Packing light
When you travel ALL the time you learn that wrinkle free clothes are the best way to go. Wash and dry overnight or by using the dryer, or in front of the air-conditioner. Riding clothes aside underwear, socks and a skirt/trowsers, blouse/shirt, and a pair of dress shoes all pack real tight when you fold and then roll them up real tight and placed either in a backpack to the rear seat or in a tank bag. Riding clothes can be washed each night if they are washable. Leather gets extremely hot unless it has vents which can be opened and the liners removed. Cotton levi's work great, but wear cotton not nylon because it will MELT into your skin should you have a meeting with the road. White, gray, pink, anything but black, or a dark color. I can hear the comuter keyboards clicking as I tell you this...I wear leather in town, but I wear cotton on the open road. It can be washed, it's cheap to replace...should youneed any clothes when you get there buy them and then send them back to your home address before you leave so that you don't have to overload/crowd yourself on the return trip. Goatskin jackets are okay for cross country riding...they protect you, but dry cleaning and treating is expensive...AIR-MESH jackets are okay too, but I've been down at 90MPH on the track when we were allowed to wear Levi Jackets...I had NO road rash, but it ruined the jacket and pants...