My Essential Moto Camping Kit - Packing light with Lone Rider, Zenbivy, Jetboil and more!

Hey, thanks for the Video and your thoughts. Are the trousers you wear for riding? Can you tell me the name?

Great review Tony. What temp range would you recommend for that zenbivy? When do you think it's too hot or not hot enough?

The "waterproof" bag is not waterproof.
Tip..... do not put anything that you do not want wet next or near to your "waterproof" adv tent. The water from the wet tent will seap out and soak everything. And leave 2 inches of water in the bottom of your pannier !
That sleeping system..... what a palava !

lone rider tents are a rip off cost wise twice the price of equivilant brands

That bed looks like a lot of faff

Great demo/film. Really like the look of the sleep system. Have been looking for a good alternative to a mummy bag and those very expensive quilts just didn’t seem to do it but that “system” seems to solve the issues of both!

Little trick for your chair, buy a pack of half size tennis balls, cut a small hole into them a push onto chair legs, makes chair usable on wet ground and still fits in normal bag !

Awesome video Tony, thanks for sharing! 👍👍

I've just moved from traditional mummy style sleeping bag (and hated the way they twist and constrict) to a quilt and thermal sleeping mat solution by Sea to Summit. Same principal. Used first time last night wild camping and was excellent. I too am converted.

Still my favorite tent from Lone rider gear

Good vid, nice reviews on some good stuff 👍

Interesting selection of gear. My system is as follows, Lone Rider Adventure tent, Zenbivy light 25 degree quilt with a light 10 degree mattress (rarely have my head inside the mattress top but if I do it’s really cold so I went with the extra down), Exped light weight sleeping pad (R3.6), Helinox chair (the original brand copied world wide by Decathalon and others) and a Jetboil Flash. I see others complaining about the cost of some of this gear particularly the Lone Rider tent and all I can say is that cheap gear is great, until it’s not. Having spend 50 years traveling and camping by motorcycle and longer bushwalking, car camping, white water rafting expeditions and cross country ski camping all I can say is that in my experience good gear is worth every penny.

A good review. i feel that tents that require putting the inner up first are a bit of a pain if its raining. I have a Kyam Biker, ( bought for £80!) it is a bit on the big side for transporting on the bike. I was really impressed when you manage to get all the kit into one pannier.

I brought a Wechsel 3-man tent, Reason, easy to put up if it's raining as the inner is attached the fly sheet, also if it's raining it gives you somewhere to sit up straight in a chair. and packs down into a 20ltr bag

Hi Tony, no UK importer/retailer for the Zenbivvy? What was the total duty and tax bill? Many thanks.

Ok a bit left field this tip, but lets see who agrees or think it's a good or bad idea.
We all have clothing that is past its best, i talking Tshirts, pants and socks, you know what im talk about, the stuff the wife says isn't time you threw that away. Wwell i put these items tto one side, then when off on a little trip, they come with me, and after wearing for the appropriate amount amount of time, they get binned. No more trying to pack dirty stuff away or heaps of washing to bring home. And a happy wife to boot 😅

Love the vid, though for the tent option, I'd always recommend Khyam tent, really well made and up in less than a minute. My first 1 lasted well over 10yrs off use in all type of weathers.
Yes they expensive, but after you used you know why!

Can't fault your choices apart from the LR tent. A really riduculous chunk of change for a basic product without ventilation if you dont mind me saying. Great, informative demonstration vlog.

Another very interesting video, I especially liked the the lantern, the ADV tent is too low for my old bones, but I will be buying a Moto tent before the next ABR Festival.

Really good review of the gear you use Tony.
I’ve a Vango Tempest 300 that has been brilliant other than as you found it’s quite low so getting dressed/ undressed is challenging. I think lone rider tents seem expensive for the tent itself but they do have a few features within the whole package that make it a bit more useful for bike camping.
The sleep system you use looks brilliant, I watch a lot of out doors vids and I’ve never seen that. 👍🏻

The only times I have camped with my bike was back in the '80s when I slept rough next to my XT500. Simple times. You sound like you have a cold. Nick J

Great vid, love an honest review and always keen to see what the load out is, particularly with a bigger bike with panniers. Would be keen to see another where you show what you take on a day ride maybe?

