April 3^rd, 2026

Full Touring / Alaska 2028 Loadout – What Does This Mean?

My Full Touring / Alaska 2028 Loadout is my touring packing load for extended long distance motorcycle touring / camping trips. For example, I am looking at my Alaska 2028 trip to be 43 days in total with 7 days in Anchorage with my son and wife for a family vacation. This setup is for spending weeks traveling on the motorcycle with significant camping involved.

To be clear, this is way overkill for my Florida Loop 2026 trip. But I am using that trip as my test flight per say for my motorcyle configuation and full touring loadout. Less extensive trips will have reduced loadout accordingly, especially trips that does not involve camping. I would say more than half of the items packed are related to camping.

Let’s look at luggage weight

• Right Panier (including weight of panier itself) = 50 Pounds
• Left Panier (including weight of panier itself) = 50 Pounds
• Top Case (including weight of top case itself) = 28 Pounds
• Medic Bag / First Aid Kit (strapped on top of top case) = 9 Pounds
• Reax Poseidon Dy Bag (including dry bag weight itself) = 36 Pounds
• Giant Loop Armadillo Bag (Gasoline) 3 Gallons = 1.25 Pounds Empty
  • ~19.85 pounds when full (3 gallons gasoline)
• Giant Loop Cactus Canteen Hydration Bladder 2 Gallons = 17.5 Pounds
  • 9.3 Ounces empty
• Tank Bag (includes weight of tank bag itself) = 9 Pounds

Total Weight with empty Giant Loop Armadillo Bag = 200.75 Pounds

Total Weight with full Giant Loop Armadillo Bag = 219.35 Pounds

Total gear weight is about the weight of an adult.

So, what did I pack and where did I pack it?