Setting up for adventure riding

[zeRax]

i have a small fireextinguisher in its own stainless tube mount very specifically made for it, bolts onto side of DRZ, just couple of tabs go out,


always wondered why the guy had it made up, maybe this is why?

was gonna sell it @_@

[junkmanjoe]

i clocked up 1500km over last few days and my fire extinguisher didnt fall off or explode, and i didnt need to use it. so im happy with where it is, and how it handled the trip.

[The Pink Panther]

Some gd comments the key is to travel light and enjoy.
Spear clutch and brake levers what ever Bark Buster's .
What sort of bike ? tank range ? sounds like a Fat bike eg GS or super ten.
Smaller rides help cos you work out real quick to travel light have a well
maintained bike know your and bikes limits .
1; Have heavy duty tubes fitted with rim locks.
2; a tow rope
3; one spare tube... 19 " it will fit a 18" rear and will go on a 21'" front rim.
4; when the shit hits the fan and your bike is dead in the middle of no mans land its called life , check for a pulse if your alive thats a gd sign . then get ur mate to dig a hole for the bike , say a quiet word then ride two up to the nearest pub .
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/im...ilies/argh.gif
Its Called Adventure riding for a reason .

[NordieBoy]

I've gone off HD tubes.
When I've got flats they've always been long sharp metal things and an HD tube isn't going to help there and if you keep it above 18psi or so pinch flats arn't likely either.
At those pressures rimlocks arn't as needed either.

Tavelling light is good but tools/spares/tent/sleeping bag/sleeping mat/clothes do add up.

[junkmanjoe]

yip not all trips are short ones..so gear is needed to be added.
sleeping bags, clothes, i dont use rim locks.
barkbusters may not save your levers, why dig a hole for your bike.
walk out, hich a ride and come get it later.

[dino3310]

i clocked up 1500km over last few days and my fire extinguisher didnt fall off or explode, and i didnt need to use it. so im happy with where it is, and how it handled the trip.

so did you manage to use a full tank then

[Rosie]

i clocked up 1500km over last few days and my fire extinguisher didnt fall off or explode, and i didnt need to use it. so im happy with where it is, and how it handled the trip.

I should figure out a decent mounting point for my little extinguisher. There have been a couple of ride reports on ADV recently involving bike fires

[junkmanjoe]

so did you manage to use a full tank then

na mate, but i did have to most gas on ive ever had...3/4 full...very heavy..
i did the tourist thing on the way home, sat at 90km held up traffic stopped for photos in all the wrong places, had lunch on the side of the desert road....
i left rotoura with a good half a tank....and didn't reach reserve when i got home.
was 487kms door to door...

but i didn't have the biggest tank there mate, was a beemer with a monster tank. i think it was a 40L

[dino3310]

nice photo mate, nice looking well set up bimmer i prefer the old style ones to the newer GS's.
who's bimmer is it?

[Wolf]

Some gd comments the key is to travel light and enjoy.
...
3; one spare tube... 19 " it will fit a 18" rear and will go on a 21'" front rim.

Nice idea. Hadn't heard that before.

I definitely travel light - years of reducing everything I need to survive to a level I was happy carrying on my back up a mountainside. That keeps my personal shit down to a reasonable size and mass.

Sure, there are tools and spares required for adventure riding, but I cut those down, too - only the sockets required rather than a complete set, multifunction tools (bit driver with required screwdriver and hex bits instead of screwdrivers and allen keys) etc.

As my personal shit is so minimalist, it's no problem getting all my gear on the bike.

Small, light bike that I know I can pick up when I drop it - economical and manoevrable.

[MXNUT]

who's bimmer is it?

Guzzitony.......

[dino3310]

me like

[Oscar]

Nice idea. Hadn't heard that before.

I definitely travel light - years of reducing everything I need to survive to a level I was happy carrying on my back up a mountainside. That keeps my personal shit down to a reasonable size and mass.

Sure, there are tools and spares required for adventure riding, but I cut those down, too - only the sockets required rather than a complete set, multifunction tools (bit driver with required screwdriver and hex bits instead of screwdrivers and allen keys) etc.

As my personal shit is so minimalist, it's no problem getting all my gear on the bike.

Small, light bike that I know I can pick up when I drop it - economical and manoevrable.

The problem with the 19" tube idea is you will have to change it again when you get home. I carry both.

One good multi function tool is a pair of vice grips.
I've seen them used as a back up gear shifter.

[Wolf]

The problem with the 19" tube idea is you will have to change it again when you get home. I carry both.

Thank you. Tubes are so compact that it's not a biggie to carry both anyway.

Vice grips are definitely on my Must Buy list.

I also saw combination ring-spanner/tyre irons - in large sizes suitable for wheel nuts - on a US site. For the XT, I'd need two 22mm and one 19mm (22mm and 19mm on the front wheel, 2x22mm on the rear wheel) which would give me the requisite wheel spanners and 3 tyre irons in a convenient double deal. Certainly better than lugging around 3 large spanners and 2 or 3 tyre irons.

[clint640]

One good multi function tool is a pair of vice grips.
I've seen them used as a back up gear shifter.

Damn right. I got some 5WR vice grips for a birthday when I was a nipper, initially they were mainly used for wrecking fasteners on my XR185 but have since fixed many a roadside problem & continue to have pride of place in the KTM's tool box. Most bike tool kits have a set of cheesy pliers, throwing them away & putting in some lil vice grips should be mandatory.

Another good trick is to zip tie a bunch of zip ties along a frame rail somewhere, along with a few lengths of wire of varying gauge.

Those combo tyre iron-spanner things are available in NZ, we got a few at the local shop before going to Oz.

That BMW of Guzzitonys is a damn cool looking rig innit! Full marks for retro Dakar style.

Cheers
Clint