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[Hx2]

Here's another way to carry more stuff. Invite your friend from Hawaii to Sturgis, trailer two bikes there, and then make him carry a bunch of our stuff!  Travelled from Sturgis to Cody, Yellowstone, Tetons, Jackson and back to Sturgis like this. The bonus for him was that he ended up with a nice driver's backrest while we got to carry more stuff.

[Phantom6722]

Start of a five day trip to Kerrville and San Antonio TX

[Deep Blue Dives]

Rally in Somerville TX…….

[grandpadoc]

...loaded sometimes with a flag. Missing Man formation at the Riverside National Cemetery.

[twoasone]

Outside of Moab,Ut. On our way to the Grand Canyon.

[2k]

Nice looking rig. For those that pull trailers, look closely..................Paint to Match, Paint to Match, Paint to Match, Paint to Match,

[Grizzly]

Prior to my CVO days, but 2K is correct...

Painted-to-match is the ONLY way to go!

[T-Roy]

Hey Grizzly I really really like those fenders on that trailer!!

[Grizzly]

Thanks T-Roy.

That's just the way it came stock from American Legend Trailers.

It was a great trailer and not only do the fenders match the bike's fenders, the entire trailer (including the lid) is shaped like the saddlebags.  It also pulled like a dream!

I'm sure I would still be pulling it today, if the wife hadn't started to ride her own Ultra... Lots of space for trips now, so I'm not complaining.

I actually ended up selling it after 4 years of use for more than I paid... Unfortunately I can't say that about the bike pulling it!

[ultrarider123]

After much searching, found the picture I thought was long gone.  This is my first cross country trip back in 1994.  Made some SE US trips but nothing this long before this trip.  Locked, loaded and ready for Sturgis, '94
That's my '94 FXSTC loaded up.  Learned a lot from that trip and what to/not to take.....

[eleft36]

After much searching, found the picture I thought was long gone.  This is my first cross country trip back in 1994.  Made some SE US trips but nothing this long before this trip.  Locked, loaded and ready for Sturgis, '94
That's my '94 FXSTC loaded up.  Learned a lot from that trip and what to/not to take.....

Wow
Great picture, neglect the rip. Would the beards cause a distraction from the wind, like itch?
Glad to see you are still at it.
You could list the do's and don'ts.

Al

[ultrarider123]

Wow.  Great picture, neglect the rip. Would the beards cause a distraction from the wind, like itch? Glad to see you are still at it.
You could list the do's and don'ts.  Al

Al, the rip is for a reason....there was a head there at one time.

Nope, no itch with the wind/beards.  I've had a beard ever since I got out of nuclear power plants (moved to ORNL in 1991 and didn't have to wear the respirators as much) so my face was pretty much used to it.  That beard covers up a lot of ugly....

As for listing the do's and don'ts of travel....mainly, I've learned to take what you need, not what you think you will need.  There is a Wal-Mart/Harley/Target/Walgreen store everywhere now days so if you forget something, no worries.  
I save my old socks/underwear/jeans for my long trips now days.  Instead of packing dirty items, I trash the used items daily (socks/underwear) since those were ready for the trash anyway.  Saves washing as often (or ever) plus frees up room for items along the way.  If there are lots of "purchases" on a long trip, before heading home I box them up (and whatever dirty clothes we do have...Vickie refuses to use my "trashing the underwear'" method...) and send them home via UPS/Fed-EX.
This last long trip, I purchased some plain, cheap (5 for $5) t-shirts for the long riding days and trashed them after each riding day along with the other items.  Worked great and I only had to pack a couple good shirts for the rally days....will do that again...
May or may not work for you....just some knowledge from the road that works great for me.....

[eleft36]

dirty clothes we do have...Vickie refuses to use my "trashing the underwear'" method...) and send them home via UPS/Fed-EX.

Wow, could be classed as hazmat

Thanks, as you can see from the FXSTC '07 photo I'm partial to B Engines and I picked up all the CVO goodies used.
Al

[hdff]

did someone say paint to match?  day 2 of 16. heading to sturgis. total of 6150 miles this trip

[eleft36]

did someone say paint to match?  day 2 of 16. heading to sturgis. total of 6150 miles this trip

Very Nice looking Units.
You guy's are tough, almost 400 miles a day. My Bride is OK at 200 and squirming at 300.
Congrats,

Al