Last minute solo motocamping

[NuggyBuggy]

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My very first bike ride longer than a day trip, was a 10 day, solo motocamping trip down to Alabama/Mississippi to stay at the Barber Museum for the Vintage bike fest. Asides from booking my tent spot at Barber Museum, almost the entire trip was sorted out in the 2 weeks before I left.

I love it.


I'm still prowling bike dealer websites and Marketplace now. If I trailer out there I figure that buys me an extra day to find get sorted. LOL.

 

[mimico_polak]

The constraint I had here was money. I had a fixed budget to buy a bike. With the bike I had my eye on no longer viable, I'm out of options, unless I can find something at a dealer like today. I wanted something light that had at least a rear rack (didn't want to source one), could go on the road, looked plausibly maintained and fit my budget.

I have a dirt bike I was originally planning on trailering, but when I considered going solo I wanted to be able to hit the road if I needed to get supplies or if I was running behind and at risk of missing my return ferry.

If I was a richer man the bike problem would have gone away, like so many other problems.

CB500X may be a good bike for this trip.

 

[Mad Mike]

I decided just now that if I win the lottery or happen to find a bike I can afford in the next day, I'm trailering, damn the extra gas cost. That will take out at least one big set of unknowns.

Budget?

 

[Gaoler]

What's the worst that could happen..?

 

[MacDoc]

CB500x will do the distance with cheap fuel cost but lousy luggage capacity, Vstrom 650 certainly best of the choices....usually cheap, often well equipped, bullet proof . long range per tank.....no fun off pavement unless you are tall and even then not much clearance.
Anything smaller than 650/500 nah.
KLR 650 maybe but your hands may fall off from the vibration.

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