Camping gear safety?

[crystalball]

When i go on holiday for a week on my bike ( north island only I was thinking if i want to looky around the local town e.t.c I dont want to leave my gear in my tent as it might get stolen or do not want to leave on bike as might get stolen :shit: Has anyone come up with a solution to this problem if your on your own.

[mossy1200]

When i go on holiday for a week on my bike ( north island only I was thinking if i want to looky around the local town e.t.c I dont want to leave my gear in my tent as it might get stolen or do not want to leave on bike as might get stolen :shit: Has anyone come up with a solution to this problem if your on your own.

Stay in cabins

[crystalball]

Stay in cabins
Nice idea but I wana do the tent buz for some reason.

[mossy1200]

Nice idea but I wana do the tent buz for some reason.

Pitch tent and put bike and gear in cabin.If it rains (bad) move into cabin.

Most cabins are only twice the price of tent .Im sure they wont mind you pitching beside it also.

[crystalball]

Pitch tent and put bike and gear in cabin.If it rains (bad) move into cabin.

Most cabins are only twice the price of tent .Im sure they wont mind you pitching beside it also.

lol but yes some places mayby i can stay in cabin ( sleep in it too ) look silly tenting next to it lol. and some places like houhora camp have no cabins well didint 15yrs ago last i saw lol i can tent there and not much to site see there only from camp ground area which is nice anyhow.

[crystalball]

lol but yes some places mayby i can stay in cabin ( sleep in it too ) look silly tenting next to it lol. and some places like houhora camp have no cabins well didint 15yrs ago last i saw lol i can tent there and not much to site see there only from camp ground area which is nice anyhow.
Oh they have cabins now i just looked up the site. i gona tent there tho as that place is nice spot for that.:niceone:

[mossy1200]

lol but yes some places mayby i can stay in cabin ( sleep in it too ) look silly tenting next to it lol. and some places like houhora camp have no cabins well didint 15yrs ago last i saw lol i can tent there and not much to site see there only from camp ground area which is nice anyhow.


I take my gear camping but I also make my wife watch gear while i run around hills with gerber knife and lensor torch going kinda feral

Guard wife GRRRR

[crystalball]

I take my gear camping but I also make my wife watch gear while i run around hills with gerber knife and lensor torch going kinda feral

Guard wife GRRRR

wow your tent looks like a mansion and your bike looks like a limosene. the oven on the table little small tho. Do you wear a cave man suit when u camp i was thinking that might be a neat idea.:msn-wink:

[FJRider]

When i go on holiday for a week on my bike ( north island only I was thinking if i want to looky around the local town e.t.c I dont want to leave my gear in my tent as it might get stolen or do not want to leave on bike as might get stolen :shit: Has anyone come up with a solution to this problem if your on your own.

It's not a problem ... it's a paranoia ... yours.

I haven't heard of anybody getting their tent/gear stolen off their bike.

Leave the bike in VERY public places ... in front of places where CCTV WILL be operating. (You figure out where they are ... it's not rocket science)

If everything is in black rubbish bags ... valuable stuff is out of sight ... who knows WHAT they may hold.

[bikaholic]

It's not a problem ... it's a paranoia ... yours.

I haven't heard of anybody getting their tent/gear stolen off their bike.

Leave the bike in VERY public places ... in front of places where CCTV WILL be operating. (You figure out where they are ... it's not rocket science)

If everything is in black rubbish bags ... valuable stuff is out of sight ... who knows WHAT they may hold.Doesn't your tele have North Island news?

[FJRider]

Doesn't your tele have North Island news?

There's a NORTH island ... ???? :confused:

[bikaholic]

When i go on holiday for a week on my bike ( north island only I was thinking if i want to looky around the local town e.t.c I dont want to leave my gear in my tent as it might get stolen or do not want to leave on bike as might get stolen :shit: Has anyone come up with a solution to this problem if your on your own.


There's a NORTH island ... ???? :confused:Apparently so, the planet is flat, so it must be up there.

[FJRider]

Apparently so, the planet is flat, so it must be up there.

Years ago ... bad things happened up there. So I didn't go there ... and forgot about it ... :innocent:

[bikaholic]

Years ago ... bad things happened up there. So I didn't go there ... and forgot about it ... :innocent:I'm less fortunate, I got cuzzies up there.

