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Read up about the Joe Bar Team if you never heard about it; It is a cartoon about bikers in the 70's; this is hilarious and it talks to most of us from the "old days" because we have been in these situations depicted in the cartoons. Here are a few examples below; you can purchase the cartoons in English, and some of the stories don't even require translation. There are some Moto Guzzi in the stories, but I could not find any available from the web. I used to have all these cartoons, but they were lost.... If any of you have read or heard about the Joe Bar Team, please let me know. They also have a complete line of biker's wear.

Nevada and Arizona are two of the states where you can worry to be lost for ever... some of the gas stations are those that you still see in the old movies, just like a general grocery store with gas pumps up front. As in "No country for old men"; of course, you don't have to ask the owner to flip the coin...

@LowRyter Thanks for the tip. I think I had the Gas Buddy installed on my phone back then. When I travel, my phone is always out of sight. Agreed that my most likely solution would be to add the way points. I am not riding anything yet, but I know that I only want to take in the panorama, and enjoy the dizziness of being out there, surrounded by nothing, stumping away and vibrating in harmony with a V11 underneath my bottom. 180 miles tank range is not adapted to Big Bend National Park... Or even Monument Valley... although I think I remember they had a gas station just at the entrance of the park...

Hey there, Cabernet; Before I get to what I want to say, I would like to tell you a little about who I am, so you understand where I am coming from. Thanks for your detailed written review. I find that written reviews are more informative than these "talking heads" videos. I am European, and live and reside in H'town Texas since 2008. I have been a "motard" since the 70's, however I am currently not owning a bike, but hoping to change my status in the near future. I like the Beeline. I am probably going to purchase one, if and when I become a Guzzisto. (Male, singular), Guzzista (Female singular), Guzzisti (Male plural), Guzziste (Female plural). Now, one feature that I deem essential, is the mileage to destination count down displayed, together with the ETA. See, here in Texas, once you start getting away from the large cities, refueling may become an issue. With newer motorcycles, autonomy is less of a problem as you most likely have a reliable fuel tank gauge and an onboard computer that gives you the remaining autonomy in real time. As I am planning on having a 2004 Le Mans, I will always need to know where to get gas ahead of time. I went to Marfa Texas in November this year. It is about a 9 hours drive from H'town. Once you leave the I-10, things get wild for the better and the worse. As a work around, I could possibly input hops to destination. But it would be nice to have the remaining distance shown, to work out how long before I deplete my fuel. When I lived in Europe, I never really cared, because you are never far from a town. In the US, there are some states and roads that you can travel and not see anybody, where cell phone access can also be scarce. The photo below is taken on route 505, proceeding towards route 166 to 118; you can find Gas in the main cities only. Nothing in between. And this is the Chihuahua desert. Below is a screen capture of the "zone" around Marfa. There is nothing between the "cities". If you read this post, when the moderator means "direct", it means you simply paste the URL of the pic you want to embed. The web page decodes it automatically unlike before, when you had to have the proper code e.g. "BB" to define it.