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April 14, 2015

CC Filson Heritage Sportsman Bag and Rucksack

I never really knew what CC Filson was, until my buddy Will Pace at Circle 7 Outpost and Provisisions in Madison, Mississippi hooked me up with one of the Filson bags a few years back....as best as I can tell, I have the Heritage Sportsman Bag. It's like a small hand-bag/suitcase setup. For whatever reason, I started using it on my motorcycle adventures to carry tools, clothes, camera gear, etc. The beauty of this bag is that it will not die. You pretty much can't hurt the bag, and I've been so rough on it you just can't imagine.

I've traveled with this bag for years. On the motorcycle, I've carried this bag over 30,000 miles, across 20 states, 8 countries, and 3 Canadian provinces. From the Arctic Ocean, to the Panama Canal. From California to Tennessee. From the Rockies to the Smokies, and all points in between. I've taken this Filson bag through Yellowstone, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain National Park, Glacier, Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Mt Robson, Crater Lake, Vancouver, Victoria, Prudhoe Bay, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Seattle, Portland, SF. From the Arctic to the to the Caribbean. From the Pacific to the Caribbean.

I've dropped it on the highway. Washed it in the washing machine. And dried it in the dryer. You can't hurt this thing. It's indestructible.

I'm not exactly sure when I bought my first Filson bag....my best guess is the Summer of 2011, because I didn't have in it 2009 when I drove from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas and back on an XR650R. And I didn't have it in 2010 when I drove around Lake Michigan on an 1994 XL650R. But in August of 2011, when I drove from SF to Alaska and back, and then from SF to Denver, I had the bag. So probably I got it some time between November of 2010 and August of 2011, I guess.

Since then, I've taken it on the following trips:
2011 - SF to Hyder, Alaska and back, then to Denver, Colorado.
2012 - Denver to SF (2,150 miles).
2013 - SF to Denver. Moline, Illinois to Panama City, Panama. Jackson, MS to Denver, CO.
2014 - Denver to Deadhorse, Alaska and back. 10,500 miles over 28 days.

Here's a few pics of me with the CC Filson Heritage Sportsman Bag traveling across the continent on a motorcycle:

Above: The Brooks Range on the Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11). July 31, 2014.

Above: Stopping at a closed camp above the Arctic Circle along the Dalton Highway to warm up. They are not open to the public, but Remus was freezing and worried about losing his hands or his feet. They let us warm up and even made us a pot of coffee.

Above: Stopping along US Highway 50, the "Loneliest Road in America" in the Utah desert. 9/1/2011.

Above: Stopping along US Highway 50, the "Loneliest Road in America" in the Utah desert. 9/1/2011.

Above: June 8, 2013. Traveling from South from Rio Dulce, Guatemala to Monte Verde, Honduras on Highway CA-13 in Guatemala.

Above: June 11, 2013. KTM 990 Adventura Naranja on the playa at Lago Nicaragua.

Above: June 11, 2013. KTM 990 Adventura Naranja on the playa at Lago Nicaragua.

Above: June 11, 2013. KTM 990 Adventura Naranja on the playa at Lago Nicaragua.

Above: June 11, 2013. KTM 990 Adventura Naranja on the playa at Lago Nicaragua.

Above: June 14, 2013. KTM 990 Adventura Naranja in the jungles of Costa Rica near the Nicayo Gulf and Camaronal, Costa Rica.

Above: May 20, 2013. Picking up the shiny new KTM 990 Adventure at Fun Mart Cycle in Davenport, Iowa.

Above: May 21, 2013. I get stopped by the Illinois State Police for having too much fun.

Posted by Rob Kiser on April 14, 2015 at 12:07 AM

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