I'm headed out to PEI tomorrow with my dog Suzi for a 12 day camping and riding vacation.
It'll be her third trip out to the island, but her first multi-day on the Versys.
MacDoc asked for some pictures of the load, so I'll try to oblige later on tonight once I get the kitchen sink strapped on.
The breakdown:
Top case contains my rain gear, spare gloves, heated vest, Suzi's rain jacket, clear visor, rotor lock, trail side jack, chain wax and 4 litres of water
Left pannier holds my stove and wee pot set, fuel, food
Right Pannier holds her food, toys, treats etc, first aid kit, solar panel and battery pack, and some other odd bits.
45 litre yellow canoe bag holds 2man tent, air mattress, sleeping bag and ground sheet.
20 litre red canoe bag holds clothes and under garments for about four days, and a pair of crocs as well as shave kit.
I've tried to arrange things so that I won't need to cover the panniers in the event of rain. Man do I miss my sw-motech racks and givi e41s!
My bike is set up for touring, with an older model Garmin 60cx gps, taller windscreen, barkbusters with a kaoko throttle lock, Oxford Heaterz touring grips, and a battery tender cable that I use with an extension to power my tank bag or top box, or plug my heated vest into.
The Route:
401 to Hill Island, a boring three hours, then into the States through the Adirondaks, across the bridge onto Vermont 17 across Camel Hump State Park, then I wind my way over to 302 and onto the Kancamangus highway to North Conway and then into Maine and a wee bit of interstate to bypass Bangor over to US 1 if I want to be slowed down by all the coastal sightseeing cagers, cross at St. Stephens and blast up through New Brunswick and out to the Island, mostly slab.
On the way back I stole a wee bit from Shane's route and head much further north into Maine and over NH and into Vermont then Rouse's point and cross back at Cornwall or Ganonoque depending on how I'm feeling.
I've only done this about six times, so finding cool roads that I've never been on tend to slow me down. I've usually done two days in the past with hotel, but am packing camping gear and want to take an extra day for sightseeing, perhaps ride up Mt. Washington.
More later.
It'll be her third trip out to the island, but her first multi-day on the Versys.
MacDoc asked for some pictures of the load, so I'll try to oblige later on tonight once I get the kitchen sink strapped on.
The breakdown:
Top case contains my rain gear, spare gloves, heated vest, Suzi's rain jacket, clear visor, rotor lock, trail side jack, chain wax and 4 litres of water
Left pannier holds my stove and wee pot set, fuel, food
Right Pannier holds her food, toys, treats etc, first aid kit, solar panel and battery pack, and some other odd bits.
45 litre yellow canoe bag holds 2man tent, air mattress, sleeping bag and ground sheet.
20 litre red canoe bag holds clothes and under garments for about four days, and a pair of crocs as well as shave kit.
I've tried to arrange things so that I won't need to cover the panniers in the event of rain. Man do I miss my sw-motech racks and givi e41s!
My bike is set up for touring, with an older model Garmin 60cx gps, taller windscreen, barkbusters with a kaoko throttle lock, Oxford Heaterz touring grips, and a battery tender cable that I use with an extension to power my tank bag or top box, or plug my heated vest into.
The Route:
401 to Hill Island, a boring three hours, then into the States through the Adirondaks, across the bridge onto Vermont 17 across Camel Hump State Park, then I wind my way over to 302 and onto the Kancamangus highway to North Conway and then into Maine and a wee bit of interstate to bypass Bangor over to US 1 if I want to be slowed down by all the coastal sightseeing cagers, cross at St. Stephens and blast up through New Brunswick and out to the Island, mostly slab.
On the way back I stole a wee bit from Shane's route and head much further north into Maine and over NH and into Vermont then Rouse's point and cross back at Cornwall or Ganonoque depending on how I'm feeling.
I've only done this about six times, so finding cool roads that I've never been on tend to slow me down. I've usually done two days in the past with hotel, but am packing camping gear and want to take an extra day for sightseeing, perhaps ride up Mt. Washington.
More later.
