05-02-2016, 03:14 AM
I sat on this new Roadster 1200 this weekend. No doubt it is nice. Here's my two-cents: I bought an 883 Iron a couple of years ago. After riding it for under a year, I traded it in for my CB. It was a cool looking and sounding bike, but not a riders bike...purely a bar-hopper. The bike was screaming at 70 miles per hour...it was most comfortable "cruising" on secondary roads at 40 mph. Also, it had terrible suspension and an uncomfortable riding position (for me anyway). The Roadster solves almost all of these problems. Better seating position, better suspension, more power, etc. If HD made this bike when I bought the Iron, I'd have bought this instead and likely would still have it. All of that said, the CB is superior in every way to the Roadster and cost less to boot.