Thursday, 30 August 2018

Time to sort out the kit

This weekend I need to make sure I go through all my camping kit and figure out what I actually need to take and what I can leave behind. The weekend after this one is when I'm heading down the coast to go fishing. I've decided that as long as it's not raining then I'm going to ride and try and take some footage along the way. As I said previously, I don't intend to publish this trip as a motocamping one straight away, this is going to be a learning experience and if it ends up being good I may release it at a later time.
The things that I think I'll need to take with me are:
  • tent
    $35 Kmart 3 person tent
  • ground mat
  • sleeping bag
  • air mattress
  • rechargeable air pump*
  • cooking kit
  • butane burner with spare can
  • knife, fork, spoon, cup and plate.
  • head lamp
  • table lamp
  • chair
    Rocky Creek Bikerz Chair
  • table (it's a small hiking one)
  • change of clothes or two (not sure how smelly I'll get fishing)
  • telescopic fishing rod
  • small tackle box 
  • rain overpants (if there is any chance)
  • food (but we may just buy stuff at the shops nearby)
  • matches and lighter 
  • solar battery charger
  • stubby holder
  • fly and poles (only if rain is forecast).
    Oztrail Hiking Fly
  • hatchet
  • insect repellant
  • sun screen
  • hat
  • glasses
  • first aid kit 
  • and all the camera kit
That's a fair bit of kit to fit on the bike and most of it is pretty cheap either from Kmart or eBay but it does the trick. I'll maybe upgrade bits and pieces as they break, but sometimes it's still cheaper to by the really cheap stuff every couple of trips than spending heaps when it'll only last a couple of years anyway. On top of all of that, I'll have the motorcycle clothing that I'll be wearing of course but that has to go somewhere when I'm off the bike which is why the tent is a three person one.
I need to pack things in a logical order too, as there is no point having the tent at the bottom of the bag as I'd need to unpack everything just to get to it. I plan on taking the rear ventura bag that was on the bike when I bought it and my large dry bag. The ventura bag isn't fully waterproof so what ever goes in there need to either be in a smaller dry bag (like the first aid kit), or be something that doesn't really matter if it gets a little damp, like the cooking kit and fishing rod.
I know taking the air pump isn't really necessary but the air mattress I have is a full size single mattress and having the pump makes it so much easier to inflate and deflate. In time I plan on replacing the big air matress with a smaller hiking one, but not one of those tiny self inflating ones, I've had one of them and they didn't pack down too small and they were still uncomfortable. Something like a Sea to Summit Ultralight Matt, but they are pretty expensive and the one I have only cost $9 so it's a pretty hard argument to win.
Hopefully I can manage to knock off early tomorrow and get home to test the microphone on the bike. I'm going to jam it in the helmet first with the chin open and then closed. I'll also try it on my jacket somehow. The windscreen I have does a pretty good job at keeping most of the wind off, I am still waiting on the dead cat to put over the mic and if that doesn't work then I think I'm up for a better mic.
I came up with a couple of cool ideas too for things to film and techniques I could try out. As I'm using the 360° camera I need to try and do things that the other motovloggers can't, something to make me a little bit different without being too way out there.

Bomber.
The days are getting warmer..... just.

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