What we have with us...

Tom's Equipment:


  • BMW R1200 GS
  • North Face Merlin 33 Tent
  • Touratech 40 litre side boxes
  • Bottles in bottle holders secured on side of side boxes
  • Satellite Phone - Globalstar Telit Sat 600
  • 100 litre dry bag
  • Sleeping bag
  • Stove - list all camping equipment
  • Tools; socket set (list...)
  • First aid kit
  • Electrical invertor
  • Video camera equipment - list
  • Stills camera equipment - list
  • Small backgammon set
  • Playing cards
  • MP3 player
  • Dried food
  • Table Cloth
  • Towl
  • 300ml all purpose soap
  • Lifesystems midge / mosquito head net
  • Lifeventure worldwide bath / sink plug
  • Lifeventure travel clothes line
  • Lifesystems mountain survival whistle
  • Eye mask
  • Lonely Planet Guide to Norway
  • Lonely Planet Guide to Finland
  • Lifesystems travel medical pack
  • Additional Medical: 24 x Zantac; 18 x Imodium; Nurofen gel; Hc45 cream; 36 x Ibuprofen; 28 x Aspirin; 6 x Rehysration Sachets; bug proof clothing treatment; 2 x sun block sticks; 75 x chlorine water purification tablets
  • Clothes: HeinGericke motorbike jacket and liner; HeinGericke motorbike trousers and liner; summer bike gloves; winter bike gloves; linen jacket; 3 x ankle socks; 2 x ski socks; 7 x pairs regular socks; 1 x linen shirt; 2 x pairs of shorts; 1 x pair of swimming shorts; 4 x pairs of boxer shorts; 1 x sweatshirt; 1 x long sleeve tee-shirt; 1 x North Face micro-fleece; 1 x all-purpose trousers; 1 x pair of jeans; 5 x tee-shirts; 1 x jumper; 1 x rain coat;

Peter's Equipment:

