Tip's to pass on.
Here are a few I've learnt over the last 17,000k here in Latin America:-
If you doubt that bag/bolt/nut/frame/string/rope etc won't hold, chances are it probably won't at some point. Overlanders feel the full unforgiving weight of causality, ie that screw comes lose, you lose your frame > your rack pack with it > you later realise this and go back to look > it gets dark and you hit a stone and face plant,etc ad infinitum.
If you're remote and riding solo always make sure you have enough water to walk to next village should you have to ditch the bike due to mechanical failure or due to nose diving into a mud pool a meter deep :
Small issues and niggles ought to be ironed out immediately as over hours, days, weeks on the road they can become extremely annoying and could even lead to disaster!
If something nears the need of replacement do it immediately, not oh I've got at least two thousand left on that rear and then you realise later on you can't find anything to replace it with.
Most importantly - Never rush anywhere!!!! Cruising at 80kph and arriving a few hours later is better than wreaking at 120k and spending next two months sipping  s with a broken shoulder trying to remember wtf happened.
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