My next motorcycle?
Friend of mine had a Connie that he jumped off a turn on Highway 7 in Arkansas and hit a tree. After we dragged it back to the road and duct taped everything back together, he drove it 100 miles to a dealership that had another old Connie trade in sitting out front with 5000 miles on it. Very clean. He bought it and still drives it today. He won't even shop for another bike.
 
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TO rocket said:
Alaska to Nova Scotia is approximately 5000 miles! 5 days would be a heck of a feat.
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Good call Duk, I was thinking along the lines of 3,000 miles; five days is about right on a Connie though.
 
Joining the Chorus here .... The Concourse or the BMW would seem to be the best choices.

One thing many responders may not realize though is that this is NOT the current version of the Concourse, but rather is the old 1000 cc version. It's chintzier and no road burner compared to the modern 1400cc version ... however, it should keep up with the BMW just fine.

I'd look them both over, and see which one fit me better in a test ride. Listen to the engines after they've warmed up. Give their maintenance records (if available) a good look too.

Pick the one that calls your name.

Or suck it up and rent something that you can walk away from at the end of the trip. If you buy, you will have tires, oil changes, insurance, etc. in perpetuity. Plus your sister will eventually get tired of looking at your bike sitting there were she'd like to put something else, so you wear out your welcome a bit too.
 
Does your sister have teenage boys? daughter with dumbass boyfriend? theres some sprint st on ebay but i have been able to get rental bikes cheap from cardinal rental locally and I get to try a bike I otherwise would never have. I rent an electra glide for her comfort when were on a long run and I nickle them down to $75.00 a day pick up at closing fri drop off early sunday and only get nicked $75.00. The Electra Glide is a comfortable bike I would never own but she loves it.
 
Connie all day.

If the bike is going to sit between visits, you want something that is ****house tough with cheap parts that are readily available if you need to fix it when you arrive there. That screams Jap bike to me.

Trophy- Expensive, hard to source parts, not fuel injected (BAD for a sitting bike).
BMW- Same as above, but it is injected.
 
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That older Concours was a good motor - the model sold well for like 20 years without change.
It was bulletproof and handled well.
 
BMWs are the least reliable bikes out there with HARLEY running a close second Ive owned 5 of them over the years and had problems with all of them
 
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