As Sharknose said - the man ratings are unanimously rated for shoulder to shoulder camping, at best! I tend to go up 1 from what I think I actually need.

 

I know a guy that just takes his bedroll and a tarp. Uses his scooter with the tarp to make a quick shelter and sleeps on the bedroll.

 

Bump...so I don't loose this

 

I would go with the smaller tent. I use a 2 man tent. I don't need to stand up in the tent.

 

Thanks everyone for your comments. I ended up ordering The North Face rock 32 3 man tent from BackCountry.com.

 

We went with a Trailmaster Classic, very nice

 

Too late since C908 already bought a tent but I kind of like this one.

http://bikertent.com/index.html