tent advice

Got myself a vango zetes 300 tent yesterday along with some sleeping bags and a inflatable double mattress.
Chose that tent cos it seemed the best one and lightest for the money as dont wanna be carrying massive weight on the bike as well as 2 hard panniers and a 46l top box full of stuff.
Gonna try it out a couple of times before the ar so i know what im doing

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Messie

Mmm I find that with increasing age, achiness of back and improving bank balance, the first choice is travelodge.co.uk

OMG for once I agree with Messie, send for the men in white coats.

[yorkie_chris]

I dunno that is a lot of beer money...

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I dunno that is a lot of beer money...

...and a surrender

Originally Posted by Ed

...and a surrender

More about the waste of beer money

[yorkie_chris]

Aye but wasting beer money AND being french ... that's not even worth contemplating, terrible thought.

Originally Posted by specialone

Chose that tent cos it seemed the best one and lightest for the money as dont wanna be carrying massive weight on the bike as well as 2 hard panniers and a 46l top box full of stuff.
Gonna try it out a couple of times before the ar so i know what im doing

In September I'm taking my Versys down through France and Italy and hopping on a ferry to Malta for a week's holiday <waves to Zunkus>. I have 2 Givi V35s and a Givi E450 topbx, so plenty of luggage space - 115 litres of it. On top of that my tent, sleeping bag and airbed will be in a rollbag strapped to the pillion seat, as I prefer that kind of weight closer to me not hung out the back of the bike. The panniers will be home to clothes and wash kit, the topbox will house my cooking stove, oddments of camping gear and the liners for my textiles, nothing heavy. Normal day to day stuff like wallet, passport, phone etc will be in my dinky little 2litre capacity Baglux tankbag.

I've already tried it out over a couple of hundred miles of back roads just to see what it's like, and I can cope easily with that lot stashed as it was.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

In September I'm taking my Versys down through France and Italy and hopping on a ferry to Malta for a week's holiday <waves to Zunkus>. I have 2 Givi V35s and a Givi E450 topbx, so plenty of luggage space - 115 litres of it. On top of that my tent, sleeping bag and airbed will be in a rollbag strapped to the pillion seat, as I prefer that kind of weight closer to me not hung out the back of the bike. The panniers will be home to clothes and wash kit, the topbox will house my cooking stove, oddments of camping gear and the liners for my textiles, nothing heavy. Normal day to day stuff like wallet, passport, phone etc will be in my dinky little 2litre capacity Baglux tankbag.

I've already tried it out over a couple of hundred miles of back roads just to see what it's like, and I can cope easily with that lot stashed as it was.

Trouble is i will have my mrs on the back so no room on pillion seat, at least my st wont struggle like the sv was when it was weighed down.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by specialone

Trouble is i will have my mrs on the back so no room on pillion seat, at least my st wont struggle like the sv was when it was weighed down.

My SV does not struggle with 2-up and camping kit

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

My SV does not struggle with 2-up and camping kit

I didnt mean power wise, i meant suspension wise, you can tell its struggling, im 16 stone with gear, mr mrs must be 10.5 stone (dont know actually) so any additional weight i think it struggles.
My st seems to be more comfortable under load.