Hi Tony, greetings from the Philippines, and not wanting to have a competition but im sheltering from a Monsoon while doing a tour of Asia on my Triumph 1200..lol Great video as always and thanks for sharing.

Useful video, thanks

What about the kitchen sink ???

Nice set up. The seat looks a bargain. I'll get one . Thank you

I've got a $79 3 man tent. Sits 130cm high, has a porch and weighs 3.5kg. My gas setup is sold by a motorcycle enthusiast and has all the bits and bobs for under $100 and uses the long cylinders of propane which last longer than the short ones and are considerably cheaper at $12 for 4 cylinders. I do have a good quality self inflating mattress and sleeping bag ( sea to summit). I've got mates that have the Redvers tent which is almost twice as expensive as the lonerider. Keep on camping I say. 😊

You forgot the hip flask brimmed with Jack Daniels

Thank God the RAF taught me to stay in a nice hotel with a bar and a nice restaurant! 😉

Please buy yourself a Flextail gear air pump ! Very small , rechargeable and you dont look like a prize plonker using it like you do using that air bag ! 😂

What a ball ache this camping malarkey is. Not for me, after a long day in the saddle I want a shower and a proper bed. Cheap hotels for me

When I first started touring back in the 70s, I used various gas based stoves, but found that I'd go through a canister in not much more than a day or two. I looked around at various models of multi fuel stoves, tried MSR etc but kept on coming back to my now trusty Svea 123R. Being on a bike also has the added benefit that you can always fill the stove from your fuel tank, and it has the added benefit of having a fantastically hot flame if needed. I think that the only down side is that it can be a bit difficult to get a low flame, but it's certainly not impossible. It may not fold down quite as small as an MSR or whatever, but it makes up for that with being incredibly robust as well as stable and spectacularly reliable. I wasn't able to go camping for about 10 years, did nothing when I went on hiatus, but mine lit first time out of storage.

20 + years ago when I was actively motorcycle camping the best gear was what ever would cross over from backpacking gear. Looks like there’s a lot more selection out there now 😉. But even then, the Jetboil coffee press was a godsend ☕️😆👍!

I bought the naturehike cloud peak 2 tent. Much cheaper and has external pole system which means you are pitching the fly first. A big advantage if you need to pitch in the rain. Packs much small and lighter as it’s designed for backpacking. It’s also quick to pitch as the inner is built in.

Handy info right at the end of the holiday season in UK! Never mind! This season I found that my camping setup was far heavier than is necessary, so I have ditched the Triumph/Givi pannier system and replaced it with an Oxford 70 Litre roll bag. I also changed from a quick pitch to a conventional two man tent. In total these changes have saved 17kgs and made a considerable difference to the feel of the loaded bike.

Great looking sleeping kit.Cheers.

I think the KTM towel is an orange chamois 😮. Brilliant video Tony!

The problem I've always had with Lone Rider tents is the price. They seem very expensive compared to other similar tents that aren't marketed towards motorcycle campers. But I don't see there is anything special about them. Anything motorcycle related is always expensive. The motorcycle porch is nice but I'd prefer to keep the bike somewhere it couldn;t fall on me on a wet and windy night when the gound gets softer. I would take a look at the ultralight camping and hiking community and see what they recommend. Thanks for the review though.

Light bed does look good, who'd of thought it would rain!

Those items all look brand new. Hardly surprising really, why camp when you can just pay (much less) for a hotel room. There’s a reason houses are so popular😉

Clever stuff for sure. Thx. How tall are you? Will the larger 30 inflatable bed fit inside the tent?

Nice to see your Camp Set up Tony, how annoying the rain came last minute 😮 wish i had done more camping this year as love MotoCamping, sadly ive been too busy with work. Allthough September has started well, it’s like someone switched the rain off and the sun decided to show up 😂 Just need to get over Covid now to get back out there. 👍