We load up all our motorcycle gear from Australia plus the panniers, fuel containers and other assorted bits and pieces at Anne’s sister’s. We are using family to stockpile all our purchases for the trip, but now need to get them together with the bikes when we collect them tomorrow.

We have chosen to go with soft panniers. Our reasoning, which will be proven or not on the road this that they weigh less, are not as wide, smaller resulting in less taken “stuff”.