Well, I wanted to make some time
(I was going west from Illinois). In Iowa I had two guys on sport bikes stop and talk to me at a fuel stop. They said they were coming from New Jersey and had been averaging over 100 mph and were headed to California. So anyway, it was kinda straight from there to Colorado, and traffic was running about 90 so it didn't seem like much of a stretch.
This also gave me an extra day on my return trip to "stop and smell the roses." While I had it cranked up, I was passed by some other bikes (no cruisers though) and a couple of cages travelling faster than I was. I was riding a little over 500 mpd which gave me plenty of time to stop and look around, but the trip was mostly about getting out in the wind. It was a great trip 2600 miles out, around and back. The Concours ran without missing a lick no maintenance needed on the trip (I had changed the oil and all other maintenance shortly before leaving.)
stinger wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:Dude! Who rides 100 mph all day? Who would want to and where you live that you can do that? Its when you have stopped and smelled the roses , that make good memories on a trip. I rode my Savage on a 5,000 mile trip this spring thru the states and all I had to do was change the oil. I have had Honda's and Harleys and this is the most dependable bike of them all. Id take the Savage on a long road trip anytime. Granted its not a 100 mph bike, but who cares? It will cruise all day at 75 and not break a sweat. Besides with the money i saved on not buying a bigger cruiser, I purchased me a great fishing boat