Aussie Storage Solution

 I was looking for an additional storage solution to the BMW panniers that we have on the bike. We need to carry fuel bottles for the camping stove / spare fuel bottles for the bike along with our drinking water bottles.

We did a test ride a few months ago and we were not happy in storing these items inside the panniers as some of the bottles leaked. I wanted to store these items outside and looked at various products out there. In the end I chose to use a very Aussie solution: DIY PVC drainage pipe containers! They seem to do the job. ​They are light, watertight, dust tight and cheap. I can also store different items in them as well as fuel/water bottles. No doubt they are not to everybody’s taste but we quite like them.
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It’s a challenge to pack a bike for a long trip with a pillion and camping. Two times the gear and half the space. We have to keep the weight and volume to a minimum.