Successful 6k Trip

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Successful 6k Trip

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Just completed approximately 6000 mile round-trip on the Voyager with zero problems. This thing really was made for the superslab. :-D
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Wow! That’s a long ride :-D . Where did you go?
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Do you have any pics documenting that awesome trip ?
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Sadly no. Used my phone to take a whack of pictures but when I got back, I found all the picture files were all corrupted and irretrievable - something goofy between my phone, it's 'external' SD card, and syncing with Google account - which was never resolved.

Lesson learned: use a dedicated camera for pictures (I had one with me but the phone just seem so much more convenient as I had it out at every stop anyway).
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Van Voyager wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:42 am Just completed approximately 6000 mile round-trip on the Voyager with zero problems. This thing really was made for the superslab. :-D
CONGRATULATIONS, Sounds like a nice ride, and 0-problems ...... Longest trip I ever went on was 7000 miles out to the Harley Museum and then westward to Devils tower. Before I became a AVA member I would throw a dart at the map on my shop wall and thats where I headed out on my two week , (hall pass ) that my wife gives me every summer . I really do miss just being out on the road by myself.
This has been a great bike , for the past 103,000 miles, only once did it ever fail to preform, upper coolant hose shut me down for a few hours. But that was the only time and an easy on the road repair at the motel next to a AUTO-ZONE. Talk about luck......

What oil were you using for such a trip ? I had used synthetic on trips over 4000 and never had need to do an oil change out on the trip.
1200 asked nothing of me , except for more gas.... Glade you had a great trip with the bike, Hope you have many more...
GENE KAP.
"Its not bad if you don't know something, but when you don't know you don't know; That's when your in trouble". Joe Place 1912-2008 (my grandfather)
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