Hockey bags for lugging/storing moto gear

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After seeing the ridiculous pricing of actual moto gear bags, I decided to just buy a wheeled hockey bag for lugging my stuff around on trips like the one to the Dragon. I previously borrowed one from my brother and liked having everything together instead of thrown all over the floor of the trailer like I used to, and moving everything in one shot between the house, car, friend's trailer, and motel was a time and energy saver.

Canadian Tire has two bags on sale for $60 and $70. The cheaper bag is actually larger overall (200L vs 170L) but all one cavernous space. I originally figured it was the no-brainer, but ended up going with the other one for silly little things like the larger diameter/more rugged wheels, extra handles, vents and compartments. The bottom 5 inches of the end compartments aren't sewn in, so they can be pushed out of the way and you can use the full length of the main bag from end to end if you needed (you'll understand when you see it). The recurring complaint in the reviews was the plastic zipper failing, so we'll have to see how that goes. I'm not rough on my stuff, and for something I'll only use a couple times a year at most, I don't think I need the extra ruggedness of the purpose-made gear bags. Worse comes to worse, I can always replace it with a YKK as long as the bag itself lasts.

In case anyone's interested, these are the two that seemed worthwhile and they should be on sale until Friday:

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I've done this for my snowmobile equipment. work well for keeping everything in one spot.
 
The other option is just a normal airplane luggage bag. Lots of space, and majority of people have one or two laying around collecting dust.
 
Relax said:
After seeing the ridiculous pricing of actual moto gear bags [...]
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For peak pricing ridiculousness, you can always count on Mosko Moto:

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Mule Gear Hauler

The Mosko Mule Gear Hauler is a roller luggage system designed to haul all your travel gear for international fly-to-ride trips and staging from your truck for local trail rides. The top and bottom portions separate easily into two bags to check at the airport or use with just one bag for trips...
moskomoto.com moskomoto.com

Has some neat features, but IMO not $900 worth of neat features...

mimico_polak said:
The other option is just a normal airplane luggage bag. Lots of space, and majority of people have one or two laying around collecting dust.
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+1

We've always used large suitcases, checked in our gear at the airport and never had an issue.

We take the armor out of the jacket and pants, saves a ton of room and everything packs flat, more or less.
 
For years a hockey bag strapped on the back was my MC luggage system. Now I mostly use it for hauling all my dirtbike gear.
 
mimico_polak said:
The other option is just a normal airplane luggage bag. Lots of space, and majority of people have one or two laying around collecting dust.
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The upside to some hockey bags is tons of venting. Not so important at the start of a trip but on the way home, not letting your wet/sweaty gear ferment for a day is ideal. My kid got one from costco on sale for ~$50. Your suitcase idea provides far more protection to the stuff inside. There's no perfect solution (price/protection/ventilation are probably the triangle).
 
Ash said:
If you need something more rugged for frequent use, this one from Royal Distributing is very good. The only drawback is the ugly yellow/red logos:

For some reason they also carry the identical FXR-branded version for $125 more:

I just bought the cheaper one and blacked out the logos with a marker.
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The FXR was the first one I looked into because of its popularity and high rating. Good to know it's the same one for less in case I ever feel the need to upgrade. Or if I ever need to spend $650 all at once, they sometimes throw it in free.
 
I do the same with a ccm hockey bag as the venting really helps. It mostly stays in the storage room and swap snowboard gear with MC/MX gear depending on season.
 
I use a hockey bag for transporting my moto gear on overseas trips. Helmet in its bag in the middle, gloves inside it, boots and leathers and other clothing packed around it.

It's packed right now for an upcoming trip ... but that's a different subject 😁
 
I now have Hepco-Becker C-Bow mounts on both of my touring bikes so I can just switch pre-packed bags between them.
I have large Nelson Riggs soft side bags that are over 12 years old and are faded almost grey but will be good for anther 12 yers.
My rain/cold weather gear, tools, can of tire inflator & a set of toiletries are always packed.
As the old TV add stated "never leave home without them"
However I had a 12 day trip planned for April 2024 to Nevada, Arizona & California on a rented bike to be picked up in Las Vegas.
The Yamaha came with bags but had an optional trunk available to rent that I passed on.
I knew I was going to experience temps from 30 to 90 degrees F so I wanted all my gear.
I purchased a cheap hockey bag from Amazon for what I saved not renting the trunk.
The hockey bag full of gear was 48lbs at check in. I also had a laptop bag & carry on bag plus I wore my armoured riding jacket onto the plane.
Most of the hockey bag weight sat on the passenger seat with the part of the bag sitting on the rear rack only containing light items.
For this trip the hockey bag worked well but after the flight home it was showing wear and in my opinion would not be a long term solution.

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