What size duffel bag are you using?

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    I’m still using the one that Knight gave me many years ago and a few jobs later.
     
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    I just have two sets of bedsheets. Throw the clothes in there when you change em out to carry in and do laundry or to throw in the trunk when you go home. Can easily fit a couple weeks worth of clothes.

    The clothes will even stay folded if you set them in there carefully stacked
     
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    Learn how to properly pack clothes, as China said, you can get a lot in a small space.
     
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    A carry-on size bag will easily hold a week’s worth of clothes, if you dress simply. Get a soft bag; not a rigid piece of luggage.

    I lay out all my jeans and stack a shirt, underwear, and socks at the waist end. Then, I roll it all up. The tighter, the better.

    I use a backpack to go in for a shower. I leave my toiletries inside and just throw a roll of clothes in the top. Keeps it simple.
     
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    When I know I’m going to be gone for multiple days I pack just as I do when I load my clothes in my motorcycle trunk for a long trip. I fold my britches in 1/2 side to side at full length, then lay my shirt, socks etc out on my britches and roll them up staring at the leg cuffs. I separate the socks so they lay flat side by side.

    Put a large rubber band around each roll and put them in a duffle bag. Doesn’t need to be a huge bag either. I do my dirty clothes same way and put in a heavy plastic bag to keep them separated.

    If you happen to drop them they don’t spread out as they do usually when folded….
     
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    Anyone that has traveled much on a motorcycle knows this. Especially if you're traveling with a female.
     
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    HA…!! You got that #### right lol.

    I have an Electra Glide, and wife had a Heritage Softail with leather bags. Just like clockwork I heard… you have any more room for this…? Lol

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    You know it. Wife and I traveled a lot on the Electra glide. She would want to take 3 or more pairs of shoes not including the riding boots she was wearing, 6 outfits for a 3 day ride. She soon learned to get by on what we could haul.
     
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