If anybody ever wondered how much kit you can get onto a motorbike, Rick Peterson
over there, he is the master and I can really appreciate it after long way
round, long way down and all the motorbike trips I did. It's absolutely
amazing how he's organized and we just show you what's in there. It's
mesmerizing, it's totally crazy.
That's it, the whole lot and now we go through the details, check it out.
Okay, today we're gonna go through the 1200 GS, the BMW 1200 GS layout of my
kit. So we'll start from the Tourettec tank bag. There's a few things still in
there hiding in there, but basically what I keep in there is a Nikon D300S
digital SLR, my Canon G11 and this is what I'm shooting when I'm actually
driving. I'll do videos and stills. I wouldn't recommend that to anybody else
but I do that. A charger with a USB and normal outlet and it plugs into the side
of the bag here. I've got it wired up electrically into a plug. Brilliant.
Trusty Dusty flashlight, the Spot Tracker. I highly recommend this to
everybody that leaves home in the car, on the bike, whatever. Must have a multi
tool. Actually have two of them, one in the tank bag and then one in one of the
panniers. A Canon HD camcorder. You want to miss all those wonderful shots out
there, this lovely scenery out here in the desert. So we're just gonna cram it
all back in here. Out in the desert I found that I was getting sucked dry big
time, so I had to stop and get some skin products. What else do we have here? If
you're allergic to anything, make sure you have it handy. I'm allergic to bees,
so that's a bee sting kit. That fits in there. Your Gorilla tripod fits in here.
Digital camera fits in there. Normally it fits in there nice and tight,
extra batteries for all the cameras. So that's the tank bag. For rain gear, I've
got some frog togs. So those are always handy. When I got cold up in Alaska and
Canada, I put these on to break the wind and it helped tremendously and their
waterproof. Must have a tour tech ball cap, so you can cover up your helmet head.
Thanks tour tech. I'm a showy helmet with comms on this side here. Works awesome.
There's a FM transmitter. Also it goes Bluetooth to my iPhone, so I can make
calls and also listen to the iTunes. Works awesome. Must have for the 1200 GS
bike. Those cylinder heads throw a lot of heat and this protects your legs, because
it's already 105 out here in out in the desert and this just helps keep my legs
from getting toasted. Warm armor gloves, so in case we get run over again like in
Las Vegas. I had these on. Didn't get a scratch on me. Thanks glyphs. Windproof
waterproof pants and jacket. Must have a camelback because you don't want to
dehydrate on the bike. It's hard to get water. Camelback. Must have. So speaking
of water, I have two of these on on the bike and also have this stair pin to
kill all the viruses and whatnot. So I could put any kind of water in here. I
get it from the water fountain. I nuke it with this thing. It's great. Most stores
have these things. Highly recommend. Okay in this pan here I keep mostly freeze
dried food and the tools for the bike. So I can get to that in a hurry. So I have
you know this mountain house stuff works great. All you do is boil up some
water with this little baby. It doesn't take up any space at all. It takes about
two and a half minutes to heat up the water and pour it in and have yourself a
meal. And I've been pretty happy with this mountain house stuff. I'd be out in
Canada or Alaska. No restaurants in sight. Just dying of you know just super
hungry. I pull over. Two and a half minutes later I'm eating something nice
and hot. So have these on your bike. Bought some of these bio wipes. I could
use it right now because I'm sweating big time. Lots of fruit and dried fruit and
nuts. Keeps your energy levels up. For the helmet to keep the to clean the
actual visor this stuff is the best. You know I highly recommend this Plexus. If
you can find that take it on the bike.
What else do we have here? More food. Mosquito coils in case the bugs in
Alaska or Canada decide to take off with half a pint of blood. Pull these things
out. Kills the bugs. Keeps them away. Camp soap. Shampoo. Fire lighters. These
things are pretty neat. When it was raining out big time I'd pull a couple
of these out. Throw it under some tender. Have myself a fire. Start drying up my
clothes. What else do we have here? Just in case the girls are around and you
want to pull a speed stick out because you get pretty stinky out there. Coffee.
Must have extra batteries for all your gadgets. Just a bowl. More food. More food.
These little hot things. You just peel them. Gets into the air and starts
throwing out heat. So I think I used one of these up in Alaska when it was
pretty chilly out on the bike. For filming. Stabilization. Another gadget. Any
records that you have or important papers definitely put it in something
plexiglass or in the Tupperware because I found that these bags when
they're when you load and unload the bike they get holes in them and stuff
still gets wet so this is a much safer way of packing. Extra fuel. So in a
month I used I think two of these little ones and then I finally bought a big one
but the two they stacked nice and easy inside the case. I have a cover for the
bike and that's when I go to hotels and things like that. That way the bike is
kind of covered up and nobody can really see what what's under it so they kind
of leave it alone. Also keeps it dry and then I have to work on the bike I
can throw this down real quick or just take a nap on it. So just a real small
cheap cheap cheap cover. Don't get an expensive one. About one of these just in
case I did have an accident or if there was an accident especially at night
we're hard to see out there especially if you have all leather. Just take one of
these you know push tuck it away and pull it out in an emergency. It might save
your life from somebody running you over. Something that you definitely have to
have in Alaska and Canada is the bug net. I got this at REI. The thing works
awesome. Just a hat with a bug screen. Those mosquitoes will eat you alive bug
net. Of course every biker should have a laptop and the choice is Apple. Go Apple.
