The Complete Motorcycle Trip Packing List
Welcome to the Motorcycle Trip Packing List! This article provides a complete checklist of all the essentials you may need on your bike travels.
- June 6, 2020
This is a no-nonsense motorcycle trip pack list. The article lists everything you need to take on your motorcycle travels with links to more in-depth guides if you fancy diving deeper. All adventures are unique, to different parts of the world, climates and conditions, so adapt the list accordingly to your personal needs. Consider this a base line! Each item links to one of our gear reviews if we’ve tested it, an example or a place to buy it online. If you have any specific questions on motorcycle kit, feel free to ask in the Mad or Nomad Community Forum
- If you’re interested in what we personally use, check out Our Round-the-World Packing List.
- For help with figuring out what you do and don’t need, check out How to Pack for a Motorcycle Adventure.
Personal Clothing
- Lightweight down jacket (doubles up as bike thermal)
- Thin trousers
- Shorts
- T-shirts
- Underwear
- Flip flops
- Light and small trainers
Electronics
- Mobile phone
- DSLR or point and shoot camera
- Travel tripod
- GoPro / Sena / Drift
- GoPro stick
- Set of memory cards
- Adapter
- Chargers and USB battery pack
- Laptop or tablet
- Removable hard drive
- GPS tracker
- USB with backups of important info
Camping
- Sleeping bag and silk liner
- Roll mat
- Tent (Check out our 10 BEST Tents article)
- Stove
- Cooking equipment including washbowl, cutlery, spices, chopping board, utensils, fire starter etc.
- Camp knife
- Pillow
- Head torch
- Para cord
- Shower bag
- Towel
- Sheet
Hygiene
- Toothbrush and paste
- Soap/ shower gel/ shampoo
- Shaving kit
- Vaseline
- First aid kit
- Hand sanitiser
- Mosquito repellent
- Sun cream
- Face mask
Paperwork
- Passport and copies
- Driver’s licence and copies
- International Driver’s Permit
- Vehicle registration document
- Vaccination book
- Carnet de Passage (if needed).
- Travel insurance
- Passport photographs (can’t have enough of these)
- Emergency USD
- Bank cards
- Easily accessible paper with all important contact info on.
- Spare bike key
Tools
- Wrench and socket set
- Hex head set
- Puncture repair kit
- Air compressor and Gauge. (Rocky Creek Tyre Pump Review)
- Tyre levers and wheel removal tools
- Ratchet strap
- Screw driver
- Multi-tool
- Spanners/ Allen keys
- Tool roll (Kriega Tool Roll Review)
- Cable ties and Gaffa tape
- Jump leads
- Oils, lubes, epoxy, Loctite and copper grease
- Spare parts, levers, cables and consumables like filters, O-rings, pads etc.
Motorcycle
- Owner’s manual downloaded onto your phone.
- Crash protection
- Motorcycle modifications for comfort, off-roading and travel.
Food and water
- Hydration bladder pack
- Dry food snacks
- Water purification stick/straw or tablets
- Emergency dry food and snacks
Miscellaneous
- Fuel canisters: Rotopax or fuel bladder
- GPS Navigation device or use your pone or use paper maps
- Sunglasses
- Mounts for phone case and video camera.
ps. We’re not sponsored by any companies, these are just the products we use on our travels. Purchasing a product after clicking on any of the links on this page (or using this link to Sportsbikeshop or this link
to Amazon UK or this link to Amazon US) will mean we receive a small commission at absolutely no extra cost to you. You’ll help keep our site and our motorbike running. Thank you for your support.
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8 thoughts on “The Ultimate Motorcycle Trip Packing List”
Fantastic guide right here. Many many thanks for putting this together. It’s going to come in very handy once we can all finally travel again. Cheers
Hi Graham, thanks very much for your comment, glad you found it helpful! Are you planning a big trip? Feel free to shoot us any questions if you need anything here in the comments, via email or in the Forum anytime! More than happy to help fellow travellers. Cheers 🙂
I am indeed, I was planning a big trip to Turkey and maybe the Caucasus time permitting for middle of next year. That’s brilliant, thank you for that. It’d be a huge help in planning. I’m still sifting through your site and have been looking at the camping gear lists today. Fantastic stuff
That’s great! We actually have loads of motorcycle guides on the Caucasus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and also on Turkey that might help you plan your tours there. You can find them under the Europe Destination Guides here https://www.madornomad.com/guides/europe/.
If you need anything specific, shout anytime!
Very useful. Just had a read of your European packing list one too. It’s obviously a lot more minimal than this one but it’s good to know all these extras in case I do decide to go further afield. Thanks guys
Hey David, thanks very much! Glad you found it useful. You’re right, the European pack list is a lot more minimal as it’s for touring so you won’t need to carry everything on this list. Best of luck with your packing! I’m assuming you’re thinking of riding into Europe? If you need a hand with anything just shout! Cheers 🙂
Hi
I never rode motorbike on mountain road but I drove car from Chiangmai to Bangkok, and 3-4 time from Chiangmai to Doisuthep, so am I suitable for this ride or not. I am an Indian and wan to wnjog that trip. Please provide me ideas about motorbike because I wan to ride Royal Enfield Mateor.
Thanks
Hi Ranjan, thanks for your comment!
This sort of question would be better asked in the Forum. If you just make an account and ask in the Thailand forum, it’ll be easier to answer there. Also, could you please provide a bit more information when you ask in the forum…. for example, you ask “am I suitable for this ride or not?” What ride? Where? and you ask to “provide ideas about motorbikes”, but for what journey, where etc?
Cheers