The weather is a bit cold for motorcamping these days.
There’s a lot of ice, it’s hard to travel long distances, and winter camping requires a lot of gear.
It seems a bit out of season for motocamping, but with a little imagination and planning, our journeys can begin and be fun.
Why motocamping is great: create a neighborhood routine
If you’re traveling by car, you can drive 300km to the suburbs, but when you’re motocamping on a motorcycle, you want to stay close to home rather than long distances, and you want to have a minimalist and emotional feel by packing only the gear you need.
This often involves a tarp or minimalist tent, simple cookware, a table, chairs, and a drip coffee set.
What’s great about motorcycling is that it allows you to get to some of your favorite spots that would otherwise be inaccessible to cars.
You can get closer to nature and create your own me-time sanctuary and routine.
When it comes to motocomping, the motorcycle doesn’t really matter – you can pretty much make it work for you.
The same goes for the Honda Curve you’re looking at right now.
It doesn’t look like much, but it’s a single-seater and there’s room in the back for luggage, so you can secure a tarp, tent, duffel bag, backpack, and more.
Typically, family camping, you can bring a lot, but on a motorcycle, you can pare it down to just enough to fit in there, and I like to have a backpack, a rucksack, and the rucksack is a Builford, which is a brand that’s known for their luxury wax canvas bags.
I bring a Builford backpack because I can carry my important stuff in it, and I can do a little bit of backpacking at base camp.
I also use Builford’s bushcraft packs for occasional bushcraft camping.
In this photo, Moe is carrying Builford’s Bikerscrew backpack.
Obviously, the Builford Bikers crew Backpack has a lot of storage space due to its elongated shape, but it’s a great way to avoid wind resistance when riding and is a great bag for storing camera gear or camping tools.