First trip! lap of the US
Hi,
My girlfriend and I are planning our first big bike trip. So far our biggest excursion was 5 days riding and camping around Corsica on a GS500 earlier in the year... but we want to do something big. I finish uni next summer and this will be to celebrate. We thought the US would be perfect as a first big trip. Safer than most places and easy-ish riding. I was wondering if anyone could help with some questions we have...
Luggage is concerning me. We want to travel reasonably light and take a light bike, we also want to keep costs down so I figured soft panniers would do and maybe a tank bag.... but what do you do with the stuff off the bike? do you just leave the panniers there and hope they're there when you're back? has anybody got any good solutions to this problem?
Also we're debating whether to ship the bike from home in the UK or buy one once there... what do you recommend?
Sleeping- the US has lots of cheap motels but we want to carry camping stuff as well.... is it safe to free camp there? if not are there many camp sites and if so whats the usual price?
Any info or tips would be greatly appreciated!
thanks,
james
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