I currently have a 2011 Thunderbird and absolutely love it. But recently my wife has been joining me for rides with a great group of riders that I've met. Some of the rides may be anywhere from 4-6 hours. I'm comfortable on my Tbird for about four hours, but my wife wouldn't even do well in a car for that long. She's good for about 2-3 hours on the Tbird. We're both in our late 50's so things aren't as easy as they used to be. I test rode the Rocket Touring the other day and absolutely loved how powerful and smooth it was. I'm thinking that my wife would probably be a lot more comfortable on that than the Tbird, especially once we hop on the freeway for the ride home after riding on the back roads all day. I'm not saying the Tbird isn't comfortable, but the Rocket seems to be in a league by itself. I've owned big bikes before (Road King, Street Glide) and the Rocket seems fairly easy to handle. The Tbird is extremely easy to handle and that's what I'm a little afraid of giving up. The 20 minute test ride really didn't give me a feel for riding in the twisties, although I am a fairly conservative rider (only been riding about 6 years).
I'm writing all this just to try to get some thoughts from people who perhaps can relate to my situation. Any comments would be appreciated.
I'm writing all this just to try to get some thoughts from people who perhaps can relate to my situation. Any comments would be appreciated.