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We do a lot of route planning. Finding and connecting awesome trails while ensuring they are big bike friendly, end up at a good distance for the day, and appropriate for the skill level of our riders, is the most important core competency of this job. We did it old school for years, doing research online, watching Youtube videos, reading ride reports, and most importantly just scouting the trail, when it turns out, Butler Maps has collected all that information in one place! Butler Maps has state or region specific maps for both paved roads (the “G1” series) and offroad (the “adventure” series) that show the difficulty and other details about particularly scenic or fun trails/roads. If you use code caitlinadvg1, you’ll get a 10% discount.
We trust Giant Loop soft luggage to carry our gear for our offroad adventures! We run the Great Basin rackless saddlebags, which attach to most bikes with passenger pegs and tail racks, for motocamping on our big BMW GS bikes, and they have stayed attached through some gnarly offroad sections!
We run the smaller Mojavi saddlebags on our dual sport machines, and they have survived some truly punishing offroad while not interfering with proper riding position. We also run the Cactus Canteen as a solution to carry more water without hefting it in a backpack, which will fatigue the rider more quickly, or filling the saddlebags.
We trust our expensive BMW GS motorcycles with Black Dog Cycle Works protection products, including skidplates, crash bar reinforcements, and cylinder guards for those vulnerable boxer engine cylinders that stick out. Not only has Black Dog crash-tested their products, we have too- and the bike survives every time! We all know BMWs cost a lot to fix, so we’d rather avoid that problem entirely.
Another soft luggage solution I enjoy is the line from Viking Bags! They have rugged, waterproof adventure motorcycle luggage options to carry your camping gear on the tail of your motorcycle, easy to attach to the tail rack of any of our rentals. I like to run them alone offroad for a day trip, or add them on top of hard locking panniers on the BMWs for longer camping tours.
