The Motorcycle Camping Truth Nobody Talks About

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  @motorcycleadventures · 6 months ago · pinned

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• PA

  @pauljoyquilter359 · 6 months ago

  Good points. Here is my take on it. We take a larger tent and use it when we have perfect weather, feel good and want to enjoy a remote spot. When we are tired, the weather is bad, or we feel like a really decent, quiet sleep, we take a hotel or motel. Last month we spent a month touring on our bikes, half of which were in a tent. We had a fantastic time. I am 73.

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• AL

  @alainmaurice5383 · 6 months ago

  In North America, I sleep in my tent every day. Otherwise, I couldn&apos;t travel because accommodation is very expensive. I set it up at sunset and take it down just as the sun begins to rise. In 20 minutes, everything is set up and I&apos;m in my sleeping bag. In the morning, from waking up to the first turn of the motorcycle&apos;s wheel takes between 25 and 30 minutes. My daily schedule is: 5:30 am departure, 7:30 am breakfast, 12:00 pm lunch, 5:00 pm dinner, and 8:30 pm I find a clandestine campsite. In Central or South America, I would try to find accommodation. It&apos;s more affordable. Thank you Pavlin

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• JO

  @JohnnyT-t8g · 5 months ago

  You dont need to dry your tent very morning. Just need a system to keep the wet part separated. It will not mold if used regularly on a trip. A hotel in Western Europe often cost $150-200. I had 26 nights in tent on my trip to Iceland, average cost was $30 a night. Hotel room was normally 200-300 dollars. Also if you travel in peak season you need to book your room well ahead because most will be fully booked if you try to do walk in. Tent gives you freedom you don’t have if you want to stay in hotels. I hate to push myself to reach a hotel I booked because the weather was bad or I was slowed down for some reason.

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  @a2bsteve · 6 months ago

  For me a combination of hostel, hotel, airbnb and finally the tent, all depends on where and at what time of year, my favourite northern Sweden wildcamping, and im no longer a young fella !!!!

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• RE

  @reaktorramon · 6 months ago

  In France, at my favorite campsite, a night with a tent and motorbike costs me around €7 and that in the motorcycle paradise called Vosges.<br>With a hot shower, clean toiletts and a small Pool. 😄🤘

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• IC

  @ichbinmartin · 6 months ago

  I always knock my head when someone with a new gs and touratech equipment talks about saving money by sleeping in a tent.

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• BE

  @beddccom · 6 months ago

  I always take a tent, but I also react to the situation. Most often, it&apos;s a 50/50 mix. This is the best option.

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• WE

  @weridemotoz5551 · 6 months ago

  I think this is showing a major difference between Europe and other parts of the world. &nbsp;Here in Canada wild camping is easy and you can do it everywhere. &nbsp; So carrying camp gear is the lowest cost way to go. &nbsp;Save the money to use a hotel if it&apos;s raining.

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• TE

  @terravarious · 5 months ago

  I recently finished a trip from Ontario, to the East Coast. Cheapest motel was $189, when we got up our USB cables were stolen off the bikes, don&apos;t know what else they did to them. Average cost was $250 a night after high season. <br><br>The only advantage to a motel is the shower, and ability to find one after dark in a strange area. <br><br>On our BC to Ontario trip we camped all but one night (rain). We went luxury one night and paid $40 for a camp site that included showers, the other 7 nights were free. When camping our breakfast is less than $5, and the same food I&apos;d have eaten at home. Lunch is our splurge and always at a nicer restaurant. Dinner is either takeout we can take to the camp site, or we hit Dollarama around our last fuel stop and grab a can of something we like, and something for dessert. <br><br>Both of us are also backpackers and experienced at setting up and tearing down camp. My tent and bag are often packed before my water for tea and oatmeal has come to a boil. Hell it takes me longer to get into my riding gear than it does to break camp. <br><br>I guess another huge factor, we like camping. I travel for work and spend 40 - 50 nights a year in a motel, motel nights are a bug not a feature. If tenting isn&apos;t adding to your enjoyment and you&apos;re just doing it to save money, start an Only Fans and stay in hotels I guess. <br><br>Last. If my camping gear is on my bike I ALWAYS have an option to sleep. Set up after dark, and take down before first light and you can camp just about anywhere. If the cops ask, you were exhausted, it was unsafe to keep going, but now that you&apos;ve had an hour you&apos;re happy to move on and try and find a motel. As long as you&apos;re polite safety almost always trumps policy.

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• DE

  @debbiemartin2849 · 2 months ago

  another great video that all makes perfect sense. i used to camp but i got so fed up with putting up and taking down the tent. living off of dehydrated packet food. i now stay in hotels. proper breakfast good night sleep hot showers. so much more civilised.

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• WH

  @whitedrguy6503 · 6 months ago

  I have tried non camping and camping trips and even at the ripe old age of 66 I still prefer to take a tent, it gives me options, cost is one thing but I find that you interact with so many more people at a camp site than you do at hotels or B&amp;Bs and lots of campsites are in very scenic places.<br><br>Camping gives that feeling of freedom that hotels just don’t, along with bike security, hotels and B&amp;Bs are always a gamble as to whether you can park the bike in a secure spot, especially in the UK.<br><br>Like most things in life the individual has to experience things by themselves to know if they enjoy it or not, travelling with a toothbrush and a credit card is not my idea of a trip and carrying a tent is not an issue because I don’t have an overweight bike to start with. 😂😂😂😂😂<br><br>My DR 650 fully fuelled and loaded is still under 200 Kg, about the same weight as a dry T7.

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