Great quilt! Any motorcycle enthusiast would love it. I too ride my own and while I haven't gone coast to coast I have ridden from Eastern NYS to Yellowstone, then skirted into Utah down into Colorado and home. That was our longest trip but we have done a couple close to that going to Sturgis in South Dakota.
There is nothing quite like seeing (feeling and smelling) the country from a motorcycle. It pretty much sucks when the weather is bad and I have definitely ridden through my fair share of storms and cold weather. Love my heated gear. The only thing I don't like about those long trips (on average about 10 days) is leaving my dogs. I miss them horribly when I am away like that. The cats too.