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[Indenial]

We got one of the T-bags flat suitcase thing that sits on top of the luggage rack of the tour pack. It's the only way we could get all my wife's things in/on the bike for trips. Funny thing, with two people and leathers and rain gear, there really isn't that much room left for stuff. So the T-bag is really a nice addition. It just unclips and into the hotel it goes with all our clothes, and of course, the hair dryer!

[JCZ]

doesent she ever tell you that she has her own bike with her own storage and she can bring whatever she wants??? Thats what my wife does and funny thing is, i always end up with more of her stuff cramped in my bike.. It happens every trip. I just go with the flow cause it makes my life happier in the end

I think he was talking about riding two up. 

Terrie and I are a different situation.  Yes, she rides her own bike.  I take all the tools and the Nikon (case and all) and all my stuff.  She takes the little pocket point and shoot and all her stuff.  She feels that's fair and she's proud of herself that she doesn't have to rely on me.   Works for her and works for me....it's all good!

[sportygordy]

She is he one with the GPS too,, so she is in total command.   

[Wildrat]

Same here wife has her bike she brings whatever she wants. As for me I get stuck with everything else. My 4X clothing, my jeans etc. plus all the tools, the gas can if needed etc. So let's see fully loaded i am carrying myself plus everything else, that's around 475 lbs plus bike, lets see her bike is carrying her plus clothes, that's about 210 or so. Something seems a little off balance here,plus I have the GPS, and a step ladder to get on the bike. I keep telling her I'm going to leave the tools home,but she does not like that idea because her bike is the one breaking down all the time for some nit-noy reason.

[JCZ]

She is he one with the GPS too,, so she is in total command.   

We both have the same GPS.  Mine is a convience......her's is a necessaty!  She'd tell you that she can get lost in a paperbag.

[BAKRDS]

Coolmax T-shirts & drawers.Wash 'em in the motel sink & they're dry in the morning.The socks don't dry as fast,but if you take 3 or 4 pairs they can dry for 2 nights.The day they're damp I carry them in a plastic bag.Just did a month trip & only hit the coin washer & dryer twice.

[Wildrat]

I would say it smells like you only washed 4 times but then I saw you were from New York.

[TLMitchell]

I always keep duck tape and zip ties on hand. Toolkit, tire inflator/repair kit are standard. Plus benadril for insect bits

Here's one along those lines I swiped somewhereoranother.... A fresh pencil with minimal lead exposed so the point won't snap off. Wrapped around it are duct tape, masking tape, cellophane tape, waterproof tape, a couple of gauges of wire and some rubber bands. Stick it in the tool pouch and you have a variety of stopgap tools at your disposal as well as something to write with if all else fails. Stopped for a disabled shovel along side the road once and the eraser came in handy for cleaning up his points and getting him down the road.

TL

[BAKRDS]

I would say it smells like you only washed 4 times but then I saw you were from New York.
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[JCZ]

It was a joke Bakrds.  He was suggesting that he could tell that hadn't hit the laundry a couple of times because he could smell you.  Not sure what the New York reference is but I don't think it's any secreat that it's a very dirty city.

[1abastarsmda]

I think I will stick with packing a week's worth of clothes and do the laundry once a week on trips.  What's it take?  Maybe a max of 1.5 hours at the coin laundry once a week on the road.  Well worth it to me to have a complete fresh week's worth of clothing ready to go.  If you think about it, if you are riding with a group, gas stops usually blow away a half hour or more.  It's not much more than a long gas stop to take care of laundry.

[BAKRDS]

The big advantage is the space saving,not not having to do laundry.

[1abastarsmda]

The big advantage is the space saving,not not having to do laundry.

I think that our difference lies in the fact that I've got the SEUC, so I have the tourpack and a luggage rack with a large piece of luggage also...and I still have a compact bag that I can use to put on the rear seat if I need more room.  It's easy for me to pack a week's worth of clothes for a trip and I have plenty of room.  If I could stop buying t-shirts all over creation, or at least figure those t-shirts into the mix when I pack, I'd have space left over, while still having all the essentials for breakdowns and inclimate weather.  I'd be in trouble without that extra piece of luggage on the luggage rack...but that's one of the reasons I traded my old bike for this one...more space to pack things.

[JCZ]

The big advantage is the space saving,not not having to do laundry.

I'm with you on the space savings. 

When we did the ocean to ocean ride Andy suggested that we not pack t-shirts (cause we'd be buying them along the way), one bag of cheap sox and one bag of cheap underwear.  As they get dirty we just throw them away......six days in to it, it's another quick stop at Wal Mart, Big K or some such discount store for another bag.

[JCZ]

And speaking of touring tips (who started this thread?)........everybody probably knows that Gatorade now makes a low calorie formula called G2.  And many of us travel with a small portable ice chest in the tour pack.

It's been in the triple digits here in Sacramento for several days and supposed to be 108F today......made me think.  We buy the G2 by the case in the summer time.  Because they're not carbonated you can put them in the freezer without the fear of them exploding.  Froozen, they work as ice in the little portable ice chest, staying cold way late into the afternoon.  Even on a local day ride, Terrie puts the froozen G2 in her water bottle holders that are on her rear crash bars.  Stays cold for a couple hours......even in triple digits.