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i hope you make it.......

Have you ever ridden your bikes offr oad with ALL that stuff strapped to them? It seems a LOT of stuff......

I reckon your gonna wish you had left half or most of it behind.

The old Backpackers rule applies: every 100 grams carried feels like a Kilo by the end of the day. Im betting thre gonna be a trail of fishing weigts, waffle irons, and tripods (use a rock, or the bike) across Africa!

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I hope we make it too....

Yeah, it is alot hay....we have actually halved quite a great deal now
though but still have yet to get to the packing part...
glad you like the tattoo....
would be nice if we stuck to that route, it being a tattoo for life and everything...(still a bit scary having one)
any specific bits of info for the east coast
or zambia/angola?
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Yeowzis!

I lost concentration after item 89... You really need to seriously reconsider your list guys! Thats just crazy, even half of that is crazy... its going to make your trip a drag man.

I hope you scale down and have a blast!
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Dude, reconsider the list even more!

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Yeah, it is alot hay....we have actually halved quite a great deal now
though but still have yet to get to the packing part...
mike
Mike, its like this. HONESTLY 75% of what you have there you will not use.
PLEASE, so you don't have the worst, most miserable ride of your life, trim it down to even less. ( harmonicas and Brai griddles are not essential).
then pack it up.
Then go ride it off road!!!! HARD! then ride it on road HARD.

then go home, chuck away the crap you decide is too heavy and you can do without, then repeat test 1 off road.....

You will be thanking me half way across Africa!
the conversation will go like this.

"Dad..........., pant,........ grunt, ow,............ grunt,........... you ...................know............... that............ Martynbiker............guy..............off....... ........the..............HUBB?.......grunt, pant,......... pant, ........pant.................. ., well......he was right .........about, ........pant, .......pant,... grunt,. the weight!?

Get it sorted BEFORE you leave Mike

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I find myself agreeing YET AGAIN with Martyn, the guy offers really good advice and we do tent to think alike.

I like to pack for every emergency, but tent to keep sending stuff home alot.
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Cheers Dude!

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I find myself agreeing YET AGAIN with Martyn, the guy offers really good advice and we do tent to think alike.

I like to pack for every emergency, but tent to keep sending stuff home alot.
Thanks for your support again Lee.. .... I learned the HARD way... I had a packing list like that a about 10 years ago.
which is why I feel qualified to offer Mike such strong advice.
I can go a couple of weeks on a small holdall sized bag now...

That is why we are all here on the HUBB, to help each other have a better experience, to exchange differing views, experiences and tips that have made our Journeys more pleasant and to advise others on the pitfalls that made our journeys Hell.

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That is why we are all here on the HUBB, to help each other have a better experience, to exchange differing views, experiences and tips that have made our Journeys more pleasant and to advise others on the pitfalls that made our journeys Hell.
... but sometimes you HAVE to learn the hard way

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... but sometimes you HAVE to learn the hard way

John
True, true, normally I would let him John.... if it were something small or a local trip, but it looks like this is a trip of a LIFETIME for him & his Dad.
I would give my nuts to have done a trip by Bike like that with my Dad,( but he just isn't into Bikes.... sure he feigns Interest now and then...) For Mike this is Special, why else would he have had the Tattoo n everything?
I just want him to have it the BEST it can be for him.

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