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Over the last 15 years and 200,000 km of motorcycle trips both short and long, I developed an approach that works for me, and I think that sharing some of it with my fellow riders won\u2019t hurt a bit \u2014 after all, we riders like to give advice.<\/p>\n
I remember that it took my husband and I at least a couple of days to pack the bikes for our first weeklong trip from the coast of British Columbia to Banff, Alta., through Alberta\u2019s Rockies north along the Icefields Parkway to Jasper, west via Highway 16 to Prince George, and then finally south to Vancouver. My husband made very long lists \u2014 he is a \u201clists\u201d type of person \u2014 and I watched in horror how the growing pile of tools, gear, clothing, and just plain stuff took over our living room. The scariest part was that we managed to pack all this material on our bikes, which looked like mules after we were done.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, we used probably only 10 per cent of what we had packed. The good part is that we were prepared (not sure for what); the bad part was that we really did not need most of the stuff; and the ugly part was that, every night we had to unpack our bikes and haul all these bags into our room, and in the morning, we spent what felt like hours packing and strapping the stuff back on the bikes. Having too much luggage also made it hard to dig out what we needed, and left minimal room on our machines to pack food or snacks.<\/p>\n
Leave Room for Snacks<\/strong><\/p>\n At times, we ended up riding hungry, searching for restaurants that were either not present in the area, or they…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Experience and planning can make a big difference in how you enjoy your riding holiday. Many articles have been written in motorcycle magazines on how to prepare for a long-distance motorcycle trip. Many riders have their own advice to give to distance-riding rookies, and I am sure you have read it all: pack a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":58053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[373,2069],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n