Two-up camping on an R - pics

peterbulgar · Post by **peterbulgar** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:19 am

By popular request here are pictures of my R1150R outfitted for two-up camping on a recent trip to Oregon and Washington. For some reason I didn't take many pictures this trip, which is a shame because eastern Oregon was particularly scenic in the autumn light.

http://r1150r.smugmug.com/gallery/869285/1/39229386

peter
'73 R75/5 (my wife and I took several cross country camping trips on this bike. I piled more stuff on the luggage rack than I did on the R.)
'04 R1150RA

Post by **DJ Downunder** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:01 am

Nice...

DJ

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:16 pm

Hi Peter,

If you ever ride thru the Columbia Gorge again, please let me know and I'll invite you to stop in.

Did you ride the Columbia Gorge on the Washington side...Hy 14? Or, did you ride the Gorge on the Oregon side...Interstate (yawn) 84? I hope you rode the Washington side, as it follows the terrain with nice sweepers and outstanding views from the high points.

If you rode Hy 14, you probably went through Bingen, and about half a mile from my house.

I always wish I took more pictures, too. Thanks for what you posted.

-John-

Post by **mistercindy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:15 pm

Thanks for the pics!

I like the way you pack a duffel (at least it appears to be a duffel) on top of the system cases. I"ve considered packing a duffel bag L to R over the passenger seat where the ends of the bag would be about equal to the width of the system bags.

Post by **NoRRmad** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:42 pm

That works, too. I pack my tent, mattress, sleeping bag and camping chair sideways over the passenger seat with a couple of strong bungees crossed over them. Never had any trouble. My last solo camping trip I replaced the passenger seat with that silver plate BMW sells, which lowered the whole package by a couple of inches. Feels very secure. I put a strap around the whole thing, so I can unhook the bungees and lift everything off with one hand.

Post by **geechie** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:08 am

Man! Nothing remotely resembling that in my part of the world.

Thanks.

George

peterbulgar · Post by **peterbulgar** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:26 pm

John: We picked up highway 14 at I-82 just over the river from Umatilla, OR and followed it to White Salmon, where we crossed the toll bridge (unexpected, that, but a bargain at $0.75 or whatever) to Hood River, so we went right through Bingen. Last year my son and I followed 14 west to east from The Dalles on our way to Spokane, stopping at the Maryhill museum and the Stonehenge replica. This time we (my daughter and I) only stopped at Stonehenge. As you said, highway 14 is scenic and, that day at least, almost devoid of traffic. From Hood River we rode highway 35 around Mt. Hood to highway 26 to Sandy, then south on 211 and 224 by small farms and through small towns that looked more like New England than the west.

mrcindy: The duffle is a helen2wheels roll top bag, size medium. Inside is a deflated thermarest pad which lines the inside of the bag, and a sleeping bag stuffed inside. If you have a down sleeping bag you could probably get away with a size small roll top bag. This is my first experience with the helen2wheels bags (I also have her drawstring bag on the luggage rack for the tent) and I'm impressed. They are very sturdy and act as a compression sack, and the strap that is sewn the length of the bag has openings to fit and hold bungee cords or flat straps. Since my passenger was using the passenger seat, our sleeping bags had to go on top of the system cases, and I had to drill holes in the cases for bungee buddies. Two bungees cords for each bag, and they held fine with no moving around. RiderWearhouse sells luggage loops that could be attached to the system cases and those would accommodate the flat straps that helen2wheels recommends, but the bungees worked fine for me.
peter