Wife and I are leaving in the morning for a 2 night trip up to Pigeon Forge,Tn. Just for a 2 night trip we don't have nearly enough room , tour pack and saddle bags can't hold any more. Between rain gear , light jackets , couple change ofbloomers , shaving kit bag and a few tools storage space gets gone quick. Anything over a 2 or 3 nights I could see a trailer to pull behind the bikebeing a good investment.

 

That it is!!

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Two nights and you need a trailer? Are you bringing your own bed?

 

hehehe - some wimmen don't know the meanin' of "pack light"!!

 

The Wife and I have gone for weeks at a time (Vacation) and only packing in the saddlebags - tourpak & tourpak bag???
Just did laundry every other day & there is always a Wal-Mart in every town if ya forgot something

UPS - is MUCH CHEAPER then a trailer - Ship it to your Hotel\Motel & ship it back home!!!

 

You're kidding right? My wife and I rode to Yellowstone and back, 4800 miles and 15 days. No trailer. You stop and do laundry and mail home anything you buy. But it's easy to pack for 4-5 days so a couple should be no problem.

 

Rain gear and 2 jackets and the saddle bags are full. Only packing 2 change of under cloths ,2 shirts a peice and a hygiene kit and that pretty much does itfor the tour pack. Taking only 1 pair of jeans , the pair we are wearin. If I were packin for just myself I would have plenty of room but when you start packin for 2 room runs out quick.

 

I can kinda relate to your post lol. We're going to the Carolina's in the spring and going to use the big brown truck for anything that we need to.

 

Glad I'm not one of those women! We rode to FL for a week and back, 2 up, no mailing, no nothing. Wecan gocamping for a few days, 2 up, no mailing. Hell, did that on the Wide Glide. Clothes wash.Soap fits. We're clean. What else do you need? It's always RaftGyde that lays out too much stuff, then I politely pull half of it out and put it away!

Maybe it works for us 'cause there's never shopping involved. . .hmmmm. Well, there ya go! It's a good excuse not to be able to go shopping!

 

HA!! You've NEVER seen mah better half on vacation! Thar's reservations out west whar they know her by SIGHT - literally!! She's the Love of My Life, but she don't pack light!

Then again...let's look at our travel pack-out...35mm camera & tripod, digital camera, rain gear, chaps, leather AND mesh jackets (we hit temperatures from the 30's ta the 100's), coffee percolator & coffee/creamer/sugar, first aid kit, tool kit, full bike cover, 4 1-liter fuel cells, rags & cleanin' gear (in case the bike gits REAL bad), an' enough clothin' so we only stop every 5-6 days fer laundry. Wife likes to "look good" fer me - that means a bag fulla war paint an' hair dryer, etc.

We HAVE packed it all onto jest the bike by leavin' some of the stuff out, but then it's a hassle with worryin' that stuff shipped back will (1) git ta the house, an' (2) still be thar when we git back. This way, we jest pack it into the trailer an' go on our way.

Of course, havin' the ice chest on the front of the trailer means we've ALWAYS got cold drinks at hand!