[Subike]

some camping grounds have lockable cabinets where you pay a fee $2? for a day,
Airports also have lockers, as do some major bus depots.
And dont underestimate the local laundry mat.
I have had the need in the past to leave baggage with them for small fee.
Your options are only a short as the steps taken to explore them

[crystalball]

some camping grounds have lockable cabinets where you pay a fee $2? for a day,
Airports also have lockers, as do some major bus depots.
And dont underestimate the local laundry mat.
I have had the need in the past to leave baggage with them for small fee.
Your options are only a short as the steps taken to explore them

spot on man, I was thinking same thing with the lockers. I am only taking a tent a sleeping bag and a mat. Also a 35 litre ventura pack bag which i have zipped tied to the bike as it always stays on it as annoying to take off. Had never had problems in carparks with it even tho its empty o.0 But i can take off when camping and put in locker if they have one...and tent beddind shud be all good on its own.

[mossy1200]

And dont underestimate the local laundry mat.
I have had the need in the past to leave baggage with them for small fee.



Interesting. Safe , Secure , Clean , Discrete The FAMILY will look after you.

[crystalball]

Interesting. Safe , Secure , Clean , Discrete The FAMILY will look after you.

year the laundry mat i go to each week the chinese lady is a real flirt to :niceone:

[bikaholic]

year the laundry mat i go to each week the chinese lady is a real flirt to :niceone:I had some baggage in a day locker at Changi airport once, hmmmm....

[Gremlin]

Lockable luggage here...

Or you could think of something like this: http://www.pacsafe.com/www/index.php?

[bikaholic]

Katmandu or mackpac had inside tent alarms, possibly inside luggage alarms, something along those lines.

[crystalball]

Katmandu or mackpac had inside tent alarms, possibly inside luggage alarms, something along those lines.

lol year it probaly go off when im asleep and i wake up freaking out there a robber in my tent :no:

[bikaholic]

lol year it probaly go off when im asleep and i wake up freaking out there a robber in my tent :no:

they might work stuffed in the bike pack when parked unattended, and lock the pack to the frame, and locks on the zippers, so there is reasonable relaxation while enjoying other activities, plus bike perimeter alarm and tilt switch.

[DrunkenMistake]

Tie a shotgun to the zipper and when it gets unzipped it somehow triggers the gun?..


Too bad if there is more than one person I guess...


And too bad if you want in..


I see the problem..


Scratch that..

[Howie]

Most Tent doors are double zips these days, eg open in both directions, all I did on a recent 10 day trip in the South island was lock the Zip together with a small padlock if I felt the need, this included leaving the tent up overnight in Fairlie with most of my non riding gear in it while attempting the
DB1K.
The Padlock on the zip well only stop oppurtunistic thief’s, but that is all most security device's well do in a tent.

[DrunkenMistake]

Most Tent doors are double zips these days, eg open in both directions, all I did on a recent 10 day trip in the South island was lock the Zip together with a small padlock if I felt the need, this included leaving the tent up overnight in Fairlie with most of my non riding gear in it while attempting the
DB1K.
The Padlock on the zip well only stop oppurtunistic thief’s, but that is all most security device's well do in a tent.

Bro, If you get shit stolen in Fairlie, I would be shocked!

[Howie]

Bro, If you get shit stolen in Fairlie, I would be shocked!

So would I actually, but also stayed in a few other places

[CookMySock]

I doubt people will touch anything securely strapped to a large motorcycle. Leaving in your tent is a different story - I'd expect it to walk for sure.

[CRM]

Lockable luggage here...

Or you could think of something like this: http://www.pacsafe.com/www/index.php?

I used these when I had my ventura bag on my VFR - lightweight metal mesh that you put over your bag and whatever else you can fit inside then lock onto the bike. Apparently very strong. Not as quick as lockable panniers but pretty effective. They also do a very good helmet bag that I still use if I'm doing a big trip and want to lock up all my riding gear in the hard panniers - there's no room for the helmet so I put it in the bag that is waterproof and padded - then lock it to the bike. Very useful.

[5150]

I take my gear camping but I also make my wife watch gear while i run around hills with gerber knife and lensor torch going kinda feral

Guard wife GRRRR

So who watches your wife? ;)

[jaffaonajappa]

I used these when I had my ventura bag on my VFR -


Thats the one on the Right, in the pic, yea?

[trustme]

Never had my tent interfered with or gear stolen off my bike. I keep valuables, camera etc in a magnetic tank bag that goes wherever I go.

If shit gets nicked the credit card will fix it as I leave bugger all of value in the tent other than riding gear.

Chill , it is pretty unlikely if you are sensible . Don't be afraid to ask people to watch your bike/gear.