
I’m a minimalist guy. Less is more for me. So I travel light, very light, even in a long journey. My motto is” “Go light or stay home”. Here all my stuff.
Clothing for Riding and Casual
I travel light and I tell you why. My clothing will be dependant on what the climate will be like where I am traveling. But keep everything to a minimum, super minumum. You can divide everything up into two areas of clothing, riding gear and casual gear. For my thermals, I used Dainese and would highly recommend this, is the best.
Clothing for riding
- KTM adv or enduro suite
- Rain suite
- KTM internal jacket (also for free time)
- KTM technical T-shirt
- KTM technical socks
- KTM nekwind
- KTM gloves
- Arai Touring X4 helmet or Shoei Hornet
- Sena bluetooth 10C Evo
- Oakley googles
- KTM Adventure boots
Casual Clothing
- 1 Jeans, 2 T-shirt, 2 pair os sox, sneakers.
- Light hoodie
- Swimsuit and flip flop
- Cap & sunglasses
- NOTHING MORE !
Tools
At some stage, you will be required to use your tools. For me, it was nearly every other day. In my tool box, I had everything I needed to fix most of the things you encounter each day. Each morning before my ride I would do a simple check over my whole bike, in the end, it just became routine.
For my tires, I had the tools I needed to repair a tire of a hole or puncture, to inflate it (mini compressor), I use tubeless tires.
I also had a custom designed toolkit for my bike so that I could fix any loose nuts and bolts (part of my daily check) and even though I did this, I did lose a couple along the way!
I also carried mini WD40, Chain Lube, Brake Fluid, Clutch Fluid and one kg of engine oil and coolant.
Camping gears
If you are going to be camping you will need lightweight camping gear. You will 100% need to test these out, especially if you are going to be camping a lot as that will be the difference between an enjoyable day or a nightmare. I went through two different types of tents and sleeping bags on my testing before I finally got what I wanted.
So here is a basic list:
- MSR Hubba Hubba tent 2pax (I love to sleep in a guud space) and footprint or
- MSR Advance Pro 2 ultralight tent (for the worse climate condition) and footprint
- Inflatable Mattress Nemo Tensor
- Inflatable Pillows
- Lightweight Quality Sleeping bag Hyke&Bike
- USB lamp (in the evening I write and read into the tent)
- Hammock ultralight by Hyke&bike
- IT – I am minimal also here. I go cloud. I store all my pictures and video in the cloud. Easy like a pie.
If you are going to be shooting videos and photography each day you want to make sure you have something to edit it with. For a computer, I had an old Macbook Air which was lightweight and at first powerful enough. However, this started having issues and I needed to buy another one. Not ideal! You will also soon realize you will not be able to upload the photos and videos each day, but you will need somewhere to store it all.
So here is a basic list of Camera Equipment I used
- GoPro hero 9 Black Action Cameras
- iPhone 13 Mini
- iPad mini
- Camera NIKON Z50
- Dash cameras (front and rear) Innovv K2
- Garmin InReach
- Garmin Montana 750i
- Charging Cables and adaptor for all
And finally, after all, remember that the two important thing to carry with you all the time are your passport and your credit card.
Impressive the casual part, no panties? 😄
hahahaha forgot
Johnny why you use the dash cameras?
mmm just in case.. shits happen
Cool, how many kilos are you carrying with you on that bags?
7 kg on the KTM 690 on extreme adventure trip.
15 kg on the KTM 1290 on long trip (including camping and cooking stuff).
why you have the Montana 750i (with inReach technology) and the inReach Mini? Isn’t that a nonsense?
Interesting question, yes the 750i has inReach system integrated but… is there, in the device on the bike. If you crash and you can’t reach the bike? I want to have the inReach always with me.
Plus, I have now the Apple watch ultra which has a similar system.
Love the blog…. I have 2020 KTM 790 ADV R and went to get oil from my local dealer. There was 2024 KTM 1290 Super ADV R. Now I cannot stop thinking about it to replace my 790with 1290. I do 70 road and 30 off road. Nothing too technical. How do you see both bikes, since you have more experience? IS it worth the trouble swapping my 790 for 1290.
I know your feeling.. the 1290 is a great bike and I love it so much. The S model is much better un the road due to the suspensions and the wheels 19-17. The R is more good off-road.. I have both and I can say that if you stay on the asphalt most of your time, the S is an incredible machine.
BTW consider also the 890 and… stay tuned, the new 990 is coocking..
I have the feeling that you living my dream. So happy to see that somebody is doing it. So happy to see that somebody is doing it. I am following your steps. My believe is that soon will be me, what you are doing. Thank you for the prompt reply. Keep lining the dream and be safe! Cheers!