Every BMW rider Harley rider. Apple. That fits right snug inside the paneer just
like that inside a case. And then I also have a couple pieces of foam just for
added protection that goes on either side of the the computer and when we got
hit in Las Vegas the paneer that got hit was with the computer and these
Tourettec paneer saved the computer. Nothing happened to it. Nothing happened to us.
So thanks again Tourettec. What else do we have? Tools. This is also in the left
paneer. It's basically a standard tool kit that you can buy at any BMW dealership
and then I've added my own pieces parts. These are really great here. I love
these. Okay moving right along bug dope. I think I have three or four different
versions of this stuff on on the bike in case the some mosquitoes like this so
that I throw it down I pull out the other I spray it on if the mosquitoes
like that then I try the other one. So this skin so soft stuff works pretty
good. There's also some clothing spray that you can put on to keep the bugs
away. It's quite expensive but if you don't like mosquitoes and flies eating
you spray this on your clothes and let's see this is a mic for the camera the
video camera which is over here that got in the wrong place. Moving right along we
have two hard drives to back up the the computer in case it does get wet or I
drop it I still have backups. What else do we have here? Every biker should have
the paper charts or the Atlas along with my Garmin GPS and I mainly use the
Garmin. I just punch in A to B and cruise right along I pull this out to find
any interesting things along the way. So must have an Atlas preferably one with
a good looking girl on the back. Okay that's that pen here. What else do we have?
This stuff here. A emergency radio so it has AMFM, air, weather, shortwave. You can
crank it. It's got solar power. It's got everything. Must have one of those.
Your survival axe. So I use this a little bugger quite a bit to start fires and if
you really get a big bear or a mean girl that wants to go for a ride you might
have to pull that out. No I'm just kidding. Little axe. I also have a water
filter to go along with the stereo pin because you definitely don't want to get
sick on a bike. You know if you're in a car or somebody else is with you you can
take turns driving if you're sick on the bike. It's no fun at all.
Spare inner tubes. If you're gonna go off-road or get away from any kind of
civilization definitely take spare tubes. Tire fixing kit. That way I can try
patching the hole on the tire right on the bike and if it
doesn't work then I have to go to the tubes. So this thing works good. With
CO2 cartridges to pump it up and also have a little hand pump like a bicycle
pump. Everybody should have a first aid kit. So I put this thing together along
with survival blanket in case somebody goes into shock or for signaling. But first
aid kit definitely takes something. I think that's all the pannears. I was the
left and the right. I would start moving into the three different bags that I
carry on the on the bike. We'll start with this other small one here.
Okay we've got my daily vitamins. In case I'm not eating well. Stuff from
GNC vitamins. It's more camera stuff.
Little reflector for photography for macro or for people. Works great. You can
see different sunglasses. Another camera which I brought the case but forgot the
camera. The flip camera. So when I get home I'll put the flip HD back in here
and it's waterproof. But this would have been great when it was raining out.
Important documents. Important documents. More computer stuff. If you're planning
on going to a foreign country. Rosetta Stone. Spanish. Make sure you do it. I
didn't do it. I just bring it along with me. Hopefully I'll suck it in. Diary.
National Geographic discs. I was gonna do some research on the on the trip
through the National Geographic program. So that's what that is. Tons of cables.
That's been the biggest weight I think is all the cables and charging pieces
parts for all for the computers, the cameras, the GPS. So just gotta gotta
carry that along with you. In fact here's some more stuff. More chargers. More
computer stuff. Okay then I brought an assortment of gloves because I couldn't
find a decent pair that was either gonna keep me warm, dry, or cool. So
everywhere I go I tend to buy a pair of gloves. I've got like waterproof ones. I
should have bought bigger. These are too tight. Cut the circulation off. These are
nice. So far the the best gloves I found for riding are actually these
mechanic gloves. They're breathable. They have padding in it. They're
comfortable to wear. So it's not from a bike shop. Sorry. And in Alaska and
Canada cover up your neck because it gets pretty dang cold up there sometimes.
And also protects your neck from bugs. Take a big old bug in the neck. It hurts.
So for part of the other kit we have more rain gear. And I brought this just for
hanging around camp and stuff instead of wearing that biker, biker gear. So I've
got another whole set of rain gear. Starting on this other bag is usually
where I keep all the camping stuff. So we got one big bag. Got a tent and it's
the Haba Haba HP MSR tent. And there's also a footprint in here somewhere. A
hardware plus 20 sleeping bag. The Lightcore 1.5 from REI sleeping pad. A
electric jacket which I ended up buying halfway through the trip because I was
freezing. And I bought this thing and highly recommend it if you're going to
anywhere chilly. Anywhere cold. Definitely this electric. Electric jacket. The helmet
cover. I use as a pillowcase. I take some dirty clothes or whatever and fill up
the helmet bag and use that as my helmet or my sleeping pillowcase. Must have a
hammock. Use that a few times. Just really tired and the ground's wet or a lot of
bugs. Pull this thing out at a rest area or just off the road. Set up the hammock.
