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I own a Tiger also. Love the 500lb wet weight and the comfort is better than a Gold Wing. My wife loves the back seat, also better than the GW. I’m so used to the agility and power now that I can’t ever see going back to a big twin or other touring gunboat.

I don’t hate Harleys at all. I sometimes think about restoring an old ironhead Sportster. But I couldn’t go back to HD for a daily rider or tourer.

Mine is 600 pounds. It's a 2015 Tiger Explorer XC. Something like 138 horsepower but the ECU limits top speed to 134 mph. Way faster than I'll ever ride but it's a monster compared to my Scrambler, which is the bike I had before the Tiger. Before that it was a Honda Trail 90 and then a Kawasaki Big Horn.

But I'm with you. When I look at the specs for the Harley I don't think I'm interested. The new Street Rod is about 56 horsepower and even the big 800 pound bikes are only around 75 hp.

I'm not a horsepower junkie, but when I'm merging onto our freeways where the speed limit is 75 and the traffic flow is about 85 and I don't have much of an merge lane to do my thing? Those extra horsepower come in might handy.