Extended travelling

Firstly you are limited by weight restrictions in both vehicles and the GCVM for both of them.

Most vans have a load limit of 400kg for tandems and 300kg for single axles.

I would think you would be hard pushed to accomodate a motorbike within legal weights and have enough left for what you actually NEED for a trip of that length of time..

OF course there are those who dont care and just chuck everything in and dont worry.

However should an insurance claim come up and you have all the fruit the assessor will probably weigh it and then try to use the excessive weight as a contributing factor and deny the claim.

Adding weight to the ends of vans can cause a pendulum effect and snaking if balance is upset.

Lighter is better for economy and wearing the gear out.

A trailer is a good idea. It would solve a lot of packing issues:

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Having a bike though is so much fun out and about:

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Definitely worth the hassle.

There are a few battery powerd push bikes around. I have never used one, but I did read that some people use them in the bush getting from the base camp to gold finding ground carrying a detector around.
They apparently get to around 30kph, and have a few hours battery life.
Could be handy around towns, and in an emergancy without the weight of a motor cycle.
Cheers

Thanks everyone,

Weight would be an issue in addition to a place to carry it. I'll will investigate further the electric bike option as both required space and weight will be minimised.

Thanks again.

Grant & Nikola