Take a snooze. Inflatable pillow. That slides out from under my head all the time.
So when you put it in here it works great too. Inside the helmet cover. So I had
two covers for the helmet. Two pillowcases. It did get quite chilly in
Alaskan Canada again. And this plus 20 bag just wasn't warm enough. So of course
I hit REI again. It's a big sports store here in the US. And I bought a thermal
light reactor. Sleeping bag insert. And I stayed plenty warm. So you can use this by
itself or as a insert in the sleeping bag to keep you warmer. So it's fairly
thin but it's amazing how warm this thing is. Moving right along. What else do we
have down this row? Another small cover. I actually used this when it was raining
really hard in Canada. I strapped it to the bike up on the handlebars and back
on the on the back and then tacked it down like an A-frame and crawled under
it and just made lunch. So I didn't get everything else wet. So just this thing
got wet. That works pretty good. 550 cord or a parachute cord. You never know
when you're gonna need that stuff. Portable sink. I gotta bring the kitchen
sink right? So this thing's kind of neat. You can get it out. Just pops out. So you
can wash your face, wash your dishes. It's a five liter kitchen sink. It's hot out here.
A little lantern. Works great in the in the tent. Hang it up.
I also found that I always track in a lot of dirt and bugs into the tent. So
about this little cheapy thing to help sweep some of the bugs out and the dirt.
The tent foot. What's this thing called again? Footprint for the tent. That just
helps protect the tent. So that goes up in that pile. I think that's pretty much
it down this side. Then we start in the other bag and this one just has all my
clothes and some odds and end things. Bathroom soaps and stuff like that. So
on clothes I try to go with the long sleeve shirts that are breathable and
they dry out easy. So these Columbia shirts have worked pretty good. A couple
t-shirts just for going out. And then of course I've got a couple of turritex
shirts. Thanks guys. These jerseys when it's hot out here in the desert. I wear
these jerseys underneath the the jacket. And it's amazing how cool you actually
are when you when the bike starts moving. Now once it stops I'm sweating like
right now. It's pretty hot. But these jerseys keep you nice and cool. And
everybody asks me when I'm wearing the full kit the jacket and the pants if I'm
dying because everybody else is just melting. And as long as the bike's
moving I'm pretty comfortable. But when it stops I'm dying here. Underwear, socks,
t-shirts, a couple pair of pants. That's the same kind of deal. You want the kind
that dry the fastest that they do get wet and comfortable on the bike. So these
are the kind that also go convertible. You can take the legs off. So you have
shorts and pants all in one. Sorry about two. So three pair of those I'm wearing
the other one. And one pair of jeans somehow snuck into the outfit. Normally I
don't bring jeans along because they take up room. They don't dry and they're
uncomfortable on the bike when they get wet. For warm weather or to stay warm
hat must have. And a fleece jacket. This thing got a lot of use up in Canada and
Alaska. As soon as I'd get off the bike riding all day and the sun goes down it
gets cold. Even in the summertime it was amazing. Moving down the the chain here.
Swimming suit, something to sleep in, rain hat. Once you take the helmet off when
it's down pouring all the rain just has a tendency to go down your jacket and
then you get soaking wet. So you put this thing on it drips past your collar and
you stay fairly dry. In the desert you get off the bike you take your helmet off
and on the outside of the helmet it you could probably fry an egg it's that hot
but on the inside it's not too bad. Once you take your helmet off though you
definitely need a hat because it is hot hot hot.
A pair of flip flops for public showers or just walking around when you want to
take those big boots off. Extra lens for the camera. Your toothbrush, toothpaste,
pit stop, all that shaving gear is in here. Lots of socks. So I have warm socks,
cool weather socks. Because when you're riding in those boots your feet tend to
get a little damp sometimes and you don't want to get trench flood or any of that
kind of stuff. Take care of your feet. And then the most important thing is a
roll of quarters or loonies up in Canada for doing laundry because it
never fails you show up you don't have any quarters they don't have a change
machine you have nasty clothes you don't get to wash them. So I always bring
roll of quarters. And the backup phone in case I sit on the other iPhone I
always have a backup this is one of the original ones it doesn't get much use
now. Well that's pretty much it on the the bike I'd hate to see how much it
weighs. Maybe 175 pounds worth of stuff maybe not too bad. So the trick is to
keep it dry and keep it accessible in some some kind of an order. And zip lock
baggies bag everything up you never know when your patineer is going to get beat
up or it starts leaking and then everything inside gets soaking wet. I'm
fully self-contained here unless I run out of food other than that I can stop
get water out of pretty much any pond nasty pond or river. I have the
filtration so I have plenty of water. I've got fuel for cooking boiling. It gets
too cold out I got tons of stuff I can put on if it gets too hot I can start
peeling things off. But yeah you can go around the world with this kit. So if
anybody is out there who can beat this make another video but I don't think it's
possible. He's the king.
