Something Old, Something New

[Ray]

Watched your comparison video last night. I couldn’t agree more about having different types of bikes, if you have more than one. My old 900SS is a completely different experience than the RS. It doesn’t really like low speed shuffling around town. And while the gearing works out about the same for highway duty, the light weight and slab sided fairing has it moving around a bit, especially on windy days.
On the other hand, the RS eats up miles (at whatever pace you ask of it) with no effort whatsoever. Handles whatever weight you want to load it down with and still handles the twisty bits in a deceptively fast manner.
L o v e m y R S !

You summed it up perfectly Dave. The RS is also happy shuffling around town as well. The RS is so flexible and has so many features that it is easy to love this bike.

...and gravel.... Well balanced, low center of gravity and lot's of fun on gravel - especially if you're running road tires as I was in Mark Twain Forest a couple of weeks ago. (Just don't forget to turn off traction control prior to any significant hills and check your tires before running hard on the pavement.) Best all-around bike I've ridden since the days in which all bikes were all-arounders.