1st March 2010 - Will my BMW R1200GS handle the payload?

Today I loaded my bike with all the gear I am planning to take on this trip and it fits!!!! Which is good as I didn't fancy lugging a trailer. I was intending to take a picture of the loaded bike but it has been raining most of the day so I'll try tomorrow. I have decided to take my gas stove and pots only because I have room so we can stop on the side of the road and boil the billy. I bet we don't use it as we'll probably drop into the nearest Starbucks on the Nullarbor for Colin to have his Latte!!! Also in my luggage I have a small notebook computer (ASUS ieee) with which we hope to keep this Blog up to date. I also have all kinds of electrical contraptions for charging video cameras, mobile phones, CB radios, computers etc. It's a real get away from it all trip. I am now studying the manual on the CB Radios as I haven't got round to testing them. We intend to use them to keep in contact when Colin goes fanging ahead of me and runs out of fuel or breaks down.