I don't know about all the rest of you, but my BA seems to do just fine for a touring bike. Last summer I took a 4800 mile ride from lower Northern CA to Northern OR then onto Burnet TX (near Austin). With some comfort mods, seat/highway pegs/windshield and so on, I was turning 500 miles a day easy and up to 750 on some days. It was kind of nice with no "sounds", just the wind blowing by and mostly open roads.

BA has Freak, 160mains, 44pilots, air mix3 1/2 to 4 turns, BUBS dresser dogs. Never had more fun on any bike - 2nd bike 2008 RIIIT