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Old 19-04-10, 14:39
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Motorcycle Tent.....

Whilst browsing around the camping websites (for something unrelated to XT's) I stumbled upon this :





http://www.sunncamp.co.uk/tents/dome...mx_tourer_plus

It's a tent aimed at the Motorcyle tourer. Brilliant! It stand 2 meters high, has a 'garage' for your bike and sleeps three people.

Hold on. three ? WTF??

So I looked a bit closer, a pack size of 300x300x600 (mm) makes it a sizable tent to haul around, even on a BMUU.....

Then there is the weight, 15Kgs


So, great idea, badly implemented maybe.


Does anyone have one of these ? they look like the dogs doda's but the size and weight.......
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Old 19-04-10, 16:13
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It's for the Harley festival crowd, who trailer their bikes (and camping kit) to events...

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Old 19-04-10, 17:54
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That's probably why they stick a �160 rrp on it then!


Motorcycling aside, it's not a bad family tent though. Bedroom, decent living area and outside-ish cooking/drinking/watching other put thier tents up in the rain bit...
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Old 19-04-10, 17:55
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Kin ell youd need a Goldwing with a trailer! oh my I cant beleave I just typed that! im off to burn my fingers!!
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Old 19-04-10, 21:36
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Kin ell youd need a Goldwing with a trailer! oh my I cant beleave I just typed that! im off to burn my fingers!!
it could be worse you could have typed the B.......M....... (cutting off fingers with a rusty blade)

Seen those tents before, KTM do one a think. But i cant understand it really, its massive to pack, weights alot so that cuts down a massive market of bikers. For the other few who do want to carry something like that there massive harley/goldwing/BMW wagon would probably not fit in to the bike compartment.
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Old 19-04-10, 23:45
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If I were cynical, I'd say it is just a regular 'family' style tent with a lobby, that they have stuck a bike in [or even photoshopped a photo of a bike in] to help flog it to unsuspecting punters at a premium price?

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Old 20-04-10, 14:04
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If I were cynical, I'd say it is just a regular 'family' style tent with a lobby, that they have stuck a bike in [or even photoshopped a photo of a bike in] to help flog it to unsuspecting punters at a premium price?

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Surely no commercial organisation would stoop to such things?


Anyway, yes, as said above, that tent is a solution looking for a problem
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