i just rode 38,000 miles ushuaia to prudhoe bay, east to newfoundland and south to key west, only me on the bike, it was a standard set up but i had no issues, i had a couple ride along with me father and daughter from sweden riding with me from ushuaia to mexico, again a stock set up and they had no issues either, they carried on a different route and i think they did 25,000 miles

my ride was blogged on adv and on wordpress, for some reason they wouldn't allow me to add it here and refused to put up a link for me!!!

so here it is - http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=668901