<human>: I'm planning on going next summer, I just wanted to get a good head start on saving and planning, and I figured a good place to get advice would be from r/travel. I know my questions are going to be very general right now because I haven't bought a motorcycle yet, and am not sure if I'm going with a larger group or just myself and a friend. The basic idea is that we want to bike from southern California up into Oregon and Washington state. From there head south east and see where the road takes us. 

I'm looking for advice from people that have traveled via motorcycle and with limited supplies. We're planning on camping or couch surfing when we decide we want to stop for a night or so. I'm open to any tips or suggestions for making this a great trip. I hope this wasn't too general of a question, if you need any clarification I'll try and answer as many questions as I have answers to, but I am just in the beginning stages of planning so I haven't made a ton of final decisions.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: taking a long motorcycle trip with a limited amount of supplies, what is some general advice, suggestions, do's/don'ts?