We learned awhile back that it's a waste of room to bring any more than a couple sets of clothes on our motorcycle trips. The majority of the day, we're just wearing a base layer and a riding suit, so other clothes don't get much wear time anyway. Here are a couple tips to keep your bags a bit lighter on any of your trips:
Plan to do laundry on the road every couple days - You can do laundry just about anywhere. Hotel sinks and bathtubs are great, but if you're camping, any creek or highway rest stop sink will do. We typically bring pre-made packets of laundry detergent meant for use in a sink, or fill up reusable bottles from the Woolite jug at home. Doing a small load of laundry is easy. Below is a video from Helge Pedersen and Globeriders where he describes his method. If we are lucky enough to be somewhere with two sinks, one person will wash and the other will rinse. Then we wring out the wet clothes, roll them in a towel like Helge, and hang the clothes up to dry. The whole process takes maybe 20 minutes to do all of the laundry between the two of us. This is a far more sophisticated way than showering with your clothes on.
Buy clothes designed for traveling - Many outdoors clothing companies make clothes with special materials that dry quickly, wash easily, and resist odor and wrinkling. These garments are great because you can typically wash them and they will dry in about 15 minutes. They usually pack much smaller than normal clothes, too. Brayde has a dress made out of the materials and we both have pants, shorts, and shirts. A small investment in some travel-specific clothes will make a huge difference for your trip wardrobe.
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