Looks like decent stuff, but a bit spendy for a larger zipper area, IMO.

 

Are you sure you gave the right URL? I don't see much in the way of luggage or anything else concerning motorcycles.

Pretty much everything in both saddlebags stays in the saddlebags. I have other, strap on luggage I use to carry stuff that goes into a hotel room with me. So the saddlebag liners are useless to me.

 

Whatever type you use, a bag that you can prepack/drop in/lift out and go is better than trying to pack/unpack by the side of the road! I use the HD soft bags.

Also, I use those roll-up compression bags that have a valve that lets the air out - they make a hell of a difference to the space that clothes & sleeping bags take up. HD makes some, but they're kind of expensive when you can get them from travel and bedding shops. Just don't get the kind that need a vacuum cleaner to suck the air out!

 

Get them from River roads, cheaper.
I like mine for trips.

 

How much room do the soft liners take up? I mean they are really pretty thin. I love mine and its makes it so much easier to unpack at the end of the day. I cant see myself lugging in clothes from the bags.

 

+1 I like the 'grab-n-go' aspect as well. My wife and I do the same with her bike; but in that instance, it's a mid-sized T-bag on her sissy bar. I can be packed/unpacked in seconds.

 

Thank you all! Lots of good info. I was referring to the HD deluxe bags when I said I was concerned about the space they take up; they look too bulky. I see pretty much everyone uses the soft-sided thin bags, which is what I'll get. I really like those bags w/ the full zipper, so thanks for that link.

Probably could fill pages with all the touring knowledge you guys have. Thanks for sharing!! We just got our RKC in November and are looking forward to some nice trips; especially now that the kids are old enough to be home alone for a night or 2.

Ride safe and ride often!
Mike

 

I just went to the hiking store. They have nice compact waterproof bags for about 20 bucks...they have kept my clothes dry on many trips...at the end of the day, just garb them and bring them in the room. They have diff. sizes, pick the one that fits your bags. Have a safe trip.

 

I know this is tacky, but I use plastic Walmart type shopping bags when it comes to my clothes/shaving kit, etc on trips. Items are grouped according to category (shaving kit items for example) so that I can just grab the handles of that plastic bag and it slips right out real easy and goes back in easy. The slick plastic makes shaping them and pressing things down into the saddle bag really easy (NO space wasted). Other items like tshirts, BVD's, socks, etc can be in their own bag so it's easy to pick what you're looking for - or just grab them all and pull them out and go into the motel room.

I don't stay at Marriott's so this packing method works just fine. It maximized space in the bag, makes selecting and pulling out a particular set of items easy and they're FREE...

Now generally my everyday items in the bags are just in there - leather tool roll, hand-wipes, etc. But clothes and travel items is what I'm talking about here. Simple and cheap.

 

correction on website. it is storagepouches.com.