Touring advice

Posted by awesome sauce on Dec 18, 2012; 2:00am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Touring-advice-tp4033812.html

hey guys,
i have a beautiful 1980 cb750c that has been my baby.  it may have taken me two years but  i got this girl from a 200$ wreck to the bike that i get stopped by the big boys on brand new harlies and they all wanna know about the ol girl.   i love her.

as the winter up in canada kills any opportunity for riding im looking forward to the summer and im planning a tour. the goal is to go across canada from vancover to st johns some 7000km and then return through the united states.  ill be camping most of the way too and will be solo so ill have to carry all my own gear. i get about 3 weeks vacation so ill be needing to set a fairly brisk pace too.

as i said i love my baby but i did note last year that the handle bars are viby at highway speeds, my wrist gets sore after a few hrs with it cranked, i dont have room to stretch as i kept her stock( no highway pegs) and i dont have any saddle bags on her so i have 0 room for gear for a long tour.

now my question to you, my experienced peers who aided me in getting my baby running and beautiful, is this; do i put a throttle lock, highway bars, a fearing and some saddle bags on my bike and set off.

or would i be better off picking up an old gold wing or some other touring bike to use for this trip and keep my baby at near show room condition?

any recommendations on old touring bikes  or modifications such as saddle bags, throttle locks, fearings? id also need to install a cigarette lighter to charge my phone can that even be done???

id love to hear your thoughts on my dilemma and any advice you can give on long distance riding would be great!!!  
thanks in advance!