Back in the 1980's I met an older couple from Chicago, friends of my dad's, that rode everywhere on their Goldwing. They were in their 70's at the time, and they would ride from Chicago to Alaska and other similar, lengthy journeys.
The Goldwing is a very comfortable bike for long distance travel. He described how one night he pulled into a gas station, pressed the button on the electric center stand, got off the bike, filled it up, went inside to pay the bill, came back out, pressed the button to lower the bike, then started it up and drove away.
The whole time his wife was asleep on the back seat.
My dad just spoke to them recently. He's now 101, she's 98. They finally traded in their Goldwing... for another motorcycle with a side-car.
