{"id":6416,"date":"2016-12-06T14:48:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T14:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6416"},"modified":"2016-12-06T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T15:29:14","slug":"linked-a-noobs-guide-to-packing-for-a-motorcycle-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/12\/06\/linked-a-noobs-guide-to-packing-for-a-motorcycle-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “A Noob\u2019s Guide To Packing For A Motorcycle Trip”"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Medium<\/a>: (I hate linking to Medium, guys just register your own domain name!)<\/p>\n

Back in 2013 I got my first \u201cbig-girl\u201d bike\u200a\u2014\u200aa BMW F800R. The next month I was supposed to move to Germany with it (a 2,000km trip). I already had about 15,000km under my belt with various smaller bikes, and had been on shorter trips here and there. I was pretty confident that I could handle a longer distance. Well, I was a noob and I was wrong. And I continued to learn that over the years, so here\u2019s what I\u2019ve learned so far:<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By the time you read this, I\u2019ll have already gone on my huge trip but this was a lot of no-brainer content yet for people who don\u2019t think ahead, it does help you organize what you\u2019re going to carry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Medium: (I hate linking to Medium, guys just register your own domain name!) Back in 2013 I…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-12-06T15:29:16Z","apple_news_api_id":"0e9be7a0-602d-4563-99ed-04db3031f5d3","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-12-06T15:29:17Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ADpvnoGAtRWOZ7QTbMDH10w","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Fu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5860,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/07\/04\/linked-medium-a-publishers-perspective\/","url_meta":{"origin":6416,"position":0},"title":"Linked: “Medium: A Publisher’s Perspective”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via MondayNote: Our findings were actually consistent with those of Medium\u2019s own data scientist Mike Sall who notes, in this post: Overall, 74% of posts are under 3 minutes long and 94% are under 6 minutes long. 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