The Bike:

• Kawasaki KLR 650 - (2005 with 59,000 KMs as of June 2008)
  • A variety of modifications including Penta exhaust, T-mod, chain tensioner upgrade, and more
  • Carb rebuilt at 58,000K due to poor idle performance (MASSIVE improvement)
  • Throttle closing cable is worn to a thin thread - new one is on order from the USA - (there isn’t a single cable for sale in all of South Africa - would have to be shipped in from Japan(!) )

The Protective Gear:

• 2007 Profile Jacket & Pants by Acerbis (sand-colored to reduce heat)
• Koerta body armour by Acerbis
• Butt & hip pad by Acerbis
• Knee & Shin protector by Acerbis
• Impact Motocross-style boots by Acerbis (white “stormtrooper” style to reduce heat)
• Impact gloves by Acerbis (sand color)
• White Motocross helmet by O’Neal
• Clear goggles by Smith

The Clothing:

• Sun-protected and vented Under Armour tops (short and and long) and Under Armour synthetic underwear
• Two pairs of synthetic climbing pants (Prana and Mountain Hardware)
  
• One fake Mountain Hardware jacket bought at a Beijing market for $8 USD in 2005 (actually made out of Gore-Tex - amazing; though the zipper pull busted off sometime in May 2008)
• Highly vented and water-immersible running shoes - CC Cardrona’s by Adidas (only all-weather / high-heat running shoe I’ve ever seen that you can actually run in)
• Synthetic socks  - 4 pairs of generic REI-brand ones that discolor pretty quickly
  
• 2 pairs of boardshorts, one pair of synthetic cargo shorts
• One pair of Rainbow sandals (still alive since senior year of college)
• One Cal t-shirt (Go Bears)
• One Springboks hooded sweatshirt (added in SA June 2008 - have to support the national rugby team of course)

The Accessories:

• Garmin 60CSX GPS - Waterproof and idiot-proof - loaded with Tracks4Africa overlander maps mounted on the bike using a RAM mount; spare micro-SD card bought in SA after other spare was left somewhere in San Francisco
  
• Asus eee solid-state laptop - tiny, lightweight, cheap ($400!), and highly durable
  
• Nikon D40x digital SLR camera with Nikon 18-55 and 70-200 vibration-reduction lenses
  
• Pentax Option S5 digital point-and-shoot (tiny and cheap - from Costco)
• LED Headlamp by Princeton - super-dorky but does the trick
• SOG Twitch XL tactical knife
• Panga from Parow Guns & Ammo - carried by Bellville’s finest (ok so only Capetonians will get the joke)
  

The Tools:

• 22mm spanner wrench - Stolen!  Replaced with breaker bar, 1/2 and 3/4 inch drive sockets, stepup adapters, and 22, 24, 18, 19, and 23 mm sockets to replace all the odd-sized bolts on the wheels and spark plug (thanks Kawasaki - jerks)
  
• 1/4″ drive socket kit- 8mm, 10mm, 12mm
• Cheap swappable plastic screwdriver
• Small phillips flathead screwdriver (will work for both obviously)
  
• Set of allen keys (need have duplicates!)
• Two motorcycle tire levers (one big one small)
  
• Tire patch kit(s) - extra to spare
  
• Wire
• Multi-meter
• Needle-nose pliers
• 2 vice-grips - one round-nose, one needle-nose
• Spark plug tool
• Duct tape
• Electrical tape
• Dieletric grease
  
• Some other junk I can’t remember right now

The Kitchen:

• Various spices in a sealed plastic mini-jars
• MSR Internazionale camping stove (burns regular gasoline from the bike)
• Titanium lightweight cooking pot
• Light plastic silverware kit
• Cheap plastic plate
  

The Bedroom:

• Various Half-Dome 2 tent by REI - double-vestibules to keep dirty gear outside the tent
  
• Lightweight silk sleeping sheet
• Exped Synmat 9 (lightweight, compressible, pumps by foot, surprisingly comfortable)

The Hospital:

• A bunch of different OTC meds (Ibuprofen, paracetomol) and prescription painkillers (all the fun stuff)
  
• Enough vaccines received before leaving to kill a horse:  Yellow fever, Hepatitis A/B, Tetanus, Diptheria, Meningitis, TB, Polio, Typhoid.  Opted out of rabies (we’ll find out how bad an idea that was eventually)
  
• Anti-malarials (Lariam) - supposed to give you crazy nightmares - I’ll find out soon how bad
• Katadyn water bottle as primary water filtration system (both bacteria and particulate filtration)
  
• Silver nitrate water purification solution
  
• Iodine tablets as water filtration backup
  

(This page is STILL in progress - will post spreadsheet with pricing at some point as well)