Dress Rehearsal Touring Load Out

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Did a four hour dress rehearsal ride this afternoon to test my current load out for mult-day/weeks touring. In the yellow Sea To Summit Big River 65L Dry Bag is all my camping gear: two man tent, ground sheet, sleeping bag, self-inflating pad, a chair, a canister stove, a tarp- poncho and clothes. There is room to spare. Notice the latch points on the bag which makes strapping it down (with ROK Straps of course) to the bikes rail a breeze. The bag material is thicker than it looks and not thin like other dry bags. The bag on top is an Oxford 18L Tail Bag that is actually water proof and has an outside pocket that is the perfect size for my iPad. The inside fits a 4L box of wine. The rig performed well today. I have an Oem luggage rack yet to install but as you can see, a naked CB1100 can carry a lot of stuff even without the rack. The only down side is that I will not be able to take on a damsel-in-distress passenger. Just as well - trying to down size and simplify my life anyway.