Roadtrip 2006 Countdown: 2 days "The Gear"

Electronics:
Escort Passport radar/laser detector. Never leave home without it, it has proven itself trustworthy and has paid for itself if avoided bad, bad tickets more times that I want to know. Stuffed between windscreen and dash, audio output that's inaudible at highway speeds so I plug in an earbud and place it in the earhole of my helmet.

Garmin eTrex GPS. It has a few shortcomings but is useful for alerting to upcoming turnoffs, towns ahead, actual ground speed (my speedo is fast by 7 MPH), ETAs and the like. Another trusted travel helper. Velcroed in the center of the handlebars with the lanyard attached to the bike (just in case).

Digital Camera: empty card for hundreds of huge detailed photos to capture the magnificent and the mundane.

MP3 player: can strap to the handlebars but I don't usually listen while riding because I find myself too absorbed in the task of staying on the road and keeping myself and the bike in one piece to pay attention to it.

Cell phone: not that there is any reception in the boonies where I'll be going.

Camp gear:
Two man tent (yah right, 2 people with no gear and no movement). I like this one because its easy to set up by myself.
Sleeping bag. Duh
Ridgerester self-inflating mattress. Well, it used to self-inflate but its useful for keeping the rocks out of your back and provides some insulation from the cold, hard ground.
Propane burning stove. old school, but its small and works.
Fork, spoon, etc. such as salt and pepper, dish to cook in and eat off
Nothing else too spectacular, trying to keep it to a minimum

Clothes:
I plan on wearing my Rocket riding gear, so I packed four sets of unders, socks, tshirts and a couple pairs of shorts. I figure it'll take me 4 days to get down to SoCal so I'll have to do laundry as soon as I get there. I have a cool system for each day's clothes: I put a tshirt, pair of socks and boxers in a zip lock bag. Keeps it dry, easy to grab and I can squeeze out the excess air and seal it which reduces packing volume. At night I toss one of those bags in the tent and in the morning or whenever I change I put the dirties back in the same bag. Keeps the clean and dirty separate. I learned why that is important the hard way....

Food:
Minimal and non-refrigerated. Trail mix, granola bars and shelf stable chili in the single serving boxes. A couple packages of ramen which only take hot water to make. Anything else-I eat out.

Emergencies:
I carry a small tool kit under the seat consisting of each screw-head type and socket that my bike has. I can tear that thing down to the frame if I had to, and I don't plan on trying. This bike has been rebuilt so many of the fasteners are not uniform. There's metric, standard, different sizes Allens, etc. Keeps it interesting.
Tire patch and inflator. I have had two flat tires in 20 years. First one was a bolt on the freeway and my on-board fix-a-flat took care of it nicely. Second time was a nail, and the fix-a-flat just came squirting right out the hole. Totally useless. Now I keep a plug kit (a sticky strip you cram into the hole with a sharp tool) which includes an inflator that runs off the engine. Its a little sketchy and I hope I never have to use it, but it works. You pull a spark plug and screw this thing in the hole. It has a hose on it with a chuck at the end. The catch is, you are inflating your tire with raw gasoline. Not the best of options but it'll do in a pinch.
Of course the obligatory knife, flashlight and handgun.