We tend to bring a bike chain and put the helmets through that, we have even put the sleeves of the two jackets in each other and a leg form the pants through the chain first thus locking everything.
Another option is the pac safe system which we used in Spain
Here they are being used at 2:46
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We are so glad to hear you are enjoying the channel and we hope to hear from you again.
Cheers
Sean and Emily
Another great video thanks. Are the panniers and top box larger than the normal size touratech ones that come with the gsa ? Were wanting to camp ourselves, we’ve seen a similar tent to yours and are wondering whether it would fit in standard panniers or are we going have to order larger ones. We’ll be buying the bike over the next few weeks and ordering the touratech top box and panniers at the same time.
Many thanks
Hi Jim, thanks for your kind words of support!
Yes the Touratech Zega EVO X panniers are slightly larger that the OEM ones (also made by touratech).
We have the ZEGA Evo X special system 45/45 in black. as well as the ZEGA Evo Topcase 38 which is also a bit bigger than standard.
The MSR tent fits exactly without having to go on an angle so i would recommend that tent (it's also a great tent!) -you can see it being used in the Heading South Tour and we use it on this tour too.
We did look at getting the pannier extenders for the OEM cases however the additional height really gets in the way of the pillions legs so is rather uncomfortable. We are really happy with this system and the extra few litres really does make the world of difference. Also be sure to get the Touratech foam backrest for the top box.
I hope that's helpful, if you need any more info just drop us a comment (it's easier for us to see new comments on other videos as sometimes replies to replies get lost)
All the best and kind regards
Sean and Emily
Panniers:
www.touratech.com/zega-evo-x-special-system-for-bmw-r1250gs-r1250gs-adventure-r1200gs-ab-2013-r1200gs-adventure-ab-2014.html
Topbox:
www.touratech.com/zega-evo-topcase-and-black-38-litres-with-rapid-trap.html
Foam Cushion:
www.touratech.com/backrest-cushion-for-zega-evo-zega-pro-topcase.html
seanandemilytravels.com/equipment
Great videos and adventure. Would live to know how the Touratech helmet works with peak and what made you choose it vs say a Shoei Neotech 3 that I was thinking of getting 🙏🏽
Hi, thanks for your comment and really glad you like the videos. So as with all peaked helmets it's kind of a playoff between the convenience of blocking the sun and comfort on faster journeys. I found this helmet was actually comfortable on motorways (as long as you keep it tipped downwards) you can however remove the peak with a couple of screws. For a flip up helmet it's actually fairly light as it's carbon. but as with all helmets it comes down to whether it fits right, this one is manufactured by Nexx and I've had one before so i knew it would fit well. best bet is to go and try on as many as you can -most you will know instantly if they don't feel right.
Cheers
Sean and Emily
@@SeanandEmily thank you 🙏🏽 😊
Hi. The Google tip is awesome. I'm just trying to figure it out how save the points along the route save it in my tom tom as gpx only saves the route but not the stopping points
Hi Robert, we tend to use the google map as a reference for when we are on the road. As we are never sure where we will be each day we just add the points into the GPS each morning at breakfast. It would be nice if google maps could seamlessly export to GPX.
@@SeanandEmily kml and kmz files can easily be converted into gpx but after conversion gpx file won't save the stopping points , all need to be added again in the tomtom app but still thanks again
Great info. What do you wear in the rain? You mention having rain gear ready.
Hi David, we are really grateful for the super thanks -that’s really kind of you 🙏🏻.
Our riding suits are made up of 2 suits …
The base layer with armour that’s fully vented and an outer layer that’s fully water and wind proof. When we don’t need the outer layer they live in the black rack pack bags.
Here’s a link if you’re interested:
www.touratech.com/compa-ero-world-traveller-jacket-men.html
Kind regards
Sean and Emily
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Hi folks great teamwork with you two, what a great organiser is Emily, and Sean covering all eventualities. Thks
Thanks very much 😎👍🏻
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Thanks for your support guys!
Would recommend to not put the water bottle full of water in the same box as all your electronics. Personal experience with a leaking waterbottle kinda killed my laptop haha.
Question: what is the reason you choose for hardcases instead of soft ones? Still indecisive on the easiness of hardcases but more roughness of the soft ones.
True, laptop and fragile are in the side pannier and the top case keeps the water bottle upright (the bigger water bottle lives upright in the top box). Laptops are so fragile! -I once spilled a drip of tea on one and it killed it instantly 🤪.
We went with hard cases as they are better for security, easier to take on and off, totally waterproof, double up as a table and chairs and enable us to strap additional bags on top. As they are aluminium they don’t actually take up that much more weight than soft bags.
Great tips re planning with Google maps... how about a short video tutorial for us techno numpties?
Thanks, glad you liked them! Yes this is a good idea ...after we finish producing the Heading North Tour we might have time to do a google map planning video in more detail.
We hope you enjoy the rest of the series and we are happy to have you along for the journey.
Cheers
Sean and Emily
@@SeanandEmily that would be great... I'm sure there would be others interested in something like that. Really enjoying the Heading North Tour so far... Norway is on my list of potential trips for next year! 😊👍🏻
hopefully by the end of the series it will be top of your list =) @@theheroblob5036
I'd like to see more on this topic too. How do you get it from googlemaps to a gpx file for the GPS?
Unfortunately there is no way to put them on directly from google maps, so each day we refer to our map for weigh points and put them in manually. As our route is never set in stone this method works well for us . Cheers S&E@@barrywilliams7638
Don’t you carry any chair and table? Like Helinox.
Hi, we are trying to keep things as compact as possible as we have lots of camera/recording equipment so we use our panniers and top box as a table and chairs =)
When are you going on the trip?
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