Motorcycle camping tents,

Tents?? Yeah, I know some riders here like camping while on the road and I'm looking for input on what works for all weather conditions, is compact and light weight and if it's worth spending big money for one.
Riding to six or seven states the last week of June and have plenty of time to read your comments. Ideas on camping stoves and essentials are also welcomed.
Thanks

 

Tell me about it tinker. I been eyeing a quarter dome from REI, I travel by myself and don't need much space to sleep.

 

Thanks, will look into it.

 

http://m.thenorthface.com/mt/www.th...ORY / WEIMARANER BROWN#un_tab_reviewsexpanded

 

Hennessy Hammocks ... super comfy and super portable / light!

http://hennessyhammock.com/catalog/#hammock

 

Thats awesome. Ive wanted to bring my bike in a room many times but never had the balls. Maybe next time I will...

 

Not the best of pictures, but I for the most part lived in this single person tent for 5 weeks when I retired in 2012, then again for three weeks last year. REI has some great stuff. Our equivelent, Mountain Equipment Co-op has similar stuff. This tent, a good mountaineering sleeping bag rated for -3C and an air matress kept me very warm. Matter for fact, even when I camped in Yousemete, I found that I had to completely open the fly door becaue I was too warm. ANd I think the temps there at night plunged to freezing each night I was there. When you shop for a sleeping bag, get one that has a hood for covering your head.

Word of caution. Try not to fart in that small confined space.



My sleeping bag is similar to this but rated for -3 not -10
http://www.mec.ca/product/5025-630/...g-12c/?No=0&h=10+50130+50049&f=10+50049+50130

I think this is the tent I got
http://www.mec.ca/product/5035-474/...tent/?No=40&h=10+50055+50130&f=10+50055+50130

I looked at stoves but there is only so much room to pack thinkgs on a bike and I was loaded to the hilt, so the campstove had to stay on the store shelf.

 

Motel prices can be all over the map. Tent prices too. Look for motels off the main drags and what were the main drags. The six in Motel Six is the tax or the rent fee for the 12" B&W TV.

 

Google "camp stoves" and "camping cookware" for more info than you will need. Camp stove ads should be read carefully. There are some small ones that are actually small until ya figure that ya gotta carry a dozen pressurized cannisters of gas to run them. Same deal with cookware. Does one really need Titanium?

For saving a few pesos, most militaries around the world have both types of gear. Stoves that will burn darn near everything and cookware that doubles as tableware.

 

All good suggestion ^^^^^
I do Stealth camping

 

I have a Eureka Taron 2 tent it has plenty of room inside for me and my gear and a vestibule for extra gear and when packed it is 5"X16"

 

I have done a lot of camping, hiking and climbing and used a lot of different manufacturers.

My last 2 tents have been Sierra Designs and have held up to some extreme use. Here is a link to some of their back packing tents, scroll to the bottom for singles.
http://www.sierradesigns.com/tents/backpacking

My next tent may be a North Face. These are pretty bad ass tents that are very versatile for temperature and conditions.

http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/equipment-tents.html

For stoves I have again used a shit ton in the mountains and the Reactor by MSR (Mountain Safety Research) is the best I have ever used by far. Though expensive it really stands up to wind, rain, altitude and abuse. Boils water insanely fast. Their new Wind Boiler may be the ticket for solo travel.

http://www.cascadedesigns.com/msr/stoves/stove-systems/category

For sleeping I use a Thermarest by Cascade Designs (now the parent company of MSR too).

http://www.cascadedesigns.com/therm-a-rest/mattresses/trek-and-travel/category

Sleeping bag is a Serria Designs down bag with Dri-down. I use to only take synthetics into the wild in case it got wet I would survive, but with dri-down it is not as critical.

http://www.sierradesigns.com/sleeping-bags

 

I hope Apple comes oot with a camping version of that new watch that hit the market so don't miss my Oprah re-runs whilst in the boonies...

 

Its coming out soon and will project on the inside surface of your tent. But you have to buy a white tent.

 

Hotels / Motels give me heebie jeebies these days ... bed bugs are rampant.

 

Walmart here I come..