I didn’t want anyone to think I was knocking this new bike, I just know that the group I rode with which was a mixture of men and women and that the HD riders would just keep going. At that time the gals were riding Honda Shadows and the gal I was with had a Kawasaki 650 sport bike. When she traded up to the Victory Vegas it wasn’t long for the rest of them to buy HD’s, even though most of felt that there were a couple of them not ready for that big of jump, but in the end they were fine as long as you didn’t get behind them pulling some long winding up hill grade...
Yeah, I hear ya, shotgun. If I was looking to to do touring trips, I would have an entirely different outlook, as the criteria for meeting my needs would change.
Don’t know what I will end up with, but I’m the kind of person that does his homework before buying, and at this stage I wouldn’t rule out the Royal Enfield.
My biggest concern is reliability, although I read they are improving.