" One thing I always carried was a piece of wood to put under the center stand or side stand, after digging them into soft ground "
100% agree.
I use a 6x4 inch piece of light steel plate. Attach it to a length of paracord and loop the end over the handlebars so that when you leave it's easy to haul it up, rather that forget it. A bit like the disc lock reminder cable idea.
I've been doing a lot of Scooter camping this year. Swopped the M/C for a Scooter for ease of getting on off following leg injuries.
For me, part of the fun is using the B and back roads to get to places ( Wales and West Midlands mostly) I don't believe you need a big engine bike unless you use the Motorways all the time, even then my 350cc Scoot will cruise at 70+ easily, but for me life moves slower at 80 years and I'm done with whizzing about.
Unless your personal admin and planning is all to pot you don't need 20 litres of fuel in big heavy expensive cans dangling off your bike either, unless you're bound across the Attacama Desert.
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