Rockchucker22
Husqvarna
A Class
I know some of you take your bikes 610/630's camping, post your pictures of your bikes packed for adventure! Or pictures of bikes at camp. Thanks
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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
610 camping.
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Husqvarna
Stroker Ace
Husqvarna
AA Class
omgshesaboy
Husqvarna
Wolfman enduro saddle, duffle, and tank bags. the red bag that is rolled up is a fully waterproof chrome backpack I keep anything that NEEDS to stay 100% dry in there. Very impressed with this setup.
Rockchucker22
Husqvarna
A Class
Now that's what I'm talking about! Is that a double rainbow tarp tent?
JonDirt
Husqvarna
AA Class
The tent in my photo is a Tarptent Moment. Its a cool tent. Fast setup, incredible lightness, and a good vestibule design. When its pouring wet out, you can cook in the vestibule:
The big drawback I found is that in somewhere like NZ, where there is a lot of uneven ground cover and unpredictable wind/rain, the Moment didn't always keep me dry. Water collected on the top of the tent and a strong gust would shake the moisture into the tent. The new 2013 Tarptent Moment DW is a better design that fixes many of the things I didn't like about the original Moment.... the top air vent has been moved to the side, there are now straps to attach side guy lines for stability in wind, and the fly is now its own component, making it a double-walled tent. Very tempted to get one.
On my previous bike I used the Wolfman Expedition Dry Sadllebags. They were dry and tough, but I found they had a lot of straps and took fussing with to packed and secure to the rack. I really like the Giant Loop design, which you can sling over your shoulder. Then again, the Giant Loop does let in water. Did I mention unpredictable rain in NZ? Fortunately lots of sun to, so pretty much every campsite we setup the drying lines.
Also its hard to complain when the campsite looks like this (our bikes are little white flecks on the treeline about a third of the way in from the left - photo by Chris Whitehead):
Here's a layout of my pack contents and gear. No, I didn't take the fire extinguisher.
omgshesaboy
Husqvarna
Really like this tent where can I get one?
JonDirt
Husqvarna
AA Class
omgshesaboy
Husqvarna
thanks!
Rockchucker22
Husqvarna
A Class
Incredible pictures! Keep em coming.
but I want to try it one of these days. I'm slowly building up my camping gear, so I'm really interested in learning what camping gear others are using and how they pack it on their bikes.
SilverBullet
Husqvarna
AA Class
All loaded up but no place to go. Had just fitted the new beefier sidestand but was 610 length and bike sat too upright. Loaded up like this the bike would flop on its side. Note the 2" drop in concrete where stand is resting for photo. Long since fixed though.
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Rockchucker22
Husqvarna
A Class
What wind shield is that? Nice looking bikeBTW!
JonDirt
Husqvarna
AA Class
Did you fix this by sourcing another stand? I'm actually looking for a stand for a 610... PM me if you are interested in selling yours.
JonDirt
Husqvarna
AA Class
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I'm curious about your experiences with the Safari + tank bag.
When I started the TAT, I had a fully loaded approach:
Over time I trimmed my pack. I ditched the Nemo tent for a TarpTent, I got rid of the sheepskin, swapped to a half-size sleeping pad, cut back my toolkit, got rid of the coffee maker... For my NZ ride I started out with a condensed pack but much the same arrangement:
Midway through I injured my arm so I trimmed back to essentials. I shipped the cooking gear home, and consolidated everything from the tankbag into my rear pack:
I found the handling was so much more fun without the tankbag up front. Its a small amount of weight, but Safari tank already loads up the front a lot....
In hindsight I wish I had purchased a clear tank. It would be much easier to fill the tank to 1/2 or 2/3 full. As it is its very hard to tell how much is in the tank (I have EvoMX foam blocks which make it even harder), so I just fill it up. That's a lot of weight to carry over the front wheel and I very rarely need that kind of range.
Any clever low-tech solutions fuel level guages for this situation? How do others find the Safari tank + tank bag?
SilverBullet
Husqvarna
AA Class
I have no issue with my Nomad tankbag. Stays completely out of my way and the weight has no effect. I leave it on 24/7 as it is so handy. This weekend I rode single track in a muddy and wet forest and left it on. Two weeks ago rode LAB2LV and I left it on the entire ride. I like having my valuables out of my jacket and pants and right where I can monitor them. Dont want them packed in a bag on the back and then have to stress about it coming off and constant checking. For day rides I always have a small Moose tail bag on my rear rack with tools, spare tube, etc. Combo shown in photo.
For the Safari fuel level I have two methods.
1) wait for the low fuel light to come on, then I know I have 1-1/2 gallons left in the tank. You will need to test this on your bike to find exact amount remaining as I think everybody bends the fuel pump pickup tube/sensor slightly different when they install the tank. If riding single track (only time I worry about not filling tank up) I then put in the additional gas I need for the day.
2) fill the tank completely and monitor tripmeter miles logged on the tank. This works out good when I have a long drive to where the ride start. i.e. 85 miles to the start means my tank is now down to 4-1/2 gallons. If not a long drive to the start I will fill up days in advance to lower the fuel level and can accurately track remaining fuel with tripmeter.
A full Safari does add much weight but it carries it very low and I've gotten used to it. I did improve the crossbrace mount to stop tank movement though. Initially it would move side to side slightly and that really messed up handling for me.