I get really excited about the thought of loading up my motorcycle with my camping gear and heading off for weekend, a few days, a few months.

It's all super exciting. There's something about that, the feeling of being self-sufficient. I think that is so intriguing.

You fill up your fuel tank and away you go. Maybe some auxiliary tanks, you don't have to go to a gas station as often.

You find yourself a great place to camp after a

days ride, set up your tent, maybe have a fire. There's just something so

special about it. And then in the morning when you wake up and you unzip your

tent door, you're already in the motorcycle adventure.

I mean it starts from the moment you open your eyes.

To me, that's really special.

But of course, motorcycle camping is nothing like car

camping. Car camping is easy. You throw everything into the car and then you head off

and go camping. It's all in there. You can even sleep in the car if you really

mess things up. But motorcycle camping, that's more like

backpacking. You're going to make sure you have the right gear, the correct amount of gear,

and importantly, not too much gear gear and that balance of having the right

gear the right amount of gear and not too much gear that's really difficult and

it's something that we all struggle with. Choosing the right gear can be daunting,

choosing what to leave home and what to take can also be daunting.

I think it's driven by our fear of missing something.

You know, you're going to pack anything what if I need this

that's difficult to get over. So what we decided to do was talk with some camping

experts to find out what they take with them and what they've learned over the years of

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