Luggage options

[Vidrazor]

I was showing the JetBoil to a friend and he mentioned this:

""Unfortunately, the stove uses propane gas canisters, which aren't very
eco-friendly.  I own and recommend the MSR -fly series (Firefly, Dragonfly,
WhisperLite, etc - I own the Firefly, but recommend the WhisperLite model,
which came after).  These units use liquid fuel and will heat up water just
as fast as the unit you point to. Two quart tanks lasted a full week of 3
meals a day use with plenty to spare. For ultimate efficiency in heat
transfer, get the recommended shield as well.""

Good point, I suppose, and this particular model burns multiple fuels, even what's in your bike tank if needed!:
http://www.msrgear.com/stoves/dragonfly.asp

If you're a real "down home" kinda guy, you might want to mess with one of these:
http://wings.interfree.it/html/main.html

And here's a stove that makes it's own fuel :
http://www.stilldrinkin.com/

[banditone1250s]

 

Smokey, You may want to go to a web-site called campmor.com and they have a wide variety of lightweight tents for every occasion. You should be able to find a good two person tents that weighs in  under 4-5 lbs. And oh yeah the jet boil is a really good set-up but for biking and camping you can find stoves much cheaper and much lighter and that are much easier to operate too!!!! Hope that helps. I order stuff off that web-site all the time.Banditone1250s...

[SmokeyAndTheBandit]

Hey thanks for the website! I like how they give the pack size for all their tents. That way I can get something I know will fit in my bags.

[gunzip]

 I've always used cheap gym bags , small duffel bags. Get 'em for like 10-15 bucks at wally-world. Last a couple seasons , pitch em when the straps and zippers start to go and buy some more !!
 

[gunzip]

 The wife and I love to camp on our motorcycles. The bikes always intrigue the seniors who seem to inhabit all the campgrounds and they wind up feeding us so we rarely have to use the campstove . Life can be good

[SmokeyAndTheBandit]

I'm beginning to grow impatient with winter. I got all this great stuff for the bike laying around and I'm very ambitious to try it out. Anyone have any recommendations for great places to camp in the tri-state area of OH, PA, and WV?

[Vidrazor]

Towards the east end of PA is Ricketts Glenn State Park. Haven't been there in a while, but it was a lovely place:
http://tinyurl.com/235eno

[SmokeyAndTheBandit]

Looks like a nice place, I may have to add it to my list.

BTW, anyone know of any good luggage racks that mount without grab rails? I just need a small one. Banditmania sells one but I'd like to buy from a US distributor.

[Red01]

IIRC, the rack Banditmania sells is made by Renntec, a UK based outfit.  There are sources in the US to get Renntec products.  Still, it may be cheaper to buy from the UK.  Banditmania sells the rack for £43.40 (which as I type this is US $86.00), where Rev's Performance in Atlanta, GA sells the same rack for $118.  Holeshot also sells the Renntec rack for the 1G B6/12 - but Dale asks $129.95 for it. 

I doubt it would cost 34 more dollars for shipping from the UK than a US outfit, but I'm not sure what Banditmania's shipping rates are.  I've only bought from the UK once, and it was from NWS and their shipping price to my place was only a couple of bucks more than a domestic retailer would have charged me, so their much lower price made it worthwhile for me to order from them. Shipping time from them was as good as a domestic retailer as well.

[SmokeyAndTheBandit]

Hmm thats not a bad price. Maybe I'll make something custom for my bike and luggage. That way it'll match up perfectly.