Luggages and gear trade off
The luggages and gear are a significant additional weight on the motorcycle manoeuverability, fuel consumption.
Luggages:
I had a long experience of hard top case and side boxes ( aluminium).
I decided to stick to my hard top case in order to have a «*secured*» box during the trip.
I looked for side soft bags and choose Givi GRT 709 with lockers.
I sticked also to my soft tank bag ( Givi …)
and up with a luggages total volume of 116 liters , 20 liters and 5 kg ( empty ) less than my previous set up !
With the volume set , i switch to the apparel and gear choices.
Gear:
Selecting the gear for this trip was quite challenging due the amplitude of successive climates to deal with, dry/ humid/ cold / hot / calm /windy, high UV , rain…
By principle I wear motorcycle approved protective gear boots, gloves, trousers, vest, belt , helmet all the time whatever the climate is.
My choice , after comparison and road tests was to bring 3 gear sets instead an integrated multilayer gear:
summer set : vest, trousers, gloves, boots
winter set : vest , trousers, gloves, boots
Rain set: vest, trousers, over gloves, over boots
Combined with mérinos wool underwear and socks , it provides with a wide range of flexible combinations to cope with the weather.
Next I worked out the accomodations
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