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- 2022 Kymco AK 550
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I can't find it now but on one of the forums I read someone asked what I pack in each of the bags I strap on my AK 550 when I pack for camping/traveling. So here is that answer.
Attached below is the list of items that I make sure to pack. I do also pack a few smaller items not on the list that I always keep on the bike as well.
Now for pictures of what is where on the bike.
First, under the seat I pack food, cook and mess kit, extra tent pegs, rope, tools, mini air pump, tire plug kit, and other incidentals. I do cook some meals at the camp site (like oatmeal for breakfast and Orzo with chicken and Ramen in addition to sometimes a Mountain House meal) and eat out for other meals.
And here is is all packed under the seat.
This is what gets packed in the Big blue dry bag. Almost all of this stuff goes into the tent. Exceptions are the shoes, shower shoes/thongs and camp chair which will sit outside the tent. I never wear my shoes into the tent but sit in the tent with my feet outside the tent to take them off to keep dirt out of the tent.
In that picture is a smaller blue bag where I put all the really small stuff and also the camp lights and mattress pad air pump and electrical stuff (charge packs and cables). Otherwise that stuff would be ALL OVER getting lost in the big blue dry bag.
I have a long skinny 43L dry bag to hold my Nemo tent and all that goes with that, as well as tent poles to hold up the awning and my tent peg hammer (modified to prevent poking holes in the bags) and the tent foot print/ground cloth. Packing the tent in its own dry bag keeps everything else dry if it is raining when I set up the tent or tear it down to pack.
I then also have a 20L dry bag for the stuff I may need access to while riding along the way... like my rain suit, extra liners and gloves for when the weather changes, and also water and my first aid kit.
The document attached below also lists what I put in the glove boxes and what I wear while riding on my journey.
Attached below is the list of items that I make sure to pack. I do also pack a few smaller items not on the list that I always keep on the bike as well.
Now for pictures of what is where on the bike.
First, under the seat I pack food, cook and mess kit, extra tent pegs, rope, tools, mini air pump, tire plug kit, and other incidentals. I do cook some meals at the camp site (like oatmeal for breakfast and Orzo with chicken and Ramen in addition to sometimes a Mountain House meal) and eat out for other meals.
And here is is all packed under the seat.
This is what gets packed in the Big blue dry bag. Almost all of this stuff goes into the tent. Exceptions are the shoes, shower shoes/thongs and camp chair which will sit outside the tent. I never wear my shoes into the tent but sit in the tent with my feet outside the tent to take them off to keep dirt out of the tent.
In that picture is a smaller blue bag where I put all the really small stuff and also the camp lights and mattress pad air pump and electrical stuff (charge packs and cables). Otherwise that stuff would be ALL OVER getting lost in the big blue dry bag.
I have a long skinny 43L dry bag to hold my Nemo tent and all that goes with that, as well as tent poles to hold up the awning and my tent peg hammer (modified to prevent poking holes in the bags) and the tent foot print/ground cloth. Packing the tent in its own dry bag keeps everything else dry if it is raining when I set up the tent or tear it down to pack.
I then also have a 20L dry bag for the stuff I may need access to while riding along the way... like my rain suit, extra liners and gloves for when the weather changes, and also water and my first aid kit.
The document attached below also lists what I put in the glove boxes and what I wear while riding on my journey.
