Since I started planning, I’ve been buying things, like, a lot of things. All the things in that picture I did not own before I started planning the trip, except both cameras. It seemed ridiculous to me to be buying so much, but when this is everything I have to live on for the next year, it seems more reasonable. I’ll renew gear, buy more and remove as I go along, but you’ve got to start somewhere.

And no, I’m not taking the folding chair or cactus.

Once it’s all packed up, believe it or not, I have quite a lot of spare room.

The Panniers are full to the brim with the camp gear, they only just close, but that keeps all the weight low and I only need to get to it once a day.

The rollbags however are a little roomy. The large one holds all the things I usually don’t need everyday, most of the clothes, spare food, cables, and tends to be mostly full. The smaller one holds the day to day stuff, change of clothes, torch, food, batteries etc. but has a lot of spare room.

The tankbag holds the basics I need while riding, camera, tripod, battery chargers running while I ride, sun cream, insect repellent; leaves a fair bit of room to throw things in.

My rucksack is my pick up and go, I don’t wear it riding, but it holds all the important stuff, laptop, and documents. When I leave the bike I throw the expensive bits in there (camera, GPS etc.) and go, so it’s also quite empty, I don’t want to carry a heavy rucksack around a city.

Obviously all my luggage is waterproof, otherwise rain would suck big time. I also keep the clothes in waterproof rollbags inside the rollbags, just in cas there’s a spill, and it helps separate things.

For the gear nerds, here’s the top down photo with a list in what is hopefully a logical order.

1. Boots – Daytona

2. Helmet – Nexx XD1

3. Jacket – Klim Karlsbad

4. Gloves Winter – Spada

5. Gloves Summer – RST

6. Gloves Winter with holes – RST

7. Riding Trousers – Klim Karlsbad

8. Camelback – Klim Fuel pack

9. Rucksack – Kriega R30

10. Panniers – Magadan MK2

11. Tank bag – Wolfman

12. Tent Inner (red) + outer (green) + Footprint (grey) – MSR Elixr 2

A little big, but packs very small in a compression sack if you split out the poles. A 2 person tent also means I can bring all my gear in the tent with me

13. Tent poles + pegs (red bags)

14. Sleeping bag – DD Jura 2

15. Sleeping mat – Thermarest

Very comfy, 2 meters long and packs very small

16. Pillow – Thermarest

17. Sleeping bag liner

18. Paracord

19. Ratchet strap

20. Head torch

21. Hand Torch

22. Hanging Torch

23. Spare Batteries

24. First Aid Kit

25. Lighter

26. Multi tool

27. Petrol Stove – MSR Whisperlite Universal

This has been amazing so far, it’s tiny and runs on petrol and performs perfectly

28. MSR Solo Pot

I just make one pot meals and eat from it too

29. Mini Air Pump – Dynaplug

This may have been more expensive than it was worth, though it is very compact

30. Fuel Bottle 1ltr – MSR

31. Spare Oil 1ltr

32. Chain Oil – Scotoiler

33. Chain Cleaner

34. Rear Sprocket – JT

35. Front Sproket – JT

36. Chain – AFAM

37. Spark Plugs

38. Hose

39. Tool Roll

40. Cruise Control Clip

Just clips onto the throttle to make it easier to hold the throttle in place, I love it.

41. Off bike Shoes

Decent walking shoes, for walking decently

42. Mint Cake

A gift from my cousin, it’s basically Lembas bread, which makes me happy

43. Spare cash (USD and EUR)

Hidden away in my bag for emergencies

44. Water Container – MSR Dromedary 8ltr

Makes it very easy to always carry at least 5 litres of water

45. EU Plug adapter

46. Wireless Mouse

47. Battery pack

21 Amp Hours of charge, perfect for keeping the phone going

48. Universal plug adapter

49. Spare headphones – Senheisser EP630

50. Spare cables – USB Various

51. Non important documents, copies

52. Notepad

53. Hard drives + SD Cards

54. Important Documents

55. Waterproof packet jacket – Regatta

56. Wash bag

Includes toothbrush, deodorant, soap and basic medicines

57. Insect repellent – Deet 100

This stuff melts plastics, but keeps the bugs away

58. Camera battery charger

59. Aux phone battery charger

60. USB Cable

61. Laptop – Asus K501U

Expensive, but it’s my only real computing power for the trip, plus it can run StarCraft

62. Laptop charger

63. Flexible Tripod

64. Camera – Sony Cybershot

This is old, and I’ve now realised, worse than my new Phone

65. Nintendo DS XL

Because Nerd

66. Satnav – Garmin Zumo 660

I don’t like satnavs but I caved for the trip, they make cities so easy

67. Kindle – Paperwhite

Because who can travel without a book?

68. Many cables

Various USB cables, chargers and adapters

Clothes:

I have quite a lot of clothes, mostly under gear for hot and some for cold. I may trim this down as I realise I don’t wear certain items

69. Thin Fleece – Mountain warehouse

70. Long sleeve jumper – Moutain Warehouse

71. Thermal top – SubSports

72. Long sleeve top – Mountain Warehouse

73. Under Armour t-shirt x 2

74. Under Shirt – Revit

75. Waterprrof overgloves – Spada

76. Inner/Walking Gloves

77. Dry bags Lots of

78. Rock straps x4

79. Off bike trousers x2 (wearing 1)

80. Wool under trousers

81. Under Trousers – Revit warm gear

82. Hat

83. Underwear x4

84. Padded Underwear – Moto Skiviz

Like siting on a cloud, a hot sweaty cloud

85. Merino wool socks x2

86. Trainer socks

87. Cotton socks

88. 60L Roll bag – Enduristan 2L

89. 30L Roll bag – Enduristan 2M

90. Cargo Net

91. Steel Cable Locks x3

For wrapping around the Magadans and Rollbags if I leave the bike

92. Bike Cover – Held

Not sure how long I’ll keep this, but it’s great for security, putting the bike out of sight.

Not Pictured, because some were under the bike seat or I forgot, and I was taking the picture with my phone….duh!

93. Oil Filter

94. 4x Brake Pads

95. 1x Brake pads rear

96. Super Glue

97. Tie Wraps

98. Compass

99. Flip Flops

100. Phone – LG G5

I swear to all that I care for, I did not alter this list in anyway, I wrote the list out, then numbered them and it was exactly 100; I’m going to call that subconscious OCD.