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Originally Posted by Fern
solar chargers might work as a back up to cafe charging.
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Hi Fern. My experience of solar charging on a trip has been totally negative and I've been experimenting with the things since the mid 90's. On a bike I've set a max size of (roughly) A4 and my current one puts out about 50mA. I've left stuff attached to it for days and it's still been flat (or as near as makes no difference) at the end. Maybe I'm missing some sort of a trick (I do nothing more than connect the cables and put it in the sun) but not worth the effort imho.
"Kickstarting a bike numerous times a day is what reminds you that you are a man (and not a sissy girly with an electric start(and unbruised shins))"
Ha Ha - That's ok on a DR350 where the kickstart virtually falls under its own weight  
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