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thanks for the heads up, marcus. - yeah I guess a lot of stock comes in a big container saying produce of china.

wow, lots of potential, sounds good Martin. Can't go along Offa's on the bike, Rob, I think cos it's footpath but there are lots of vehicle rights of way in Wales and hopefully many in that area! I will try and get kitted up and get to a local meet, Andy. Can't wait to give it a go TBH...

s'pose you could always have ditched the tent and sleeping bag to improve the handling - Might have given you room for more beer!:D I knew about the GSXR,Tytek, you were talking about going all 'Ewan and Charlie' tho.:rolleyes: (if you had got a big beemer I'd only have been jealous mind.)

make a bit of difference to your handling, no? What's your camping gear there - tent/tarp/hammock/bivvy? , what sort of sleeping bag and how small does it pack? Do you wear a backpack as well? I guess you wouldn't be trying to get too far off the tarmac on the bike, so park and pack up into...

Thanks for the info Fruit Loop - I'll keep an eye out for those. Looks like a fantastic spot for a stop Blutack.

Cool - sometimes it's good to have family!

Thanks for the great tips guys, sorry Tytek - hijack over. Got any further with plans for carrying stuff on your bike? There are loads of 'new buy' options for sports panniers, wouldn't some of those fit your bike?

Hi, snowfire - good here innit?

I guess you must get acclimatised to sleeping like that after a while - I haven't been able to kip well in a sleeping bag ever. I get cramps in my legs and can't get the temperature right, hope to gleen a bit more from others here on that subject. Sounds like you had some teriffic trips there...

Thanks for the welcome everyone - Quarryman I see you have a bike as well, I have an XT600 for road and XR250 for the untarmacced ones, how about you? Trago is where I do most of my beard stroking TBH, red, trying to work out if something is total crap or actually not a bad buy - they...

We all need dreams mate - good on ya if you get to do it!

Haha - yes I know what you mean - it just imposes different sorts of limitations, I saw a guy on a mini-monkey bike in northern spain - absolutely loaded up and obviously off on a longish trip - but definitely having a ball. Also there was a guy on Advrider (website) who has gone from...

Just checked out the photos, Lavrentyuk - think I'll have to work on my cold weather tolerance a bit first!

Loved the Tenere early versions, Tytek, (not so keen on the new one) mine's an 02 as well, burning a bit of oil now (20,000 miles) - just bought a compression tester to try and start diagnosing the ailment - hoping it's a valve problem - but I only had one breakdown so far (regulator/rectifier)...

Thanks all.

Ahoy Cap'n - nice carving work! p.s. do you know Cap'n Jasper out o' Plymouth?:D

Hi all, been lurking a fair while on this site and have just posted for the first time - I was drawn to the site as I'm looking to prep myself and a small trail bike for a trip along the Welsh border, but now I see that I'm going to be spending alot of time here as the whole bushcraft thing...

First post on here, been lurking for a while and not sure I can give any useful advice on luggage for the Gixer, Tytek, but couldn't resist the opportunity to talk bikes - took this one to Morocco and back and it coped with 3 weeks worth of stuff OK - mind you the heavy back end combined with...