Motorcycle Camping and Adventure Gear Buyers Guide
Jerry Smith
July 24, 2012
It’s been a great day on the road––or off it––and as the sun heads for the horizon you’re thinking about where to bed down for the night. You could look for another stuffy motel room with questionable sheets and a constant drip from the shower, but somehow that doesn’t go with the adventure... Read more »
2012 Rider Staff Camping Challenge
Rider Magazine Staff
July 5, 2012
Ride to Live, Live to Camp——THE 2012 RIDER CAMPING CHALLENGE In spite of our best efforts to provide for Murphy’s Law around here, things can still turn out wrong, go sideways, and end up messier than a soup sandwich. Our plans for a camping comparison test of the new Suzuki V-Strom 650 and 1000... Read more »
Redverz Series II Expedition Tent
Greg Drevenstedt
July 5, 2012
(This Gearlab review was published in the July 2012 issue of Rider magazine.) As Clem suggests in this issue’s staff camping story, approaches to camping can be, broadly speaking, divided into two groups: Spartan and comfort. Spartan camping foregoes certain conveniences in the name of minimal weight... Read more »
Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Air Mattress
Arden Kysely
November 9, 2010
Therm-a-Rest NeoAir I’m always looking for the lightest gear I can find for motorcycle camping, and if it comes in a small package, so much the better. For a camp bed, nothing is as light or packs as small as an air mattress. And in the newly competitive arena of air beds, the NeoAir from Therm-a-Rest... Read more »
Adventure Medical Kits Emergency Bivvy
Arden Kysely
September 24, 2010
I’ve got a ton of camping equipment, but for motorcycle camping I choose the lightest gear that will keep me comfortable. Packing light and packing warm are not mutually exclusive – you just have to find the right gear to make it work. Two inexpensive products from Adventure Medical Kits help... Read more »
