<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="Niehart" data-cid="1370701" data-time="1498798240"><p>
John, give us you thoughts on gear and farkles when you get a second to breath.</p></blockquote>
Gear - GoreTex, good boots, the TCX Adventure boots I bought kept my feet dry, the Klim Latitude Jacket and Pants kept me dry in 14 straight days of rain. My LD Comfort riding underwear worked good but my legs got cold, I purchased a heavyweight Merino Wool Bottom garment in Whitehorse and wore it a lot. Electric Jacket and Gloves got a workout too, invaluable.
Camping Gear, My two person tent was ok but hard to get dressed inside when it was raining. 0C rated sleeping bag was sufficient though I did get cold one night when it was raining and 40F outside. My inflatable Sleeping pad sucked, i have purchased an inflatable twin air mattress at Wal-Mart along withva battery operated pump.
Farkles - Tool Tube made from 3" PVC worked great.
Tusk Aluminium Panniers kept stuff dry and were inexpensive. The Pannier bags sold with the panniers were invaluable too, I used four, one for cooking gear, one for tools and tubes and other stuff to big for the tool tube, one for riding clothing and one for street clothing. I expected it to be warmer than it was so I took to much light gear and not enough warmer stuff. In general too much stuff.
My TomTom Rider worked better than the BMW GSA Garmin unit. The Garmin kept losing power due to dust and grit on the contacts in its cradle.
I carried spare chain and sprockets and used them. I replaced one tube, Use d more chain lube than I expected.
My Shoei Neotec worked fine but the screens I had installed it the Top head vents became plugged with dust and bug parts, I had to clean after the Dempster. Pinlock wss invaluable.
Carry a set of tires, you may not need them, but if you do you'll really need them. All three bikes used up tires.
The KLR is an ideal bike, even as overloaded as mine was.
Hope this helps.
