Luggage and Packing. you pack too much! that's what I packed to go around the
world, multiple years, around the world. this is everything I carry every
situation, every weather condition, camping, cooking, four seasons. I'm going to
unpack it and show you what I carry with me
welcome to MOTOTREK! I'm Paul, round-the-world Paul, rtwPaul
you might know me as. I've been on the road for nine years riding around the
world and I'm heading out again. luggage is a difficult thing. a lot of guys...
their luggage is big it's huge. you pack what makes you feel comfortable but
do you need it all I'm gonna go through everything I have here I'm leaving I'm
gonna go from Europe to Siberia I'm going via the 'Stans... I'm going through
Mongolia I'm cooking in camping all the way I don't use hotels I change bikes
I'm on a dirt bike KTM 500 EXC. I've used hard luggage in
the past it doesn't work on a dirt bike so I went to soft luggage and the system
that works for me is MOSKO MOTO. so a Hood tank bag and this is their new
v3 Revolver Reckless 80 system. it's a rack-less system on the
back I chose to use a rack you don't need one I just wanted some extra
structure there first thing would be the tank bag I wanted a tank bag that was
just easy... I take a lot of photographs so I wanted to be able to open the tank bag
with one hand pull out a camera take a photo put it back and click that thing
closed and I'm done
Top Bag - I carry an oil change. so what's in here? not much. bag of toiletries bag of
charging cables for batteries computer that kind of thing. Clothes that's all my
clothes for warm weather so I carry two or three changes t-shirts pair of pants
a few changes of underwear socks that kind of thing that's everything in there
and a computer in a solid case so if I drop the bike it doesn't get damaged
back here I have a pouch I could use a paper map or maybe insurance documents
border documents good place to keep those on the left side of the bike I
keep my camping stuff my house my home two bags real easy to take out in the
big bag I have a two-man tent so I like to keep my gear inside so me and my gear
equals a two-man tent a sleeping pad and nice and tightly packed in the bottom I
carry a sleeping bag but I also carry a blanket as well so I have four wall man
for colder weather in the small bag just a couple of things I wear full-on
motocross boots I want to get into a pair of shoes as soon as I can and a
spare tube that's a 21" so it fits on the front and the back of the
bike on the right side I have stuff for cold weather so warm clothes and
stuff a cooking and a few other random things so the bags are easy to get out
they're actually easier when they're dirty a little bit of dust just helps
them slide out in the big bag that's a bike cover very important for
security going into areas where mosquitoes are present mosquito nets and
a big floppy hat to keep them from biting my neck and my face that's a
puffy jacket to keep you warm on cold nights a towel washing soap so I have
nice clean clothes that's a bag of clothes for cold weather so to keep me
warm a washing line and that's my cooking stuff so pots pans plate knives
forks that kind of stuff and in the little bag is my other cooking stuff so
in here my cooking stove I use a specific cooking stove it's a... I carry
that so I can actually fill up with gas and I can obviously take gas off the
bike if I need to but the nice thing about this one this is a it's a multi
stove so I can actually use different things I can use gas out of a can I can
use gas out of the bike I can use diesel so that that makes it good to use in any
country in the world
Knives fork spoons to eat with and at the bottom of the bag my pump so if I get a
flat tire I can pump up my tires. so the other thing that I carry with me is a
hydration pack I carry a pretty decent sized one if you
notice I got two tubes on here I actually carry six liters worth but I
only usually fill up three liters but if I'm going into a remote area it's the
lightest easiest way to carry additional water so I can actually carry six liters
of volume of water in the hydration pack in the top pocket because I wear goggles
all the time I just carry some extra some extra lenses I see quite a few
because I'm on the road they're not always the easiest thing to find and in
here and you just pull this little thing out
there's another additional pack in here
because I wear motocross boots they're not waterproof they're not gore-tex
motocross boots never are so I have gore-tex socks and I have waterproof
pants because I prefer to wear motocross pants so these are just Gortex over
pants easy and quick to put on so I have them
in here as easy access. my tools... I didn't want them up here on the back of the
bike extra weight so I have a rally bash plate that has an integrated tool box so
this is where I keep my tool roll and that's my tools. what didn't I bring? a
chair Oh horror I do have a chair look I have some clothes I have a bike it's
comfortable I got somewhere to sit. I got a chair so that's everything that's all
I've got there might be things inside of things lighters or there's a first-aid
kit I don't need to show you that stuff it's in there this is everything I've
been on the road for nine years I have everything I need
if for any reason I forgot something I go to a store I buy it the shops everywhere
it's not a big deal so this is it this is me this is life on the road