If I were a younger different version of myself I might search out the zen like experience of traveling cross country on a stripped down chopper with nothing but the clothes on my back and a bedroll like Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider. No watch, no cell phone, no reliance on modern technology or society. Screw it all!

But that’s not me. I’m touring the country on a cool but stock Harley Dyna Lowrider that can be ridden around town and look pretty sweet and then I have the luxery of attaching my saddlebags and T-bag and heading out long distance with some creature comforts for both me and the wife.

There’s no arguing that you can do a lot more miles a lot more comfortable on a bike with a large tank and big windscreen etc.

But that’s not to say it isn’t possible on a chopper. Check ot http://www.eldiablorun.com/ most of the bikes participating in that run are choppers (although one has to go easy on the “chopper/bobber” terms around those guys).

Yea, some bikes, or mechanical art pieces, are trailer queens. But then again some people also have GoldWings sitting in their garage that only ride a couple hundred miles a year.