Curiosity: Who has gone where on a Honda XL600V Transalp?

[Warthog]

As the title says, if you own a 600 Transalp, where has it take you?

And to make it useful as well as inspirational, what did it do well and where was it lacking?

I can start: I must first say that my TA has not travelled the world. I've travelled through the Baltics, Poland, Germany, France, Czech and Slovakia on 3 separate trips. Given my terrain, I've simply stuck with Givi plastic luggage and a roll-bag and that has served me well. I first got the bike in about 2009 and at that time it needed quite a bit of TLC: new battery, replacement reg/rec unit, chain and sprockets, headrace bearings and I opted for a full swingarm bearing and paint overhaul.

Since that time, it really hasn't missed a beat.

In my experience, it can excel at quietly munching miles/km and if done at a sedate pace, it will do so one very little fuel (4.5-5.0L/100). It handles well and I was able to keep a head of a local Audi RS in the Tatra foot hills, courtesy of its cornering. Straightline power, of course, the TA is a bit asthmatic. Having said that, if you need to cruise at 130kmph, it will do that too.

What about your experiences or those of someone you know?