Motorbike Specific

  • BMW R1150 Adventure GS
  • North Face Merlin 33 Tent
  • One black ZEGA-Bag KDS
  • BMW R 1150 GS and Adventure SPECIAL KIT aluminium pannier kit 41/41 litres
  • Crashbar BMW R 1150 GS Adventure
  • Hard-Part GS Fork protectors BMW R 850/1100/1150GS and R 1200 GS/Adventure “Neoprene fork protectors”
  • BMW Accessory Socket/Cigarette lighter two way splitter
  • Holder for 2 litre canister (two)
  • Canister 2 litre (two)
  • Bottle container - two bottles (one)
  • Gelert Global Traveller Rucksack – 55 & 15 litre
  • Lifeventure Micro Fibre Trek Towel – Giant
  • Lifesystems Travel Medical Pack
  • Lifesystems Mosquito Coils (two packs)
  • Aria Tour X Helmet – Grey
  • Stanley Tool Roll (black)
  • Plano Toll Roll (Grey)
  • Manufactum Tool Roll (Brown Suede/Leather)
  • Soltan Sun Cream – Factor 15 400ml
  • Soltan Aftersun – 200ml
  • Norbar Slimline Torque Wrench SL1 0 4 – 40 lbf.ft. (8-54Nm)
  • Halfords 91 piece socket set
  • Wolfman Explorer Tank Bag
  • Ortleib Dry Bag/Water Sack with shower attachment
  • Sigg Large Metal Lunch Tins
  • Od-Lites carabiners (four – two large, two small)
  • Lifeventure concentrated All Purpose Soap 350ml (two bottles)
  • Lifeventure travel wallet
  • Pacsafe travel wallet
  • Primus Service Kit for Omnifuel Stoves
  • Primus Omnifuel Stove and 0.6 litre fuel bottle
  • Airman Sparrow Air Compressor
  • Magnetic LED light running off the BMW accessory socket
  • Boots First Aid Tweezers
  • Boots Safety Pins
  • Immodium tablets (packet of twelve)
  • H45 Hydrocortisone Cream (15 grams)
  • Dispersable Aspirin Tablets B.P. 75mg
  • Boots Ibuprofen Tablets (two packets of sixteen)
  • Boots 70 Family Pack plasters
  • Anthisan Bite & Sting Cream (20 grams)
  • Boots Ibuprofen Gel Max (30 grams)
  • Boots Micropur water purification tablets (50 tablets)
  • Boots Dual Action Diarrhoea relief and rehydration salts (6 tablets and 6 packets of salts)
  • Mountain Craft Travelite II Impregnated Mosquito Net
  • Little Bleeder Brake Bleeding Kit
  • Sea to Summit 100% Premium Silk Travel Liner (Long)
  • Recta DT 200 Compass
  • Maglite 2 Cell D Torch (Model S2D016U) plus two spare bulbs
  • Lifesystems Expedition + Plus Insect Repellant 100ml (two bottles)
  • Small collapsible camping spade
  • Air, Land & Sea Travel Pillow
  • Silnet Silocone Seam Sealant for Tents and tent repair kit
  • Lifesystems Water Purification Chlorine Tablets (75 tablets)
  • Lifesystems Water Purification Neutralising Tablets (75 tablets)
  • Lifeventure Travel Plug
  • Lifeventure Travel Washing Line
  • Nikwax Waterproofing wax for leather (120ml)
  • Ortleib Waterproof Document Wallets (two)
  • Stainless steel mug
  • Plastic drinking beaker
  • MSR Camping Kettle
  • MSR Blacklite non-stick aluminium camping pan set
  • Plastic camping spatula
  • Knife, fork and spoon set
  • Light My Fire frresteel
  • Pack of playing cards
  • Magnetic travel chess, backgammon, draughts and ludo set
  • Travel pick up sticks set
  • Halfords Cable ties (assortment of sizes)
  • Kwik Lock straps (two)
  • Travel plug adapter
  • Collins SAS survival guide
  • Turbostick lighter
  • Swiss army knife
  • Leatherman style utility tool
  • 18cm alloy tent pegs (10 pegs)
  • Sony Vao PCG-C1XN laptop
  • Impulse USB 2.0 hardrive (100GB)
  • Mini laptop USB LED light
  • Tracpac Dry Bag (L: 108cm; W: 58cm; Bottom Diameter: 38cm)
  • Two dry bags for the Panniers
  • Medium sized stuff sacks (five)
  • Small sixed stuff sack (one)
    Eagle Creek Pack-It System Cubes (two)
  • Eagle Creek Pack-It System Shoe Sacks (two)
  • Eagle Creek Pack-It Sacs Medium (one)
  • 56/60litre dry bag
  • Blue Spot waterproof padlocks for the panniers (four)
  • Sigg Aluminium Bottle (0.6 litres) (one)
  • Rok Straps Adjustable ([four])
  • Bungee cords (four)
  • Bungee net (one)
  • Cigarette lighter adapter kit for Sony Cyber stick camera
  • Cigarette lighter adapter kit for iRiver MP3 Player
  • Ortleib Waterproof Map Case – large (one)
  • Michelin map (No. 711) of Scandinavia: Scale 1: 1,500,000
  • Gizi Map - Silk Road Countries: Scale: 1:3,000,000
  • Gizi Map - Kazakhstan: Scale: 1:3,000,000
  • Russian Road Map: Scale: 1cm – 7.5km and 1cm – 15km
  • Operational Navigation Chart: Scale: 1: 1,000,000. Charts:
    ONC G-6
    ONC F-5
    ONc F-6
    ONC E-5
    ONC E-6
    ONC C-3
    ONC C-4
    ONC D-3
    ONC D-5
    ONC E-4
    ONC G-5
    ONC H-7
    ONC H-8
  • Sony Cybershot DSC-P200 Camera 7.2 Mega Pixels
  • Canon Zoom Lens Ultrasonic EF 75-300 mm 1:4-5.6 III USM, skylight filter and case
  • Tamrac Digital Series Camera Case
  • Jessops Mini Tripod
  • Ultraviolet filter
  • Red filter
  • Canon EOS 300 35mm camera with 28-90mm lens and cleaning kit
  • Velbron CX44 Tripod
  • Address book
  • Moleskin Note books (three)

Useful link below to the webpage of someone who travelled from UK to Australia. The list of equipment and modifcations made to his motorbike is of interest.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/kelly/TripPreparation.html